Mom

I haven’t written because nothing has been good.  She had e-coli in the wound days after the first surgery.  That lead to four more surgeries, all to remove dead tissue adn try and shrink the whole. 

We beat that round of e-coli. 

She then got some "regular" infection.  Regular meaning it wasn’t that MRSA shit or e-coli again.

We got rid of that round of infection.

Yesterday we found out that she has another round of e-coli. 

Do you know how she got e-coli?  She was sitting in her own shit for hours.  Brandy went to see her.  She smelled shit, so she checked Mom.  It was up her fucking back.  The wound dressings were covered in shit.  Her sheets and gown were filthy and no one knew how long it had been there. Mom can’t tell when she has to go or if she already went.  BUT A FUCKING NURSE SURE AS FUCK SHOULD FIND THE SHIT!!!!!!!!

So Brandy and Granny go to the cafeteria to eat while they are supposed to be cleaning her.  They are gone for an hour because Granny is a whimp when it comes to shit.  When they come back, can you guess what I am going to tell you?  Yes she is still sitting there in her shit. 

THIS IS WHY SHE FUCKING HAS E-COLI IN HER TWO MONTH OLD OPEN INSCION.

Don’t ask.  She can’t be moved from this hospital.  The infection qualifies as an infectious disease and she is not allowed to move until its gone.  Yes, I want her out of there very much, but there  is nothing I can do.

She has this machine attached to her back that is basically a vacuum connected to a sponge.  It is supposed to suck out the infection so it can heal.  The sponge has to be changed every other day and the wound has to be scraped so that more infection can be sucked out.  It was supposed to workin 5-7 days.  Its been on for three weeks. 

She screams while they scape her.  They pump her full of morphine and she passes out.  When the morphine wears off its oxycontin.  After oxycontin its vicoden.  If she’s not drugged then she is ready to kill herself from the pain.

I don’t see how its a life.

Y’all take care and hug those babies tight.

Mandy

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