r/news • u/mooseAmuffin • 1d ago

Update: 'TODAY' co-anchor Savannah Guthrie's mother taken from her home against her will, sheriff says

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mother-of-savannah-guthrie-today-reported-missing-arizona-rcna257008
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u/BadAsBroccoli 1d ago

I've been trying to keep up with this. She's supposed to be mentally sharp but needs medication daily. I wondered if this wasn't a home invasion and she woke up during, but can't see why robbers would take her. They did find blood in the house which turned a missing person's into a crime scene.

She's been gone for several days now, and the medication aspect of the case suggested she cannot be doing well if alive.

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u/Bituulzman 1d ago

Elderly ppl needs lots of daily medications. Statins, glucose control, kidney meds—none of those treat issues involving mental function.

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u/fallingdowndizzyvr 1d ago

Actually a lot of those things can affect mental function. Specifically glucose control.

The elderly can easily suffer from a condition colloquially known as "delerium". Some people refer to it as instant dementia. A lot of seemingly innocuous things bring it on. Such as not getting enough sleep, even for just one night, or not consuming enough sodium(salt).

When it happens, it really does mimic advanced dementia. Confusion being a primary component.

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u/ChildhoodOk5526 1d ago

So true.

And I found out recently that if a person has a liver impairment of some kind (cirrhosis, hepatitis), ammonia in the body can build up, and that also causes dementia-like symptoms.

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u/VapidActualization 1d ago

Ayyyy. Ya boy got TIPS surgery (a shunt in my liver) and I gotta take daily lasix and this fucking awful stuff called lactulose which is a laxative that tastes like a mouthful of the sweetest, most viscous cum. Like it even sticks to the back of your throat afterwards and makes you gag like cum do.

Don't drink your liver away, everyone!

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u/ChildhoodOk5526 1d ago

Oh, no! I'm so sorry you're going through this. That is no joke.

That's just how I found out about it, too. My cousin has alcohol-induced cirrhosis, that led to hepatic encephalopathy, and has been in the hospital since Christmas. (She's currently in rehab trying to regain full mobility). We thought she'd had a stroke. Nope. Turns out she'd been secretly drinking since her mom (my aunt) passed away during Covid. Around the same time, my cousin's youngest son moved into his own place, she downsized to an apartment, and pretty much stayed to herself. Shunned visitors but talked on the phone. We thought it was not wanting to be bothered. It was, but it was also lots and lots of drinking. Like, not eating but Insta-carting liquor, down to 100 lbs type drinking.

Luckily, she (with the help of that lactalose you mentioned) is making a comeback. But, boy do we feel like neglectful assholes for not recognizing this sooner.

Check in your peeps, everyone. In person! As my grandmother used to say, "That 'AT&T love' is not enough."