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My mom (54) went in for emergency quad bypass surgery on Tuesday June 30. She’s been physically doing okay and healing. The day after her surgery she was still really out of it. Could answer her name and DOB and that’s it. Eventually throughout the day she remembered who my siblings and I were. The next day, it’s been a total mental decline. She can’t say anything but “um” and “hey” and “help me.” She’s making other noises and has tried to say a few things. She keeps trying to get up and move.

She was on a lot of medication that she hasn’t been able to take since surgery. She’s also diabetic so not sure if that plays a role.

The nurses have told us they think it is Hospital Delirium. Anyone have any success stories to share on recovering from delirium and how long it took? What care do I need to be sure she’s getting here in the hospital. This is something I was wholly unprepared to face. They warned us about a lot of other things but this has thrown my siblings and I on how to support and help her.

Also any advice on how to navigate this seeing a loved one like this? It has been extremely emotionally hard.

The nurses are playing this off as normal and it’s all fine but I am terrified because this isn’t like my mom at all. Thank you so much!

My mom just had a quad bypass on Tuesday and is still in a state of delirium. It took her most of the day Wednesday to recognize myself and my siblings but other than that and her name she can’t remember anything or where she is or what year it is and is just very out of it and spacey and will drop off mid sentence and not pick it back up. Her remembering us at all feels like a positive sign to me.

It’s just not better like we thought it would be and I am nervous for this to stick around. The nurses keep assuring us it happens sometimes but I’d love to hear stories of people who it lasted a bit longer and came out of that state in a few days or did it take weeks? Trying to mentally prepare myself for all possibilities. TYIA!