After Gran’s heart procedure, she began to lose weight.
She had never been heavy, but suddenly she was becoming emaciated.
Her bones stuck out all over and she was so weak that she could barely walk. I was worried about her and I called her doctor. He promised to send a nutritionist and physical therapist over the house. The following morning, I had a physical therapist and nutritionist standing at my door. They discussed everything with her. They told her the importance of walking so she could build up her heart muscle. Gran told them that she just couldn’t eat. Whatever she ate tasted terrible and she felt sick afterwards. The nutritionist told her that after she got done with her physical therapy, she would discuss her plan with her. She gave her a milkshake and told her to drink it before she went with the physical trainer. She talked to me about different foods to cook and how I had to walk with her. She told me about different types of liquid drinks that contained protein and she gave me coupons and samples. Between the physical trainer and the nutritionist, I’m sure we will be able to get Gran strong again and she should start picking up weight. I just hope they can convince her that she can get well. The physical therapist must have being doing some talking because she asked the nutritionist about ways to gain some strength. She told her that she didn’t ever want to feel like this again and she didn’t want to have any more heart problems if this is what the aftermath was going to feel like.