Hey, so this might be a longer post, but please bear with me because I need some advice or anything really...
I (34) have been a caregiver for my mom (82) for 10 years now. For the past years, her health has been going downhill. She's been having to deal with an osteomyelitis for almost 3 years. This is due to the consequences of a car accident she had when she was 19. Her femur got destroyed so they out a metal rod that goes from her hip to her knee. The infection surrounds that crap rod and it's leaking though a fistula on her knee.
The osteomyelitis part is important because the only solution was to take the rod out, but the doctor wasn't sure she could walk again because the bone is compromised. Anyways, she is too scared to do it, and to be fair, me too.
The problem is, one of her heart valve has gotten really small and the only thing they can do it to change it. ( I can't for the life of me remember which valve it is but it's not the one for which the can blow a ballon or whatever to make it bigger again). And you guessed it, they can't replace a valve when there is an ongoing infection in the body because the valve can get infected too...
So we're stuck.. with her going into heart failure slowly but surely. She doesn't feel the symptoms as of yet. She isn't that mobile so it may explain why. She might get out of breath when walking and her legs are a bit swollen. But she feels okay and still does activity at the daycare 3-4 days a week.
It makes me so sad because I know one day or another she's gonna be really badly sick. Is there anything I can do to help her somehow ? Any natural treatment ? I'm at a loss... She already takes many medications to calm her heart and lower her blood pressure but since I'm from Switzerland I'm not sure they're called the same.
Thanks to those who took the time to read