Anyone ever had an aged loved one with congested heart failure
and also weakening kidneys. My 93 y/o mother does. She needs a diuretic to keep fluid from building up in her lungs. When fluid builds up, her heart works much harder and she cannot "get a good breath".
However, a weak kidney needs to remain wet, with fluids.
Her general practitioner and cardio doctor are trying to balance the diuretic but she now has to take more than her gp would like.
When we discussed it with the Cardio doctor, she said by taking the diuretic more, she is choosing quality of life over quantity. (she said that while I and my mother was in the office which I thought was a little too frank but I do like the dr.)
I am thinking it is best to take the diuretics to rest her heart. If her heart works too hard and starts to really weaken, her kidneys are going to start to shut down anyhow.
Anyone have experience with that.
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