Alzheimer's Caregivers Reward Themselves

As you may or may not know, mom's hip surgery of two years ago had to be redone a few months ago. With more unbelievable stories and information than I could put to paper, I wrote nothing. The whole event from discovering the cause of her pain, to the inept primary doctor, to the bumbling surgeon, to moving her into a nursing home, had me undone. I just had so much to talk about I didn't know where to begin. So, tonight I am jumping in and beginning with today. The ugly but fascinating details of the last two months will have to wait until another time when I can put it all together in a cohesive fashion.

Today we learned that mom has MRSA in her only good eye. The have her on an aggressive treatment of antibiotic eye drops every single hour for 24 hours followed by every four hours thereafter. This will last for seven days and they will then take another culture to see if it is gone. In the meantime, we moved mom to yet another room at the nursing home. Her third room-change since leaving the hospital. This time to isolation. I can't tell you how sad it is to think of my mother all alone for at least 8 - 10 days with just an occasional visit or check-in by a cna several times a day. She will take lots of naps and they will come in to feed her meals and my sister and I will continue to visit for a few hours each day. Still, it's hard to imagine. Perhaps it will not be as bad for her as it would be for an active person. I have to tell myself this or I will never get to sleep tonight.

My sister, husband and I treated ourselves to an emotional-break-reward dinner out tonight at a Japanese/Korean restaurant. Delicious sushi and other dishes which I cannot spell. Yum!