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Re: Aging Parents
By: Roselynn39 Date: August 27, 2021, 12:23 pm
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Cavia,
I'm sorry your mom is having issues. And sorrier they can't
figure out why.
Much mojo to you, your mom and your family to keep her safe. It
sucks for all of you.
I came in the middle of this but get the general gist. Hope
something is resolved soon.
If "her feet are getting away from her", what's on her feet at
the time?? The reason I ask is if she has on backless shoes,
sandals, slippers get rid of them. It's how I broke my vertebrae
at Thanksgiving. As the PT said, they don't call them slippers
for nothing (which is what caused my fall).
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Re: Aging Parents
By: CatDancing Date: August 29, 2021, 10:43 am
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[quote author=kkt link=topic=21.msg1150#msg1150 date=1629148061]
The DNR tattoo was based on a real patient who was homeless, I
think, and didn't have a fridge on which to post the DNR, so he
had it tattooed on his body. When he was admitted and not fully
conscious the hospital was unsure whether that was a real DNR or
a joke or something else.
[/quote]
From what I recall, they didn't really think it was a joke, but
they weren't sure they should follow it because.
Because why? Well, because! Because it was, y'know, a tattoo,
and maybe they had medical responsibilities to revive him that
overrode a wish that was great enough that he had it tattooed on
his chest, WITH a signature, where they'd see it first thing
when they ripped his shirt off.
You may notice that I'm infuriated that someone could take that
step to ensure that his last wishes were honored, and then a
bunch of I-know-better-mongers started hopping and squawking
about it. "Well, yeah, he HAS an end-of-life directive, and it
was inscribed on his skin at considerable effort and discomfort,
and it's signed, but . . . but maybe he changed his mind! We'd
better resuscitate him and ask!"
I know two people who had DNRs that were ignored in the
excitement of the moment, and their deaths were agonizingly
prolonged. Not that I'm angry about that -- no, I'm not angry.
It's a lot stronger than anger.
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Re: Aging Parents
By: Aardtacha Date: August 29, 2021, 11:51 am
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[quote author=Roselynn39 link=topic=21.msg7931#msg7931
date=1630084467]
This may sound strange but I was eternally grateful she didn't
die in front of me.
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It's not strange at all. It's absolutely understandable and
perfectly human. No one wants to see their loved one leave them
behind.
I'm sorry for your loss.
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Re: Aging Parents
By: nsw11 Date: August 29, 2021, 12:42 pm
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@Cavia
HTML https://haxnuts.createaforum.com/parenting-and-families/aging-parents/msg7919/#msg7919
Would she be willing to use something that looks less like a
wheelchair? My husband has one of these
HTML https://travelwheelchair.net/collections/daily-living-chairs/products/flux-360-slim-line.<br
/>It can only be used inside, but it's more comfortable that a
regular wheelchair. Sorry, I'm not able to get the image to
copy.
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Re: Aging Parents
By: CaviaPorcellus Date: August 29, 2021, 6:55 pm
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[quote author=CaviaPorcellus link=topic=21.msg7727#msg7727
date=1630026771]
This seems like a good place to
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA for a bit:
Mom has fallen three times in the last two days. No obvious
physical ailments (sinus infection/UTI/etc). Dr. is trying very
hard to avoid hospitalizing her because of the COVID surge in
Texas.
[/quote]
After a 2 day hospital stay, do you want to guess what it was??
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HTML http://www.gigaglitters.com/][IMG]http://www.gigaglitters.com/created/jVp4B83MS8.gif[/img][/URL]
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Re: Aging Parents
By: animaniactoo Date: August 29, 2021, 7:00 pm
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So antibiotics and she'll be alright in a couple of days?
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Re: Aging Parents
By: CaviaPorcellus Date: August 29, 2021, 7:02 pm
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Hopefully! I'm just very annoyed that it took a hospital trip
when I TOLD SIS TO GET HER SCREENED FOR A UTI, and her response
was "that's not likely".
One of us has worked in nursing homes before! I don't generally
know more than the, you know, nurse practitioner about these
things, but when it comes to dementia patients and UTIs? That's
apparently my knowledge base, baby. Don't say no before you get
the screening!
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Re: Aging Parents
By: guest80 Date: August 29, 2021, 7:11 pm
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[quote author=CaviaPorcellus link=topic=21.msg8770#msg8770
date=1630281720]
Hopefully! I'm just very annoyed that it took a hospital trip
when I TOLD SIS TO GET HER SCREENED FOR A UTI, and her response
was "that's not likely".
One of us has worked in nursing homes before! I don't generally
know more than the, you know, nurse practitioner about these
things, but when it comes to dementia patients and UTIs? That's
apparently my knowledge base, baby. Don't say no before you get
the screening!
[/quote]
That is wonderful news!
When I worked as a non-medical Caregiver for elderly people with
dementia, UTI's were absolutely correlated to worsening
conditions for the women I took care of. Dementia has ups and
downs but a sudden plumet in cognizance or balance was almost
always a UTI.
Many of my clients were advanced enough in their dementia that
they were not really verbal.
So glad that's what was the issue!
#Post#: 8815--------------------------------------------------
Re: Aging Parents
By: LesserGoddess Date: August 29, 2021, 8:20 pm
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@CaviaPorcellus, I'm sorry. I'm glad though that at least this
time there's an answer, it was a UTI. I hope she'll be persuaded
into a wheelchair.
#Post#: 8893--------------------------------------------------
Re: Aging Parents
By: Queenie Date: August 30, 2021, 9:13 am
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Thank heavens it's cleared up for now.
I'm shocked they didn't check that first. UTIs in geriatric
patients are a serious problem, and so common.
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