Hi there, Looking for answers about my Mom. The short story is she had Triple Bypass surgery on July 2 2020, had a very good recovery where she was walking and doing things on her own after a few weeks. August 18th she gets cleared to drive and go on about her life. August 17th was diagnosed with a UTI and immedialty went on Anitbiotic (Cipro) for 3 days...2-3 days later she has slurred speech and cannot put sentences together . We call nurse she said thake her to ER. Goes to ER and gets some antibiotics and then gets tested for possible stroke..everything comes back negative. Even tested for UTI and it was negative. The 5 days in hospital she gets weaker and cannot get up by herslef or go the bathroom or put her clothes on...and still a bit confused from time to time. Hopsital says she sems fine and we can send her to rehab center to get her functions back....now been 7 days in rehab with little change in her abilty to do things on her own. So is this still the affect of the UTI? or is it possible she had a stroke that was undetectible? Know one can seem to give us kids any clear cut answers...The last hospital I think saw just as an elderly lady that needs help yet 5 days before that she was waling around baking a cake with her granddaughter. Do people usually bounce back after getting rid of the UTI? we are all confused on what has happened to Mom in just a few days and now in a rehab/nursing home wher she is misaerable and not getting any better. Looking for answers....is it possble she never regains her strength back to take care of herself? I mean she survived triple bypass surgery and now just not the same.
Thanks
Scott
I am not a medical professional.
You mentioned she had a UTI. I decided to do some research. This is what I read.
"Researchers have linked infections like pneumonia and UTI to an increased risk to having a coronary event, such as a heart attack or stroke within the next three months."
You may want to take her to another hospital. I wouldn't take a chance. Tripple bypass is serious stuff. I know, my husband had one too.
At the same time, I would give her Cranberry juice to drink. It is an antioxidant and it works good for UTI. Doctors here recommend it. That is what I drink.
I blame the MC for not having a lift and a weekend nurse, both which would have made the trip to the hospital unnecessary. I blame the hospital speech therapist who put him on pureed food because the swallow test turned up negative. (I pulled the hospital records.) I blame the doctor who took him off his aspirin regamine which had been working well for him since a previous stroke several years earlier. I blame the rehab nursing home which much too ready to give up on him. They were inconsistent tracking him and communicating with us. Mostly I blame myself for not forcing the doctors to pay attention. Once he was in the rehab nursing home, it was a musical chairs game of trying to find out if a doctor ever saw him. Not while I was there and I was there a lot.
Don't let your mother lay there and get weaker. Don't let them treat her like just another old person. Question anything you don't understand.
Sometimes doctors/hospitals miss what we see. I hope OP doesn't just stop at what he was told by the hospital.
His mother had slurred speech, UTI and weakness after having a serious tripple bypass. He needs answers ASAP.
I am very concerned.
My mom has chronic UTI's, some very serious. I tried D-Mannose and the product did not help. I thought D-Mannose only helped E-coli infections. Do you know why it helps some and not others? Thank you.
Took me a while to find your question on forum, earlybird! But trust me, I am learning!!
My mother took a good month to regain her stronger swallow and recovery gains back and a few months to feel back to where we were. Again when she acts this way now I have her potassium levels checked. 🙏🏼