In May 08 my step dad went into the hospital for a total knee replacement. Mom was supposed to start chemo and she "instructed" her doctors that she would not be doing it because she needed to be home to take care of him. I just shook my head. She couldnt even take care of herself and she was going to take care of him. I think she just didn't want to be any worse for him.The replacement went well and her was in the hospital for 2 or 3 days. We took turns spending the night with mom. She was relieved when he came home and much more relaxed. Now I was on double duty. Both needed cared for, medications, fed, etc. Nurse Kim LOL. Well 24 hour into his time home he started having problems. He couldnt breathe, his heart as racing, he was sweating. We called the ambulance and he was taken to the hospital where we spend many hours. He had blood clots. They increased his medication and we went home. Three nights later I got home and literally fell into bed at 7am. Ten minutes later mom called and he wasnt feeling good again. So back down I went. The ambulance was called again and this time they kept him and put something in his chest to keep any clots from going to his heart.Once again at home we had to keep monitoring his blood count and a nurses was stopping by to see both him and mom. He started home therapy and after 2 weeks was getting around alot better.Moms blood count was not good during this time. I was taking her in for white blood count shots every couple days. Eventually they gave me the shots to do at home...until she went back into the hospital.
