Homeward Bound...
So having had a visit earlier in the week from Hospital staff to decide what we need in the home to get Mum home as quickly as possible, the person arrived yesterday to make the modest changes to the house and having arrived late and following the directions from her colleague...most of those changes were knocked on the head and she returns tomorrow to start again.
Basically, all that has changed(or will change)is the addition of a stair banister, a bath board, the toilet raised, bed raised and they are sending a chair for Mum to use when in the lounge.
In time if Mum continues to improve, in perhaps 4-5 weeks she may be able to discard some of these pieces of equipment and they hope that she will be walking using only one walking stick. The plan is six weeks of physio at home but the occasional check up at hospital.
But we are still thinking of installing a stair lift. And especially for possibly walking around in the night I believe Mum should have a zimmer frame for extra support and keep Mum steady and the Dr at the hospital had said Mum could work between the two so if they still refuse to give Mum one, I'll buy her one.
So unless something crops up to change things, Mum is due to return home at 3pm later today.
The hospital are supposed to have arranged for the treatment she has been receiving to continue at home but if that hasn't, I have been given a number to phone.
If I had not got her home today, we'd have had to wait until next week and we don't wish to add any un-necessary time to her stay in hospital it has been so boring mainly because(I am sure you won't be surprised that)the tv is still not working beside her bedside but at least we have had our money returned. And that still leaves another 4 tv's in that room out of action.
So we are probably quite a way from saying this is all behind us but at present it is working out much better than we may've thought but what has dragged this out was the repetitive boredom which has not helped her mental well being. And contrary to what some staff said she has not been laid in bed for hours but as some friends commented sitting in a chair for 14 hours is not comfortable for anyone and not when you have a crushed vertebrae so you should be allowed to have a lay down to ease your back for an hour every so often.
Well, when she is home we can decide what happens and also work around what they want Mum to do.
Basically, all that has changed(or will change)is the addition of a stair banister, a bath board, the toilet raised, bed raised and they are sending a chair for Mum to use when in the lounge.
In time if Mum continues to improve, in perhaps 4-5 weeks she may be able to discard some of these pieces of equipment and they hope that she will be walking using only one walking stick. The plan is six weeks of physio at home but the occasional check up at hospital.
But we are still thinking of installing a stair lift. And especially for possibly walking around in the night I believe Mum should have a zimmer frame for extra support and keep Mum steady and the Dr at the hospital had said Mum could work between the two so if they still refuse to give Mum one, I'll buy her one.
So unless something crops up to change things, Mum is due to return home at 3pm later today.
The hospital are supposed to have arranged for the treatment she has been receiving to continue at home but if that hasn't, I have been given a number to phone.
If I had not got her home today, we'd have had to wait until next week and we don't wish to add any un-necessary time to her stay in hospital it has been so boring mainly because(I am sure you won't be surprised that)the tv is still not working beside her bedside but at least we have had our money returned. And that still leaves another 4 tv's in that room out of action.
So we are probably quite a way from saying this is all behind us but at present it is working out much better than we may've thought but what has dragged this out was the repetitive boredom which has not helped her mental well being. And contrary to what some staff said she has not been laid in bed for hours but as some friends commented sitting in a chair for 14 hours is not comfortable for anyone and not when you have a crushed vertebrae so you should be allowed to have a lay down to ease your back for an hour every so often.
Well, when she is home we can decide what happens and also work around what they want Mum to do.
posted by The Great Gildersleeve | 1:45 am
2 Comments:
touch wood...
Well already Mum is deciding what she will or won't do and feels that she'll get better following much of her own routine.
Luckily, she does not require as much of the pain killers that they keep insisting that she needs and she is so tired of them asking she has moved her bowels.
If she has not been able to it's the codiene to blame as that is a side effect of that tablet.
And when you look through the official documents that the Nurses use, little errors can always been found...such as the wrong GP designated to Mum...one form says Mum lives a lone another says she lives with me...
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