8:45 AM – As predicted, it’s been a challenge getting Mom up and trying to get her to shower and eat some breakfast. I went up to wake her up at about 8:30. She’s been downstairs 3 times so far. The first time, she asked what time her Doctor’s appointment was. I told her it was at 10 AM. She says, “Oh, I can sleep a little longer then.” No mom, shower and breakfast. The second time was a repeat of the first time. The THIRD time, she asked, “Is there any chance there would be pythons in the basement?” Where did that come from??? No Mom. No pythons. Shower and breakfast. “So I’ve got time to take a nap?” *face palm* I told her again; “Shower and breakfast. You’ve got a little more than an hour. I don’t want to have to race around getting you to the Doctor’s Office.” She asks, “Is there any way we can get a battery for my watch while we’re out?” I replied, “Yes. Now shower and breakfast.” She finally went upstairs, hopefully to get clothes and not take a nap…
9:00 AM – Well, she wasn’t napping, but she was just sitting on the bed. I went up there to check and she asked, “Are there pythons in the basement?” No. Where do you get that? “Someone is trying to get through to me and tell me not to go down in the basement.” So don’t go down in the basement. The shower isn’t in the basement. Go get your shower. Look out M Night Shyamalan, Mom sees dead people, too!
9:35 AM – I give up on trying to get her in the shower. No time now. When she finally got down here a few minutes ago, she came back out of the bathroom started going back upstairs with a confused look on her face. When I asked her what was going on, she said: “Someone told me I don’t have an appointment today.” *nuclear face palm* So I told her, “Yes Mom, you still have an appointment today, but it’s pointless to try to get you in the shower as there won’t be enough time. Just go up and get ready to go.” So she says, “I’m sorry I don’t have the brain that you do.” *crickets*
What kind of Dr did you go to?
It was a GP that we both see. Results are that she’s lost about 14 pounds since we were there in October, so she hasn’t been eating normally. Gotta work on that and add Calcium supplements because bone density scan showed significant bone loss since last time a scan was done. She also noticed that thyroid numbers were up, which she said could be causing the fatigue and loss of appetite, so got blood drawn for that and will see what new results said.
They are also going to look back and see how long the memory problems have been documented. The further back they go, the better chance Medicaid won’t take the house away from me when Mom has to go into a nursing home.
I thought she looked a lot thinner on Christmas, but 14 pounds is a lot to loose.
Does the Dr decide when your Mom needs to go to the nursing home??
I don’t know how you deal with her. Does the Dr read your blog??
Yeah, I knew she hadn’t been eating as much, but didn’t realize how bad it was until the Dr said something about it. I have no idea how it works getting her into a nursing home. I guess it’s time to do some reading on that. As far as dealing with it, it can be really frustrating at times, but I’m trying to learn to be a little more patient with her. If she doesn’t come out of these recent hallucinations and such soon, I may have to talk to the Dr and see what she recommends. I’ve given the Dr. the link to the blog, but she hasn’t mentioned reading it, so I’m guessing no. Maybe it’s time to try to press the subject so she can see how much deeper this goes. I see her for a checkup myself in April, so maybe by then we’ll have more of an idea of what we need to do.