October 20, 2013, Sunday. RNC called ABOUT 1:30
pm. Nurse said that another resident found Mom on the floor in the dining room,
that she slid out of her chair. As Nurse was speaking to me, Mom took off at
rapid pace and Nurse caught up to her and invited her to speak with me. I asked
Mom “how are you feeling?” She responded that “I didn’t spill anything.” I told
Mom I would come see her about 5 PM. She said okay and good-bye then I heard
her tell Nurse that I was coming at 5:30 PM. I told Nurse it would be about 5
PM and asked if Mom had any injuries. Nurse said that Mom was all right. It
sounds like Mom is exercising. Carl called and said that he and Charlotte would
meet me at Mom’s with the painting of the dog for approval.
LATER:
I went to the NH about 4:45 PM. Carl and Charlotte were there. Charlotte looked great and
Carl brought excellent birdseed, cleaned out the Recreation Dept. birdfeeder
too and brought flowers. Mom was in bed, no glasses, no teeth. It looked like
she has not had her teeth in today. I gave her her teeth and glasses. Carl
& Char left and I put the table over Mom’s bed so she could eat in bed. She
has a deep wet cough today. She did not eat well but some salad and some of the
pizza topping. She ate her ice cream only after I squished up a chocolate in
it. She had that bad tasting pudding on her tray again. Tina did not have a
comparable dish on her tray. We did some personal care and I clipped her
toenails. She said it hurt for me to handle her toes and her big toe nail, left
foot looks dead and the toe looks swollen. She most definitely does not feel
well, very tired and lethargic. We channel surfed some then I put the TV back
on Singing in the Rain. I cleaned Mom’s teeth and gave Mom and Tina some candy.
I left Mom on her bed, O2 on, lap blankets over her about 6:30 PM. I stopped by
the Nurse station and spoke with Nurse Linda about Mom not feeling well.
Mom
still has a good supply of diapers.
October 21, 2013, Monday. I got a call from Nurse
Todd at RNC that Mom has bronchitis and they are starting an antibiotic. I
asked what I should do and he said just “be supportive.” I played phone tag
with Nurse Regina from Hospice today. We communicated by email. Dr. Maxwell
wants to put Mom in a high back chair to slow down falls. I don’t know how that
will help? But okay. I went to the NH about 5 PM. There was birdseed in the
feeder and I added some more to the flat feeder. Riley signed the book this
afternoon. Mom was on her bed under the covers, O2 on but cannula out of place.
I fixed it up and started getting her set-up to eat in bed. Someone brought a
tray with spaghetti but Mom was coughing and there was a nebulizer on the desk
by her. I went to nurse station and asked for chicken soup. Nurse Diane brought
chicken soup to the room. Mom ate some fruit, some soup and some of the
veggies. A man brought the new chair and another nebulizer wrapped in plastic. I put Mom’s old chair out
in the hallway, took the leg rests off the new chair and put them under the
chest of drawers (those things tear up Mom’s legs when she reaches for the
floor.) A. C.N.A. came and took Mom’s tray. I cleaned Mom’s teeth and plugged
her bed back into the wall and adjusted the bed. I got Mom’s dirty clothes
together. I changed the DVD to Swing Time, gave Mom and Tina candy and left
with Mom’s dirty clothes about 7 PM. I spoke to Nurse Linda before I left to
say the new chair and nebulizer had been delivered
Note
about swallowing: Mom often chews up food then wants to spit it out. If I give
her a Reese’s Pieces, or cake or cookie, she has no difficulty swallowing.
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