Re: update on Barb Blake-Krebs

[janet paterson <janet313@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 06:09 AM 2000/03/31 -0500, Linda J Herman <ljherman1@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Dear list members,
>I'm forwarding Fred Kreb's latest message about Barb. She's still in
>Kansas University Medical Center and has had a setback. ...
>--------- Forwarded message ----------
>Wednesday Barbara acted like she was ready to go home.  She fed herself.
>Her voice was strong.  She said she could walk to the bathroom.  Maybe
>the new regimen of  sinemet, parlodel, and cotam  ?  kicked in...
>Early this morning 3/30 the hospital called and said that Barbara had
>nausea, she was unable to move much, and she could not eat.
>Barbara was pretty much as she had been in the week since she left the
>ICU on 3/22.  She is weak, cannot move, has difficulty swallowing, and
>complains of never being comfortable, and that her throat inside her mouth
>is tight.  She is concerned about her current meds. She is taking every
>four hours four times a day  1.5 sinemet tabs 25/100,  5 mg Parlodel,
>and the Comtan? which works similarlly to Tasmar.  She also has
>re-started taking 3 25mg of Elavil at bedtime.  She takes Adavan for
>anti-anxiety and muscle relaxer  and she is takin perikan? for pain.  Her
>stomach is distended.  She is not eating, and she seems to be
>constipated....

it seems to me that
something must have happened between wednesday and thursday
to trigger such a change in response

when did barb start on the comtan?
was any other med changed in the past couple of days?
is she being looked after by a parkinson's specialist?


janet

janet paterson
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