question: My 95 y.o. Grandmother is in the hospital stemming from a gall bladder attack.  She was told that she had inflammation in the gall bladder and was put on high dose of antibiotics through IV.  They said they were not going to do anything about the gall stones but just treat the infection and send her home if all goes well.  Now after 3 days of antibiotics they are saying she has C Diff.  Why wouldn't they do something to treat the gall stones instead of giving her massive amounts of antibiotics which most likely caused the C Diff.  ?  As for her history she had open heart surgery at 83 which consisted of a triple bypass and a valve replacement (pig valve).  She had a rotator cuff replacement two yrs ago as well and had to intubate (sp?) during surgery.  They said they "lost her" twice during that procedure.  This is the reason they gave for not doing gall bladder surgery.  They said that shockwave therapy is "not very effective" so they are not going to do that either.  Any thoughts on all of this?