June 15, 2010

Sorry I have not been keeping up with this very well. Keeping up with my toddler has been keeping me busy when I get off work lol. Mom was moved back to the nursing home a few days after being at the Red River behavior bc she was doing so well. However, we think they let her go a little prematurely. We say this because only a day after going back to the nursing home, she seemed super confused and agitated again (and still is some of the time). We think, and the nurses agree, that her medicine should be constant and never a lull in it. About 3pm every day she seems to get extremely agitated until she gets her medicine and she seems to level out. She also is pushing her jaw out and in (almost like grinding) which seems as a result of her medicine. So, we are in the process of trying to get her back in there to get her meds correct.
Last Thursday she had chest pains and numbness in her left arm. They rushed her to the hospital and luckily it was just an anxiety attack (not that an anxiety attack is good....but it is better than a heart attack). Again, she should not be having anxiety attacks with proper medication.
She is doing great in therapy when she is in the therapy room and focused. However, she has big problems when applying this logic to outside the therapy room (like her room etc). She is going around to others rooms...taking their things like stuffed animals, dentures, food and clothes. One wife of a patient got onto Johnny for Mom taking all his food. She thinks that is her house and all those rooms are hers. She can't hardly be swayed from this. And it is super frustrating to walk in and see her in clothes I have never seen before and have her argue blue in the face that she brought them from home that day. SIGH.
Other than this, she is still sweet as anything and has moments of clarity. She has come a long way and will continue to in her fight.
We are still trying to get her into adult daycare....what a SLOW PROCESS! It is amazing to me how we are trying to save medicare money by wanting her at home/adult day care $70 (monday-friday) a day=$1400 a month vs. round the clock nursing home probably ~$4k a month and they are still not approving it.

Anyways, this is what is going on. Please continue with your prayers.