After the last hospital debacle, we put mom on Hospice to prevent the "home" from rushing her to the hospital every time something happens. So far this has been a good decision for mom but I'm not sure it is a good one for me. Every time Hope the Hospice nurse calls me, I'm sure she will be giving me bad news. I can feel my blood pressure rise and I hold my breath waiting to hear what she has to say. Yesterday the same thing happened. Hope went on and on inquiring about my health and I was wishing she would cut to the chase and tell me why she was calling. Was mom o.k.? Was she sick? Had she fallen? Had she passed away? Hope thought she was clear on our wishes for mom but wanted to be sure. They found mom on the floor with her head on the footrest of the chair. She had slipped out of her lounge chair. Meanwhile, I was on the verge of a stroke because I still didn't know if mom was o.k. Eventually, she said mom appeared to be fine other than a red mark on the back of her neck. Her blood pressure was a little high but there were no cuts or broken bones. Hope asked her if she had any pain and mom replied, "No, why would I"? Mom had completely forgotten that she had slipped onto the floor. This is one situation where a lack of memory is a good thing.
Mom seems to "take a licking and keep on ticking" but she may outlive me if Hope's phone calls continue.
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Please call Hope up and set some ground rules. Have her address the reason for her call at the onset so that you know why she is calling. This isn't a suggestion....I'm telling you to do it! :) Nicely of course :)
ReplyDeleteSeriously, that's a good idea. How scary!! I'm glad Grandma's okay.
ReplyDeleteGood suggestion, Matt.
ReplyDeleteMom still has a red mark on her neck, but isn't that a birth mark? Hasn't she always had that? She slept all morning, even through the entire hairdressing. I got her awake enough to feed her lunch. She started out feeding herself the soup, but most of it landed on the placemat as she was listing to the left because she was so sleepy. After lunch and toileting we put her in a chair in the living room so they could keep an eye on her just in case she did any more Houdini tricks. She was asleep in 3 minutes.
I bet your friends visiting from New England were very happy to come to Florida to be threatened by a tornado watch.
A tornado watch in Florida is like a blizzard when visiting New England.....it's part of the vacation package to see how the locals live.
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