Guest guest Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Thanks, Eileen. I hope all is well with you :-)KimTo: BTVC-SCD Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 9:06:46 PMSubject: Re: I'm back :-) welcome back -so sorry to hear - God Bless you all!! eileen 18 months scd > > Hey guys! > > I know I haven't been around much this year. I really missed y'all! I was taking some time away so I could study for the CPA exam. There are four parts...I've taken and passed one. I was hoping to be much further along at this point, I was actually hoping to be done, but we have had a lot of family issues. My Grandpa fell and broke his leg at the beginning of March and after 2 months in the hospital, he passed away on May 5th. He had been taking care of my Grandma who has Alzheimer's. We all tried really hard to take care of her and avoid putting her in a facility but no one could do it. With Alzheimer's patients, if you take them out of their comfort zone, a lot of the time they go through a "rapid decline". That happened to my Grandma. At Christmas time, she was normal Grandma just a little forgetful. Now, she has no idea who or what she is or who anyone else is. She's combative, tries to run away, simple tasks like going to the bathroom are too much > for her, she's lost her vocabulary and can't really speak, it's just really, really sad. > And during that time, my mom developed stasis ulcers on her leg. She was in such severe pain that she quit eating and drinking because she was so nauseous from the pain. She dropped 50 lbs. and was so dehydrated that I could pinch the skin on her arm and it would stay pinched! So I was trying to help with Grandma, visit Grandpa in the hospital, take care of my mom, cook for and make an appearance at work occasionally. > > Anyway, I really miss you guys and I'm going to try and start reading the emails more. I have nearly 9,000 emails from the group. There's no way I can read all that so I'm just going to start fresh and hopefully catch up on what's going on with everyone as I go. I hope everyone is doing well!! > > Kim H. > husband, , CD 1999, SCD 2002 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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