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I'm so sorry about your mom, I hope they can get her taken care of quickly and that things go very smoothly hugs
It's slow going. I need a lot of things checked and/or done so we'll see.
no, we really aren't. now poor mum's in the hospital with a shattered shoulder.... I'm so worried about her.
thank you. The more prayers we have the better. She won't have the surgery till tomorrow. I guess because it's easier to arrange for a week day? OR maybe because they need the shoulder part? I don't know for sure.
I hope it all goes really smoothly and that they're able to keep her somewhat comfortable in the meantime hugs
thanks me too. And I've developed something on my "good" foot that looks like fungus so have to see the doctor tomorrow--can't risk it going to surgical foot.
Oh no :/ Hopefully that is an easy fix. Let me know how your mom's surgery goes!
To say that yesterday was another difficult day is an understatement. I had my foot doctor apt at 11 and got a call that mum was going into surgery at 11 as well. This stressed me out because I wanted dad to be there. I waited over an hour to see my doctor he was there for one minute told me I had an infection on my toe and an ingrown toe nail. He ordered hydro therapy and left. But they already had someone in hyrdo so I would have to wait. But the longer I waited the more panicked I became. I wound up so overwhelmed I started crying. To this they bandaged my foot up after putting something on it and saying they'll do the hydro on my post op apt Wednesday. i'm kinda not happy about that but it is what it is. now both feet bandaged--go me.
Came home had lunch and laid down around 2, Mum didn't actually get into surgery until like 1. With the delay, dad was in the hospital for like 5 hours or so. Naturally this meant I wound up having to take care of the puppy from 3-5 &6.30-7.30, which I shouldn't've done but there was literally no one else. I did my best to limit how much I got up but I was feeling nauseous and honestly just going to the doc physically wiped me out since I was only 5 days post op and Thursday they had to put me in an air cast which I think set me back as well. Anyway I stayed in the living room with dad and puppy till 9 (partly to limit my movement and partly cos I needed dinner.) So we finally had dinner at 8. I kept feeling nauseous all night, even when I went to bed.
Doctor said mum's shoulder would have looked better if it had been run over by a tractor, which, you know is not a good thing. She's in some pain this morning but seems in good spirits. We are refusing rehab though. So we are pushing for an at home nurse.
Goodness =/ I don't understand why they wouldn't get the ingrown part of the nail out (my nail tech who does my pedicures does this for me on a regular basis) and then just put antibiotic ointment on it. I am not sure I understand why think hydrotherapy is going to cure an infection and an ingrown toenail. And it's ridiculous they made you sit there and wait in pain and stressed out. That certainly didn't make the rest of your day any easier =/
And I'm glad your mom is in good spirits even if your dad says it looks awful. Why don't you want her in a rehab? At home nurse is helpful too I am just curious on that one as sometimes here that's the best option.
no and the foot has now swollen so I've had to cut part of the bandage off so they it can calm down. We'll see how this goes tomorrow. I'm hurting a lot today because of the extra walking I've needed to do.
because the last friend I had who went to rehab was doing well after surgery and suddenly died with no known reason. I simply can't handle it. Plus even the doctor said the last thing she needs is covid... and having to watch dog them--they've given the wrong meds before the last time she was in a centre.
That is not good at all about the bandage. I hope today goes better. And that makes a lot of sense then about the rehab. I hope they'll approve an at-home nurse for her.
So much to do. I need to set time aside to draw a new CW design to sell but I also wanna do like ten more pinups.
Goodness me, it won't let up. I hope she heals up quickly !
It is sometimes hard to pick what to do for the creative side. I don't blame you for wanting to do more pinups haha.
how are you two? Mum should be coming home later today. My feet are hurting from the doctors trip. It hurt so bad I threw up. Im back on bed rest for two more weeks
I'm okayish. It's been really busy at work the last couple days and my pain is up and my headache was a migraine starting at 5am today so it was a really long day.
I'm glad your mom is coming home but I'm very sorry for your pain and how bad it was. I hope you can get some rest.
