two days ago, one of the medical officer came to examine her. and he told her that if all are ok, she could be discharged the next day (i.e. yesterday). and with this input, she was so excited and started telling my sis about the news. when she related the news to me, i wasn't too excited about it. i wanted an official call from either the doctor or the nurse-in-charge, otherwise, i would simply take it as doctor-patient chat, and that mum could possibly have misunderstood the doctor. i queried on which doctor and she told me he was an south-asian doctor and a very young one. i told her that she should not take the input as a fact until there is further confirmation by means of a call or an written discharge summary.
sometime later, the consultant arrived. he was accompanied by the team of doctors (including the south-asian doctor) that spoke with her earlier in the morning. after examining her, he told me that she was still not well and needed to stay for another few days. he added that the suitability for discharge would have to depend on whether she could breathe normally without the oxygen supply, and that it would be assessed on a daily basis. and for now, it seemed like she still cannot be weaned off the oxygen supply.
mum looked a little disappointed but accepted the input. she had no choice.
i guess she must be loaded with fluid that why cause so much congestion!
ReplyDeletei guess so too… not easy to manage the fluid intake.
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