Guest guest Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 This morning I received a phone call at 6:30 AM to tell me my husband Bob got a 2 1/2 cm skin tear on his eyelid! The nurse said the aid found him that way this morning. They are saying he tore his own eyelid with his fingernails. Well, I just clipped his nails for him a few days ago. I do not believe it! The nurse said she put steri strips on the tear. I told her I want the doctor to look at it. This is awful! Bob is so picky, he will not leave that alone. He had skin tears on the backs of his hands that tore months to heal as he kept picking at them. I feel terrible for him. I feel helpless and hopeless. There is nothing I can do to protect my husband or to keep him safe. He is just a piece of human flotsam at the whim of a merciless system of nurses aids who do not care! I feel terrible for him and there is nothing I can do! If I could afford a better place he would get better care, but I can't, he has to be on Medicaid. That is the awful thing about this. I know there are better nursing homes with better care and I can't afford to pay the cost! So poor Bob has to suffer with bad care due to lack of money. :>0 !!! Pat M. 59, Wife of Bob, 76 dx LBD 2009, now in a nursing home after two hip surgeries earlier this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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