Update on Grandma, for anyone concerned.
I think that this is mostly for BJ's knowledge. When they got my mom up last night and asked her to take a step, with support, she could not do it. And they had to fight her for 3 hours while she was SO ANGRY because people wouldn't help her to go home. Mom cried and Anne cried. I wasn't there, as we have decided that we need to spread out the help over there so we don't leave my dad alone to deal with it for long periods. Mom also refused to eat yesterday.
It is SO HARD to watch this process. We love her with all of our hearts. But she needs rehab to walk, which means a care center...so that is what we will be doing this week: arranging for that.
I will be going over this morning to talk to the social worker about our options, and then we will know where to start. Cambrie arrives on Thursday...I suspect that she will need to spend some time with Christa, or be alone here while I am helping to get things settled. She leaves to go to Idaho Sept 1 and then I will be on Full time duty here.
I will do my best to keep writing you BJ. I will write at least one letter a week, but don't expect anything more. Hopefully the family will be able to write you more. You are very much on my mind and in my prayers every day. But for the next couple of weeks while we try to work through the problems of transitioning my mom to HOPEFULLY get enough rehabilitation to get her to come home, it is going to be tough.
When Norma broke her hip and was in a care center to do rehab, when she was awake she would cry and beg and plead and be SO upset, that they had to keep giving her heavy sedatives to calm her down. The sedatives made her sleep most of the time, so rehab could't happen. That is what I am forseeing with mom's case. I hope I am wrong. But that is the story.
Once we know where she will be, I am certain she would appreciate visitors. I will keep you posted, of course.
It is SO HARD to watch this process. We love her with all of our hearts. But she needs rehab to walk, which means a care center...so that is what we will be doing this week: arranging for that.
I will be going over this morning to talk to the social worker about our options, and then we will know where to start. Cambrie arrives on Thursday...I suspect that she will need to spend some time with Christa, or be alone here while I am helping to get things settled. She leaves to go to Idaho Sept 1 and then I will be on Full time duty here.
I will do my best to keep writing you BJ. I will write at least one letter a week, but don't expect anything more. Hopefully the family will be able to write you more. You are very much on my mind and in my prayers every day. But for the next couple of weeks while we try to work through the problems of transitioning my mom to HOPEFULLY get enough rehabilitation to get her to come home, it is going to be tough.
When Norma broke her hip and was in a care center to do rehab, when she was awake she would cry and beg and plead and be SO upset, that they had to keep giving her heavy sedatives to calm her down. The sedatives made her sleep most of the time, so rehab could't happen. That is what I am forseeing with mom's case. I hope I am wrong. But that is the story.
Once we know where she will be, I am certain she would appreciate visitors. I will keep you posted, of course.
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