Hello there.
I hope I've been numbering these correctly--I haven't been checking to make sure that my numbers are in the right order! Might have to take my socks off soon!
Alice had another busy day with lots of visitors. She was tired and slow-moving--need help to rise from her chair to get into the wheelchair. The porter and I had to lift her from under her armpits--her knees wouldn't loosen up to help her stand. I asked her if her knees were getting older faster than the rest of her and she said yes. Went to physio and then slept for half an hour. She was just done in. Visited with some more people; she saw Mary and Jim McArthur early in the day, Bill Weir and Jacky in the afternoon, and Trish Weir just before dinner.
She asked me about Thanksgiving a couple of times. She seems to be unclear if it has passed or not. She really wants to go to Don Weir's for Thanksgiving dinner ('cause there'll be good food! she told me), but seems to be losing track of the days. She is also determined that she is returning home soon, maybe tomorrow. I asked her how she will cope at home, as she is pretty wobbly. She told me that she would hold on to things. I observed that she gets lots of help here in the hospital that she won't get at home and that seemed to give her pause.
I know she wants out of the hospital--she's been there for almost a month. I just don't think she has the strength and resilience to be at home. She is sad about this, I think, as she is aware that she does not have the families' support on this. She and Doug are trying to troubleshoot coming home, talking about home-care and other supports, but I'm not sure that she can be safe there.
We'll see what transpires at the family meeting tomorrow. We may have a bit of a bumpy road to negotiate.
Keep us in your thoughts. This is a hard row to hoe in so many ways.
love, Robin.
I hope I've been numbering these correctly--I haven't been checking to make sure that my numbers are in the right order! Might have to take my socks off soon!
Alice had another busy day with lots of visitors. She was tired and slow-moving--need help to rise from her chair to get into the wheelchair. The porter and I had to lift her from under her armpits--her knees wouldn't loosen up to help her stand. I asked her if her knees were getting older faster than the rest of her and she said yes. Went to physio and then slept for half an hour. She was just done in. Visited with some more people; she saw Mary and Jim McArthur early in the day, Bill Weir and Jacky in the afternoon, and Trish Weir just before dinner.
She asked me about Thanksgiving a couple of times. She seems to be unclear if it has passed or not. She really wants to go to Don Weir's for Thanksgiving dinner ('cause there'll be good food! she told me), but seems to be losing track of the days. She is also determined that she is returning home soon, maybe tomorrow. I asked her how she will cope at home, as she is pretty wobbly. She told me that she would hold on to things. I observed that she gets lots of help here in the hospital that she won't get at home and that seemed to give her pause.
I know she wants out of the hospital--she's been there for almost a month. I just don't think she has the strength and resilience to be at home. She is sad about this, I think, as she is aware that she does not have the families' support on this. She and Doug are trying to troubleshoot coming home, talking about home-care and other supports, but I'm not sure that she can be safe there.
We'll see what transpires at the family meeting tomorrow. We may have a bit of a bumpy road to negotiate.
Keep us in your thoughts. This is a hard row to hoe in so many ways.
love, Robin.
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