05-04-26 May the Fourth
I woke up to this fabulous pic of my friend Nigel
I called Mom and arranged Rae to bring her a charger and her Sudoku. I had to head to Invermere for my next neurology appointment.
I was surprised to receive a call from Clayton, the concierge at the place mom lives in independent living. He calmly mentioned that she had not come down for dinner last night and was now missing. I calmly informed him that I was upset that no one was aware that she’d been taken out by ambulance 15 hours earlier.
My appointment went well although this time it was much more painful. We are looking at options going forward and he is referring me to Physio
I made it back to the office by 2 and got a payroll and some payments for clients done before heading to visit with Mom. By this time I had gotten her lab results and she has a high Creatinine level and an infection which they are treating. She is having physio twice a day. I did speak to her about getting her on a list to find a spot in extended care as close to us as possible. It was so hard for me to speak calmly and lovingly but firmly communicate the necessity. She did agree. After I left I dropped her walker for service and then sat in my car and called my brother and his wife to update them and ask for support so that I am not the bad guy when she hated having to move. It hurt my heart. They support completely and Kym did thank me for taking the load here. I told them I couldn’t do it without cousin Donna taking care of her shopping regularly.
I came home, had some soup and put my foot up. Now I’m off to bed, it’s been a lot in the last 6 weeks.
triumphgal 