Irene Update

Irene’s left and right legs are healing well from the celulitus bout this month but she now has a new spot on her right leg that is weaping. They do not think it is a reaccurance of celulitus. She is on a new antibiotic called abactin. They are applying mineral oil to try and take away some of the scaly skin. 
 When we visited her this Monday morning we found her quite out of it and not able to communicate very well. It was difficult to make out the words she was saying and she was repeating words. She kept saying Jean is coming. We later found out she had called both Jean and Catherine on the week end. Our phone was on the blink and Irene was calling the neighbourhood looking for Tom. Her air conditioner blew a fuse when she turned on her TV and she wanted him to fix it. 
 Theresa the head nurse at Copper Terrace has been away for 3 weeks and she called us this morning. She has notices a considerable slide in Irene’s health/ mobility and responsiveness. She thinks that perhaps she has experiences a Transient ischemic attack, or mini-stroke.