(copying and pasting cos too many people are asking lmao so sorry for repeat info.) So here's were we're at. Mum's numbers are still a bit off so we think the Doc wants to run another set of iv fluids in her to help the numbers improve. They did improve today after the last iv fluids. So all thoughts and prayers for those numbers to improve and her healing would be greatly appreciated. My foot's hurt a bit this morning when I got up but that's not unsurprising considering how I had to do more than I should have yesterday. Last night dad fell asleep and I couldn't rouse him until I was nearly done with all the nightly chores, by that time it felt like there was a hole in my heel. Needless to say I was in a lot of pain and struggled to sleep. I finally slept around 5.30 but woke at 9.30am. Still I was so exhausted I slept most of the afternoon. I am sure I'm gonna get in trouble for this but---I came up with a solution for how mum and also I can recuperate in the living room--with puppy. I helped dad move the sofa forwards and we've created a barricade that divides half the room for the puppy and Dad and the other half for mum and I. Both sides have a baby gate with a cat door but I'll remove the side mum and I are on for at least the two weeks I'm laid up for. Maybe by then we'll know if I can handle Melody more. (She listens to me best) But it removes the tripping risk for mum until she's a bit more stable. Anyway we've used furniture to block the room in half. The end table is light enough that dad can slide it in and out for him and puppy to get into that side from the double doors that lead into the scrapbook room and also out into the back garden. Since he has a baby gate on his side, he can get in and out into the kitchen for water for her or to do other things when needed. this solves a lot of stress to make sure she doesn't jump on mum--she's 41 lbs after all.
ugh that sucks. are you still doing pt?
That's a lot of stuff going on. I hope her numbers improve and I'm glad you did find a hopeful solution for being home with her and the puppy. I hope it works out!
And I am finally starting to work on that again. It's been hard since the accident.
I had a sudden idea for a couple of full sets but not the specific items. My brain good.
I hope you're both feeling better, even if a bit ❤️
hugs I hope you're able to rest and relax today
Well if you need an ear let me know haha
I wish I could say that our terrible days were behind us but that's really not the case. My foot's been hurting, which I suppose isn't totally surprising given that I needed to help move furniture last night, but we got a call at 2 that mum is in fact coming home today. So mum called us at 4.45 saying they were ready... I put dinner on and sat down because oh yeah puppy escaped earlier and I had to help move more furniture making my foot scream... Dad left at 5 and we had thought it'd be about an hour. 6.30pm Melody woke. I had no choice but to go get her. My foot is throbbing and I'm in so much pain but I can't go get water to take my pain meds. So 7 comes and Melody needs the loo but I can't take her and my foot is KILLING me in the air cast boot and I can't find a comfortable position to sit on the floor with. I wound up laying on the floor in the fetal position in near tears with my cast resting on top of the other foot--it was hella uncomfortable but the best I had. Mum and dad finally show up at 7.45. Only for mum to miss the step and fall again. We had to call EMS to come and help her stand up. Mum makes dad go to walgreens to get her rx and I stay outside waiting for them in my stupid cast while my foot is on fire. The ems had to basically make a body sling and sling mum into a chair so they could then help her stand upright. At that point I went and pulled melody on her led to the sofa so she wouldn't hit mum's surgical arm. Melody was so hard to restrain that it took all my efforts to keep her there and she hit my bad foot--the EMS guy had to come and help restrain her because her lead was wrapped around my arm so tight that I was turning purple and he was greatly alarmed.
Finally I had no choice but to put her in the scrapbook room, led still attached and hobble in great pain to my recliner. It was almost 9 before I got my pain meds and we got to eat dinner. I know I am hurting my own recovery and it kills me but there was no one else to help. Mum says she's okay and they did check her eyes so we don't really see any warning signs of a concusson. otherwise she said she didn't hurt. I guess we'll see tomorrow. I am beyond done. I'm worried I'm in too much pain and may need to contact my doctor.