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Jimbob59

Mom fell again during one of her night prowls got her back in bed seemed OK then a couple days later she has the poops and quit drinking and eating and loud moaning and groaning with her back, pain was intense when sitting up no pain when laying flat of her back. Called 911 she was darn* near comatose before they arrived. When the uniformed guys showed up she went into I feel pretty good mode they helped her set up in bed and she held one of their hands walking toward the gurney with one behind her holding her steady, I thought she was going to start skipping. Took her to ER done some scans ran some blood work found no broken bones just your normal age related disk degeneration and Hypokalemia (low potassium). Gave her some potassium said it might upset her stomach, we were already in poop city still are. Back home she was hungry ate a bite then to bed toileted twice since. I know showtime is a thing but how the heck do you from agony to I'm not to doing to bad.

SusanB-dil

Hi JimBob - wondering if it was other pain that was bothering her.  Since she is having quite a time 'going', wonder if it could have been abdominal pain that was coming and going. Abdominal pain/bloating/belly can be intense to the point of a 911 call, and then subside to the point of just discomfort - sometimes in a matter of minutes. And if that's what it was, possibly then nothing would have shown up on any scan. Since a lot of our PWD have difficulty describing things - including pain - wonder if that's what it could have been.  If severe enough, abdominal pain can radiate to the back.