Does it ever end...

By Mom on Nov 28, 2009 | In Welcome | Send feedback »

My aunt-in-law suffered a setback yesterday and I was called in to help. We talked her into getting Rescue Alert a few years ago and it has been a lifeline for her. She fell and I tried to go and pick her up. It was a sight with me, at 5' nothing and 115 and her 200+, trying to get her off the floor. She wasn't any help, so I had to call for reinforcements. Two of her nephews showed up and one of them got her up. She bruised her butt and hit her head. She was just a sight sprawled out with her pudding cup just out of reach. She somehow lost her balance and her grip on the walker and tumbled over. I told her I knew pudding would be her downfall. She laughed.

I guess I can give a little background on my special ward. She has RA, peripheral neuropathy, HBP, CHF, and general old age issues. The doctors have her on a multitude of medications that totally baffle me. If she was having a good quality of life, I wouldn't bat an eye. The truth of the matter is she seems to be waiting to die. She has been netter since I've been there, but now she is getting sick and not doing anything again. It took me 2 weeks to get her to starting eating on a regular basis and now I feel it may be undone. I am going to make her an appointment on Monday and see what is going on this time. She keeps making me promise I won't put her in the hospital and I am trying my best.

Tomorrow I will see how she is doing and whether she feels any better. Until then...