I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
Sorry your having such a rough time.
I finally called our hospice office today and spoke with the nurse, long story short I think Mama is having the inital phases of a UTI and as much as I hate her being on antibiotics I decided, after a lot of prayer , that we needed to try a course of Cipro..so she's had a dose of that and already has a different look about her...I don't wish a UTI on her either, but I hope that is what this is because it's treatable....She has had water today and one ensure, so that is a start...not enough, but a start.
We had an otherwise ok day. Brother came and that was enjoyable. He brought me a couple of homemade biscuits with cheese and bacon and they hit the spot. It was rainy so I didn't want to go anywhere, other than picking up Mama's meds . And I did end up stopping by the pet store and I bought the cutest little sailor outfit for my puppy...She is going to look stunning!!!!
Stacey, bless your heart..I hate being without power for an hour or two..let along that length of time...can't take the generators either though because of the noise...thankfully all we had today was a slow drizzly, cozy rain..
Hope everyone else had a good restful day....
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Cwillie will get through this, I am sure of it. Bless you and your Mom.
Anyway in a big windstorm the water from the ocean will splash up over the wall and if you are there you will get soaked. Its not a new sport. Ha Ha
It's so sad, a huge part of her getting these is due to her total inability to move and everything she does seems to migrate upwards right where it has the potential to create the most trouble...No matter how often I change her, Lord love her she is constantly "going" ..so sasd to see someone who lived an entire life doing all the right things end up like this in her final years....
Yes, I've been thinking about Veronica all day today. I know she is a strong lady, but seems she has an awful lot to go through with this recent illness We're praying for you friend...and we love you...
Hope, but you cannot use epsom salts with Cipro.
Vancouver is a lovely city...I was there once. The view of the bridges is awesome. I hope I can see this lovely place, (and many others), again someday. Standing on the seawall and getting slapped by a huge wave really appeals to my Scandinavian roots...for some reason that sounds so refreshing and like pushing a mental reset button! :)
Mom just did a round of Cipro and it went ok. I made sure to give her a probiotic 2x a day in the form of liquid yogurt called Kefir, that I buy in the yogurt section of the store. It has really kept the diarrhea away all this time I have been using it.
Epsom salt makes a great relaxing bath. This would be a good de-stressor and it is not expensive. You can make your own scented bath salt with it by putting some in a jar and adding a couple drops of your favorite scent.
I could never take my mom several states away! She gets nervous now if we go for a country drive that is too long. I now take her only on short little bits. Then she is calm and happy.
Re Canada, yes, you now need a passport since 911. We need a passport to get into the States. It makes me chuckle remembering an event my sister and niece had a few years ago. They were visiting the US and I can't remember or understand how my niece got in there but she couldn't get out on her return trip because she left her passport at home in Canada. So my sister had to fly to Canada and back to give it to her (lol).