Re: ROLL CALL-WHERE IS EVERYONE?
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:14 am
Hello Everyone,
The last 45 days has been a wild ride through life.
Back story:
I have been taking care of my 90 year old mother at her Condo just down the road from our house for the several years. My mothers memory loss has been getting a little worse every week and I made the decision to move her into a Memory care unit on St Patrick's Day. I was able to secure a room, she was able to pass the mobility tests, I moved familiar furnishings in so that the room would feel like home and not be a big system shock to her.
On the morning of St Patrick's Day I went to breakfast with some of the guys from the local repeater /radio clubs and about 30 minutes before I was due to arrive at moms I got a call from her caregiver, Mom didn't seem to be acting normal. I zipped over there and found that she had started the day completely normal and was not able to transfer to her wheelchair for some reason. I was talking with my mom for about 5 minutes to see what may be wrong (Good BP, Blood sugar count a bit high but not a concern, pulse was normal) when she had a stroke and went limp.
Rescue arrived and took her to the ER, at the hospital they gave mom TPA and ran the usual tests. Two days passed and most of the right side paralysis was already gone but you could see that she was noticeably weakened. The third day it was determined that she would need 2 - 3 weeks of rehab prior to being transferred to the Memory care unit. The Physical Therapist was in her hospital room on the third day going over the details when mom had several more TIAs.
This all pointed to a brain bleeds that they could do nothing for.
I moved my mom back to her home and Hospice took over.
Long story but I need to get this off my chest.
Mother passed away on April 5th and was laid to rest on April 12th.
Bert
The last 45 days has been a wild ride through life.
Back story:
I have been taking care of my 90 year old mother at her Condo just down the road from our house for the several years. My mothers memory loss has been getting a little worse every week and I made the decision to move her into a Memory care unit on St Patrick's Day. I was able to secure a room, she was able to pass the mobility tests, I moved familiar furnishings in so that the room would feel like home and not be a big system shock to her.
On the morning of St Patrick's Day I went to breakfast with some of the guys from the local repeater /radio clubs and about 30 minutes before I was due to arrive at moms I got a call from her caregiver, Mom didn't seem to be acting normal. I zipped over there and found that she had started the day completely normal and was not able to transfer to her wheelchair for some reason. I was talking with my mom for about 5 minutes to see what may be wrong (Good BP, Blood sugar count a bit high but not a concern, pulse was normal) when she had a stroke and went limp.
Rescue arrived and took her to the ER, at the hospital they gave mom TPA and ran the usual tests. Two days passed and most of the right side paralysis was already gone but you could see that she was noticeably weakened. The third day it was determined that she would need 2 - 3 weeks of rehab prior to being transferred to the Memory care unit. The Physical Therapist was in her hospital room on the third day going over the details when mom had several more TIAs.
This all pointed to a brain bleeds that they could do nothing for.
I moved my mom back to her home and Hospice took over.
Long story but I need to get this off my chest.
Mother passed away on April 5th and was laid to rest on April 12th.
Bert