Guest guest Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Dear Pat, I understand all about the 'picking' - I am so sorry to read this. I hope that Bob heals quickly! Hugs from NY, Helene > > 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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