Jul 17, 2018 at 06:39 pm

Corazon Joseph-Lacaba

Update posted by Rosalyn Lacaba Pardilla

My name is Rosalyn Lacaba-Pardilla. I am seeking for your help for my sick Mother Corazon Joseph-Lacaba, she is currently confined at ICU due to complicated UTI and kidney infection. Found out that her creatinine level has reached 1000, her kidney has shutdown and the infection spread out thru her body that is why she has been disoriented, vomiting, and has no appetite. Her whole body became weak. Doctors advise first to try to flush out toxins out of her body and observe if she will respond on the medicine they will give her. If not, the scenarios that they need us to be prepared for. First if her kidney did not respond they will have to do a procedure called A Line and Center Line to monitor her BP in reel time since her BP is so low. Second, they will install NGT so that she can be fed. Thirdly, they will have to do an access for Dialysis if ever she did not respond to antibiotics and fourthly, intubation to help her breathe. Her BP became stabilized last July 16 without the help of medicine. And the only thing under observation is her urine level 30cl per hour, but her hourly urine has only reached 5cl. As per the advise by her doctor, we are monitoring her Albumin level. So hopefully her kidney can recover speedily. But the next day (july17), as of 11 am, the doctor had advise us that the two antibiotics that were given to her to flush out fluids thru her urine, sadly it didn't work, her urine level still at 5-10 cl only. Her whole body was swelling, all over her arms due to fluids that are supposed to be flushed out. That is why her doctor ordered the nurse to start the hemodialysis immediately.

Last May 2015, she has undergone open surgery for her Gall Bladder, to remove the Gall Stones. Last June 2016, she suffered from a Mild Stroke which paralyzed her left arm. We tried to send her thru therapy sessions, to try regain her strength, but still her left arm did not really recover. Due to lack of financial capacity to pay for rehab sessions, we had to improvised her some exercising tools, like stress ball, a rope and some massage. With that scenario, my mother has not really recovered on her stroke and instead gained more weight which needs to be taken care of. As an ordinary family, we have no enough money to fund all her needs to be healthy again. With the help we can get from those of you who has a BIG HEART, we can be able to give her, her necessary needs such as hospital bed, since she has NGT and has gained enough weight; payment for the rehab fees so that she can recover from stroke; and for food and medicines that she needs to eat for faster and speedier recovery.

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