October 6, 2013, Sunday. Nurse called and said
that Mom slid out of her w/c this morning at an activity in the Great Room. The
nurse examined Mom and found no evidence of injury. My hunch is that Mom wanted
to leave the piano concert and her wheels were locked. She is not much of a
morning person. Just a hunch. I went to the NH about 5 PM. I fed the birds,
blinds closed. We had ½ inch of rain last night so the grass was watered. I
found Mom in her room with her food (no tray) on the table in front of her.
According to Tina I was wrong about Mom’s brakes. From Tina’s description it
sounds like her brakes were off and she tried to stand up but who knows? The
pianist scheduled this morning didn’t show up and the UT business women’s club
didn’t show up this afternoon, so I was told. (ACL Fest is in town?) Mom had
finished half of her ice cream. I put the rest aside and Mom ate some cornbread
and all the salad. The chili wasn’t good even with ketchup. I gave her some
graham crackers and a cookie to eat with the rest of the ice cream. Then we
went for a walk. We set off the alarm going out but walked around the building,
after sitting in the lovely evening, to the employee’s entrance on unit I and
no alarm when we went in. I asked the Nurse and she said that entrance is not
alarmed!!. Very interesting. I accompanied Mom to her room and the C.N.A.
Rowanda came and assisted getting Mom into bed and changed. I turned on the Brigadoon
DVD and the birds came back. I left about 6:40 PM. Nurse Linda told me that
C.N.A.s Anabel and Frank had left which is unfortunate. She said everybody
cried but the pay is not good at RNC. The atmosphere is very homey and caring
but they are having financial difficulty. I know Seton is in trouble and RNC is
having difficulty with their relationship with Seton. Plus the State of Texas cuts.
October 7, 2013, Monday. I went to the NH about
4:15 today. First I went to see Candy Sandlin about Mom’s Trust account. After
some examination of the records, I wrote RNC a check for the accidentally
accumulated funds from the reduced expense for Medicare part D for 5 or 6
months in 2012 in the amount of $185.58. Then I went to the back, fed the
birds, blinds open, washed the sidewalk and sprinkled the grass. There was
birdseed in the tall feeder and the grass had been watered. Riley visited today
around 1 PM. Mom was on her bed watching TV, sound down, O2 on. The C.N.A.
brought Tina’s and Mom’s trays about 4:40 PM. Mom ate all of her tomato soup,
most of the cheese sandwich and some of the potato soup. I added salt and
pepper and a few corn chips. She did not eat her pudding but did eat some of
the cookie. Annie from Rec. came by and visited. I returned her tray to the
dining room then I helped Mom back onto her bed. I changed the DVD to Top Hat
and left about 6:45 PM. Mom was alert, cheerful and indicated some self direction tonight.
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