Hi, sorry for no sig! I came back on the board after 2 months of absence and I am having the hardest time getting into the board...can't remember my pw and the temp pws given to me worked once...I'm back on but I literally can't tell if I have a sig or not even tho the add sig box is checked.

Update on 82 yo mom--SCC Stage IV, mandibulectomy done 2/16/11, been hospitalized/in LTAC since with respiratory failure--

Mom has been in a dream state since Saturday. At that point she was cognizant but "sleepy". She had been r-hospitalized for blood in stool, complaining of severe stomach pain. During her stay she was treated for high potassium and nausea but nothing else was done out of the ordinary of her normal care.

She returned to LTAC Tuesday and had a respiratory arrest; she is now dependent on a ventilator and appears to be comatose--responsive only to pain. Staff did a CT scan but didn't show a stroke. They're doing an EEG today to determine brain activity.

Has anyone else gone through this? I'm curious as to if there are any thoughts about what could have happened. Thanks much.