parkinsons and fluid

Posted By joe coleman on September 26, 1998 at 07:34:38:







My mother who is 72 years old had valve replacement and bypass surgery in July.
Two complications have developed.  First she has been having fluid building up in her lungs.  The doctors have given her medicines to reduce the fluid.  They have drained the fluid and they injected a medicine to scar her lungs to try to stop the build up of fluid but the problem persists.   They have told us that the only option left is another surgery in which they will scar the lungs manually.  Do you know of any other treatment options.  Also, we live outside of Philadelphia, do you know of one  hospital  or doctor that specializes in this area?
The second complication is that my mother has emerged from all of this completely confused.  She is having hallucinations and forgetting how to do some simple tasks.
This seems to get better at some times during the day.   She does have Parkinsons disease but she did not have these mental problems before the surgery in July.   Can you suggest a course of action for my family to follow regarding this problem?
Thank you