| Janet |
07-18-2011 05:56 PM |
This has been one heck of a day. We started our day off with breakfast. Then we went to get dressed, Mom made a bit of a mess on the flooring (linoleum) so I had to clean that up. We got dressed and Ricky helped me get Mom in the van. She was weak, but did okay.
We arrived at Wellbound (kidney dr.) and as I was getting her out of the van, I had her just lean against the seat before getting into the wheelchair. She passed out and started to slide down. I was able to get her to the wheelchair and into the building. We were able to go right in. We got her out of her wheelchair and into a lounger type chair. Blood was drawn for a complete lab workup. Mom absolutely loves the nurse who takes care of her, but couldn't remember her name...only that she was her friend. After a while....Mom remembered Ruth's name.
Dr. came in and listened to all our concerns and then checked Mom out. Said he really wanted her to see a neurologist. I asked him if it was really necessary. He wants to find out why Mom is passing out and to rule out anything neurological. I reminded him that her heart Dr. put her on a med to raise her blood pressure and for awhile it worked, she didn't pass out. The meds must have quit working because her BP was no longer staying elevated and she was passing out again. Told him the heart Dr said he couldn't increase the dosage because of a leaky heart valve...afraid it would leak even more.
The nurse got Mom from the chair to her wheelchair and immediately Mom passed out. The Dr. came running in and took her BP...it was 89/51. He had her making fists and after a bit, her BP went up a little. They helped me get Mom in the van. When we were about 5 miles from the office, I remembered they forgot to give me back the paper with Mom's medicine dosage on it that I had brought so I had to go back and get it.
When we arrived home, Ricky came running from the garage to help me get Mom from the van to the house. As she was getting out of the van, she passed out again with both Ricky and I holding her. We couldn't hold her up so gently let her go to the ground. She came to and then we were able to get a better hold and got her into her wheelchair. She rested for a minute in her chair and then said she would like something to eat. She wanted chicken salad on toast, buttermilk and a couple pieces of mandarin orange. She ate all of it and then promptly threw it up in the waste basket.
She then wanted to go lie down in bed. She doesn't want to sit in the recliner anymore, preferring to lie in bed. I did take her in the newspaper, she read it and then went to sleep.
I was gathering all my phone numbers for home care and Hospice when the phone started ringing off the hook it seems. A friend called, a friend of mother's called, the neurology nurse called to set up an appointment (I have to try and keep Mom awake as much as I can and then have her in the office by 7:00 AM on Friday morning), the Physical Therapist called to let us know he was coming in the morning at 9:00.
Needless to say...I didn't get my phone calls made. So...I have to run to the bank (I forgot to make a deposit) first thing in the morning while the PT is here with Mom or have Ricky do it for me and then I will hopefully get some calls made. The Social Worker at Wellbound said she could help with the phone calls, but I want to be able to make the appts. myself. I told her if it got too overwhelming I would let her know.
So....this is how my day went. Oh...husband came home complaining about my son....told him I didn't want to hear it and I would be on Ricky's side anyway. Needless to say....he went out in the garage and stayed for awhile. I don't need anymore aggravation and let him know exactly that. Also told him to be sure he and Ricky picked up after themselves because if I have to pick up anything after them....it was going in the trash. No one picks up after me and I was no longer picking up after them.
Other than that....I've had a really hot day. :)
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