Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Hi Dena, That is horrible about your Aunt and your mother. I know at Jim's nh for people that fall out of bed, they have those poles, like for pole dancing exercise. They fit from the floor to the ceiling and they place them on the floor in the middle and up close to the bed, so the person feels the pole if they roll over and it alerts them if they are close to the edge, it also can stop them from falling I think. They have those for the higher functioning people that don't want the rails on their beds. Your mom's tear sounds horrible. So many things to watch for. I'm glad to hear that is improving. What a blessing that is! Dena, it sounds like you have your hands full. You are in my thoughts and prayers..................Huge Hugs, Jan Dena LEAVITT wrote: Hi Sandie I had over 250 emails to go through because I have been so crazed with caregiving. My aunt is so impossible. The short version is this. She fell getting into bed on Wednesday night and laid on the floor all night. She has " Response Link " to push a button around her neck, but did not do it. That was an ER trip all day. They sent her home only bruising no broken bones. Then Sunday she laid on the floor for 6 hours without pushing the button. My husband and I got her up. She had a black eye, but seemed okay. Then early Monday morning I called and got no answer, so I headed over and she had rolled out of bed on her side and was wedged in between the walker and her bed. She is now really sore. She will not go into a facility. So I have given up that this point. And....on top of all that.... My mother's NH called and while they were transferring her from her bed to the shower chair the CNA's made a large skin tear in her leg. So I went over and it was all bandaged up. So today I made them up wrap it and I took pictures. It goes from her knee to her ankle!!!!! They told me it was 6 inches, but it is 28 something, not inches, I can't remember the term they used. And it is painful. So I made sure they were increasing the Tylenol and told them that I will not have any students or new CNA's. They must have worked there for at least 3 months. And I have requested certain CNA's that I know are good and have been there for a long time. I am going to take pictures through the healing process also. This is the first time in almost 2 years that anything like this has happened. They have never, to my knowledge, hurt her before. I made it clear that I will be checking continually. Puppies are walking now and starting to climb out of their box, so we have had to put up the puppy coral. They are really getting cute. is doing pretty well in school. He is still struggling on some levels, but is improving all the time. Thanks for asking Sandie Dena in Cloudy SoCal Mother (85)Existing with LBD in NH --- Sandie/ wrote: > Hi Dena- > > I had you on the original roster and will mark you > down with > this update. > > I was hoping you would write and if you didn't I was > going > to send a shout out to you. > > How is doing? > > And, how are the puppies doing? I bet they are > really > growing. > > Always keeping you and your mom in my prayers. > > Wishing you well...and sending along lots of hugs- > > Sandie > > Des Moines, IA > dad, Merle, passed away from LBD 9-20-02, age 65 > mum, Jo, (MIL) passed away from LBD 4-29-07, age 78 > > > > > -- Re: 2008 Gathering > > > > hi sandie -- > > as you know i plan to attend -- > > i don't think i can do the first weekend of august > > -- but the second weekend > > of august is great for me. and be in touch with > me > > offline about how i can > > help around venues, etc. > > and big thanks to you for pulling this together! > > > > > > xo > > anna > > > > > > > > 2008 Gathering > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All- > > > > > > > > It is now 2008 and time to focus on the 2008 > > Gathering. Part of the > > > > determining factor of when the gathering would be > > was around coming > > > > over from Scotland. Good news! I spoke to her > this > > morning (her afternoon) > > > > and she said she could make it over to the U.S. > the > > 1st week in August. She > > > > is still trying to arrange for flights and such. > > She will fly into Des > > > > Moines and I will pick her up. This doesn't mean > > the gathering has to be > > > > in Iowa. I (we, included) are happy to go > === message truncated === ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Welcome to LBDcaregivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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