Good news is mom went exactly 3 weeks without falling. This really seemed to be looking up \u2013 meds have been adjusted, she\u2019s not as combative, and seemed to understand that she can\u2019t get up on her own. Welp, now the bad news \u2013 Just when we start letting our guard down, she proved once again that she needs constant care. Unfortunately we can\u2019t have a sitter there next to her 24 hours a day, which does seem like that\u2019s what she should have in order to guarantee her safety.<\/p>\n
Mom apparently tried to get out of bed by herself yesterday morning and fell out of bed. She ended up breaking her glasses but thankfully that appears to be the worst of it. We bought a fall mat to be put down next to her bed, not really thinking that she\u2019d be breaking it in so soon. I\u2019m glad that we didn\u2019t wait to get it for her. I don\u2019t think that this will keep her from injuring herself again, but it\u2019s her best chance while she\u2019s at Morningside and continues to do things like this.<\/p>\n
She has also been having problems while she eats. She apparently has forgotten that very important step of swallowing her food after she chews and chews. We have noticed that she will try to take another bite while her mouth is still full. Even when prompted to swallow, she\u2019s not clearing her mouth fully. If not careful, it\u2019s possible that she could aspirate. She\u2019s already on a mechanical soft diet (basically chopped meats). If the kitchen can handle it, she might get moved to ground meats. The next step would be pureed food, which is disgusting and not enjoyable at all. I don\u2019t think that she\u2019s even close to this point, but if she ever needs to get put on a feeding tube, she\u2019ll have to go back to Heritage. Morningside is not equipped to handle that level of care. Knowing mom, she will not leave that tube in anyway, so I\u2019m really hoping that it doesn\u2019t get to that point. With having a sitter there every day, the lunches and dinners are covered. Morningside has been great in making someone available to sit with her during breakfast. I wonder if it will get to the point where they can\u2019t keep someone off of the floor that long so she\u2019ll be given something like Ensure for breakfast or just oatmeal. I don\u2019t know \u2013 we\u2019ll just have to see how things progress.<\/p>\n
We have another care plan meeting on Thursday. Cyndie will be here and will attend with me this time.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow is mom\u2019s birthday. I\u2019ll go by to see her, take her a piece of yummy birthday cake, and swap out her broken glasses for new ones. As much as I\u2019d like to get her a gift, sadly it\u2019s pointless. I don\u2019t trust that she will just \u201clook\u201d at something pretty. I think that we\u2019re not completely out of the woods with her picking something up and using it as a projectile. So cards and cake is the theme of this year\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n
She doesn\u2019t always answer her phone and she rarely makes outgoing calls. Don\u2019t be offended if you haven\u2019t gotten a call from her. There\u2019s a lot of things that she does not remember \u2013 mostly short-term memory loss. She will forget that she talked to me or Cyndie earlier in the day and she didn\u2019t remember Cyndie visiting just last weekend (even when Cyndie spoke to her about it the following day she was there). It\u2019s all really quite sad. I\u2019m just thankful that she seems to finally be not as angry and violent. She still says things from time to time because I know she\u2019s miserable, but she\u2019s a lot calmer.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m really hoping that she has a nice day tomorrow.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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