Well, times change, nothing stays the same. Here’s hoping I can do this without tears.
My Mom’s health has taken a sudden down turn. We don’t know what’s wrong and we’ve been trying for nearly a week to get in touch with her Doctor for some advice or direction, or something. She wakes up screaming and shaking and pounding the bed sheets. She either can’t, or won’t, get out of bed, so we bought some adult diapers for her and some waterproof mattress pads. It makes it so much easier to change her. She says her mind gets dark and she doesn’t know why and she can’t think. Other times, she sees people and animals that aren’t there. When we can get her to eat and drink, she gets calmer. We make sure she gets all of her meds and her insulin shots on time, and that helps, too. It’s been a very frantic and stressful and difficult 7 days. We’ve even tried to get her to go to the hospital but she is so afraid they are going to think she’s crazy and put her away that it’s a no go. We’re going to keep trying though.
Finally, late this afternoon, my sister heard from the Visiting Nurses and they will be at the house tomorrow to evaluate her, help give her a bath, change the sheets on the bed, etc. Stuff that, unfortunately, right now, neither Cindy or I are capable of doing. It is such a load off of both our minds right now. (And, yes, we’ve been saying Thank You, God prayers all afternoon.) Hopefully we can get some blood work done and start trying to figure this out. I’m hoping it is a relatively simple fix. Maybe change some of her meds, maybe change her diet, maybe add something… She thinks she’s had a stroke, but neither Cindy or I really agree with that.
Bottom line is this, I want my Mother back, even if its only for a short while…
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