Yes, my father's wife is not a good person. And while I think she loves my father, I think she could be doing more ie/ bringing in that doctor who makes house calls again to see if she will treat him even if he refuses to
GO to a doctor or the hospital. VNA nurses can draw blood and administer IV meds at homes, so why can't she as an MD? or why couldn't she order the VNA to do it?
My brother saw her on the 4th, the same day I talked to my dad, at his business, which he has been absent from and she has been running into the ground. I guess she was absolutely trashed, and when my brother asked how my father was doing, she said he had a good day a couple of days ago, so she was "hopeful."
But, all a welfare check in
THAT town would get me would be a really p***ed off father....
My brother should get his ***** over there to see what's going on, but from talking to my father on the phone, it sounds like his confusion comes ad goes. He does have dementia, but I don't know to what degree. Even a urinary tract infection could do that to someone in poor health. So, I don't know what good one visit would do, but my brother
should at least try...
Yes, his head is up his *****. He hasn't come down from his manic episode. His pdoc still has him on Zoloft "for his anxiety"
I told him he needs to call her because he won't come down until he stops taking it, but what do I know?
LOL I don't know what he's telling her, but I know that he doesn't want to admit that he may be Type I like my father and me.
Rain shower, as far as the urinary retention... not TMI. During an inpatient stay in the psych ward while I was highly paranoid (and more), I had to be accompanied to the BR and thought that the girls going in with me were way too interested in what I was doing when I was cathing, so I refused to do it. Then when I got home, I just couldn't do it anymore. That lasted a while, and I did what you are doing- manually compressing my bladder. I still do it sometimes because I have to pee so often, can't pee "all the way", and can only cath so many times, and it's very uncomfortable.
In the last few days, I have finished cleaning the apartment. I went to CVS yesterday to pick a few things up vs. going grocery shopping which means I will have to do that today. I will also have a lot on my plate Monday now, but I was just sick and tired of not getting anything done around here...
The problem is that cleaning is never really "done." It's a continuous process
Before doing the kitchen floor yesterday, I picked up the trash barrel to move it, and found several of Rocky's pills and some pill fragments. So, even the times when I've thought I was getting the pills in him, he's been spitting them out. So, I called the vet to ask for a prescription for the transdermal medication. The pharmacy is going to ship it to me. It will cost $69 for a 60 day supply and $9 for shipping. Not cheap, but less expensive than I thought it would be. He needs the medication.
For most nurses, the good ones, it is a calling, not a job. Unfortunately, some people are getting into the field now for the $$$ and patient care is suffering. Congratulations to your friend. I'm glad that she is one of the great ones. I'm sorry you can no longer practice. I bet you were one of the great ones, too (((HUGS)))