Monday, February 28, 2011

Call for help

Hello there,
OK - I know I have received several offers for help, and here is where we sit. Mom's hospital is ready to send her home. They wanted to today, and my sister, Tanya, told them we had to talk tonight and figure things out. She and Sean are willing to have her, but Tanya works all day, and Sean would have to help Mom on and off the potty. We both know that Mom will sneak and try to go on her own, not wanting to bother him as often as she has to go, and out of not wanting him to help her with that (which we can't blame her).
The nursing homes are not staffed well enough to be able to watch her as often as she goes to the bathroom (the last one put her in diapers, because it took them too long to get to her - and even left her on bedpans way too long), so she would end up getting up unsupervised, because she couldn't wait, and that is if Medical would even cover it.
What she needs help with, is someone to come to my house and spot her as she gets up and down out of bed and on and off the toilet - and mostly making sure that she has absolutely NO weight on her right leg (she tends to claim she is just touching her toe down to balance, but puts weight on it as she uses her walker). So they would have to have time, and be able to stand up to her and not let her put that foot down while walking with her walker, and walking beside her, able to support her if she loses balance, so she doesn't fall again.
The hospital here still hasn't told me what they are doing about Lucy, they need a few more days to figure out what is causing Lucy's problems, and the best solution. They can't send us home yet, because her sodium is still too low, and they are giving her IV steroids hoping it is swelling causing the problems, and that the steroids will help that, and stop her issues. They will give her PT and OT here as an In Patient basis.
I had received an offer from our cousin Crystal to come and help, as she just finished her CNA, and was available - so we thought that was the answer. But upon reading her offer again - she isn't done with school until March 16th, and I need the help for 3 days up to 3 weeks starting Wednesday.
So if anyone is available, and can handle being very firm with Mom about no weight (she will argue that she isn't putting weight, when she is), and be able to spot and help her getting up and down as needed - that would be greatly appreciated. Please email me and let me know if you can help, and what your availability is.
Thanks again so much!!!

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