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Dear Connie, What a nightmare for you, and you handled it very well. It's good that there will be a nurse checking on him daily, and also the PT should help a lot. If anything good can come out of this experience, perhaps it will be to encourage Jack to remember to drink plenty of fluids and get plenty of fiber, and maybe several servings of prunes weekly. If he's using stool softeners, I would also ask his physician (if you haven't already, you are so proactive!) about that. If the doctor has not already checked, I would ask her to check his levels of serum homocysteine (I'm assuming Jack has been using Sinemet for several years). If levels are high, a folic acid supplement or even a B-complex may be needed. My very best regards, Kathrynne > Constance Tate wrote: > > had to call 911 as jack had blockage. they gave him something to drink > to flush him out but it didn't work so after trying an enema and > still no results they gave him a stong drink called go litely. > our dr saw him this morning and sasid he had atrial fibrallation. > she said it could be from stress but stilldid 3 tests to check heart > and gave him meds 2 tests were okay and tomorrow she'll have other > results and then decide about heart meds. > he will be released tomorrow but she has ordered a nurse to check > vitals every day also physical theripist to come to house,,plus she > wants home health care to give me help. > -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease" "Constipation and Parkinson's" -- audiocassette & guidebook "Guidelines for Medical Nutrition Therapy for Parkinson's disease" & Risk Assessment Tools "Risk for malnutrition and bone fracture in Parkinson's disease," J Nutr Elderly. V18:3;1999. http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/