Hi, my name is John. My mother (62yrs old) has been paralyzed from the waist down for 18 years. Recently, she was unresponsive and ended up in the emergency room. After her release, she became delirious, talking to herself, and has not been sleeping for 4 days. We brought her to the emergency room and got her tested. Her results came back normal except for kidney stones. We're currently waiting for her next appointment to get them removed. The appointment is in 2 weeks, and I am worried that if she continues not sleeping, her health will deteriorate.
Do you have Azo Strips or any other strips in the home that are able to indicate increase in nitrite or leukocytes in the urine? I recommend you test and if they increase it is back to the ER or a test goes in for C&S and antibiotics.
I think you need to be in touch with MD if hospital psychosis is remaining with her once she is home a few days.
This sounds very worrisome to me. I wouldn't let this go 2 weeks.
Has UTI definately been ruled out? These can progress & be serious.
I don't know if lack of sleep directly causes delerium - but I have seen many incidents where a person sleeps all day & night & their delerium starts to lift.
Delerium is often seen after surgery but very commonly with infections - especially urinary tract.