Today I arrived to find my mom in a dark room asleep...misc. food and drinks on her tray too far away for her to get to. I looked for her call button and it was hanging down in a place she would not be able to get to. Ugh...I was just feeling better about this place. I asked her how she was and she kind of rolled her eyes and said "fine no so uncomfortable." I asked if she had physical therapy and she said no....OK now I am frustrated....why not? I think, so I go and ask. Turns out that she was sleeping and so they left her with the intent on coming back later. They were just getting ready to do a chest xray so a guy came and did it in her room. After that she said that her chest was hurting..that got those nurses in there...they did her vitals and they were all good....but they kept asking her questions.
Before long it was lunch and my mom said (with much feeling) "I don't want it"...I tell her that she needs the food to get stronger..she rolls her eyes again and tells me that she is just so tired and she will promise that she will start all the hard work on Monday and that I should quit bothering her. I couldn't help but feel so frustrated, mad and sad....I wanted her to get better more than she wanted to get better, I thought. So I left to find a grocery store in walking distance so that I could get her the yoghurt she liked..Activia Blueberry....all the grocery stores I knew of had closed their doors....man now what?? off to Walgreens..they had strawberry - that would have to do.
When I return back the electricity was out - they were testing the generator (???? whatever that is). I gave my mom the yoghurt and she ate the whole thing.......yeah finally she ate something. Suddenly in walks the physical therapist and my mom says how about tomorrow...luckily the guy says "naaaaa come on....so they get her into a wheel chair and suddenly she breathes better and looks clearer. I watched part of the session and my mom walked with a walker for about 6 steps and does stretches with an exercise band...I didn't watch the whole session as I was sent to investigate whether or not there was a beauty parlor there....there is...my mom and her roommate were happy to hear that. After therapy they wanted her to stay sitting up for awhile so I took her for a ride to check ou the place she was staying...we even went outside for 2 minutes but the air was cold so we went in again. After awhile my mom got tucked in and she was ready for a nap so I left, feeling better and very happy that she was seeing how much better she felt being up...hopefully tomorrow it won't be so hard to get her up. I was energized.
About 5pm my phone rang and it was Eskaton.....I thought "what's wrong?" the nurse said nothing.... but that the xray showed that my mom has pneumonia - shit!!! Now what?? The Eskaton doctor has ordered antibiotics and I will be there with vitamin D3 and probiotics. I think that it is a good thing that she does not yet have a temperature....good luck mom...you can beat this too
Sonia and Leif were there this evening and my mom was sitting up and eating a little food..they worked on a danish song and Leif harassed my mom...sounds normal to me
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