Mom's doctor has laryngitis so she is supposed to call me tomorrow.
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She can't do anything. I prop her up when she wants to eat, she calls me when she needs water or something. I roll her onto her sides when I change her diapers.Thanks for the update, Sis, so happy to hear she is doing a little better.
What does she do all day, Sis?
As she is bed bound.xx
Can’t she read in bed ,Sis?...or maybe play board games with you?xxShe can't do anything. I prop her up when she wants to eat, she calls me when she needs water or something. I roll her onto her sides when I change her diapers.
In the past I know mom always prayed....so maybe she does that.
No, she's not interested in that. Right now she's resting on the pillow, sometimes dozes off, and when she's ready to eat, I'll prop her up. I changed her diaper earlier and the LVN came to attend her pressure sore.Can’t she read in bed ,Sis?...or maybe play board games with you?xx
Just to give her mind stimulation.
Yes, we used to put a small pillow under their leg, then the heel is off the bed...xxThe LVN said to put a blanket under her ankle so her heel isn't resting on the bed.
Actually the only time mom complained about pain (re hip) was when she first fell and broke it. In the ambulance going over to the hospital, they gave her some pain killer.To be honest I can understand that...breaking one’s hip at 94 and going through all that pain, is one “ HUGE” shock to the system..
Thinking and praying for you both ,Sis,xxx
I understand exactly what you say here,...many years back when I was hospitalised with ME, the professor who saw me, wrote it down on the board at the bottom of my bed, what I needed , I couldn’t lift my arms I was so weak, etc... ..none of it was done, ..need I say any more...that was “ my” experience before any one jumps on me.xxBut she always seems to decline after being in a hospital...but this time it's a worse decline. Of course, she wasn't eating well there until they let me order her some things that she might eat. I guess they were afraid of being sued...she hadn't eaten for a week and then I squacked about that.
That's terrible. Did they give you a glass of water, hold it for you?I understand exactly what you say here,...many years back when I was hospitalised with ME, the professor who saw me, wrote it down on the board at the bottom of my bed, what I needed , I couldn’t lift my arms I was so weak, etc... ..none of it was done, ..need I say any more...that was “ my” experience before any one jumps on me.xx
That's terrible. Did they give you a glass of water, hold it for you?
Exactly...just because they are a nurse, doesn’t mean that they all care and have empathy..This hospital would put a pitcher of water on a portable table beside the bed. It was too heavy for mom to handle I could see that when I visited.
100% agree.I told one of the nurses you actually have to hand her a cup of water. If it's in a pitcher she won't be able to drink it.
She’s home now Sis and with her beloved Daughter, thank God,xxHave no idea what they did when I wasn't there or wasn't asking them on the phone about doing something for mom...like rinsing her dentures. When I caught a cold, I couldn't visit her for some days....when I went I would clean her dentures.
I just had a thought @Debp
NOT that you haven thought of or even tried with your mum. A captivating novel read by her bedside when she is at her sharpest or, more aware state. Maybe an old favorite book or story of hers. I know nothing of her likes or dislikes but, I know I would enjoy something like that.
JMO sister.
xx
You should not be doing that alone, exhausted!!!...indeed and darn well back breaking, I don’t think they realise what a toll it takes doing all that personal care on your own, I think it’s a downright disgrace...Yesterday and today she has had a lot of diarrhea...it takes me an hour each time to clean her up, I get exhausted.