Mary Pruter
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My mother fell about 30 days ago. She had a hard time using a bed pan and was in great pain. The hospital inserted a catheter for her. After 8 days in the hospital we were told by the doctor that her kidneys were functioning at 100% And the catheter could be removed however they didn't remove it before she left the hospital and it took me 4 days to get the nursing home to do it. Within 24 hours she had retained almost a liter of urine in her bladder. They have reinserted the catheter and she saw a urologist today that it will be running tests on Monday. What can you tell me about bladder retention in females and what could be done for it?
Her urologist gave her a medication that caused severe dizziness and diarrhea and her so I stopped it and called him and he said not to give it to her anymore. It is taking a long time cuz it's dizziness to clear up they told me probably 48 hours but I don't know if they realize that I'm dealing with a 91 year old person that has dementia. We go back Wednesday to the urologist where they will fill her bladder we're 400 cc's of fluid and see how much she can urinate out. The last time they did this two weeks ago she was only able to urinate out 92 cc's. So the catheter had to go back in. She's been suffering from urinary tract infections and I've been giving her apple cider vinegar and water which seems to help her within 30 minutes. I'm just not sure if it's okay for her to have a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar and some water twice a day.
Her urologist gave her a medication that caused severe dizziness and diarrhea and her so I stopped it and called him and he said not to give it to her anymore. It is taking a long time cuz it's dizziness to clear up they told me probably 48 hours but I don't know if they realize that I'm dealing with a 91 year old person that has dementia. We go back Wednesday to the urologist where they will fill her bladder we're 400 cc's of fluid and see how much she can urinate out. The last time they did this two weeks ago she was only able to urinate out 92 cc's. So the catheter had to go back in. She's been suffering from urinary tract infections and I've been giving her apple cider vinegar and water which seems to help her within 30 minutes. I'm just not sure if it's okay for her to have a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar and some water twice a day.