Tiger1, glad to know your daughter has only a cold, though they can be so horribly miserable. Hope she will drink a lot of fluids and rest.
Really sorry to know your mother must be moved to a facility so far away from you - that's sad. Is it possible for you to have her put on a waiting list for a facility near you? Maybe she could have the first space that comes available when someone is discharged.
Girl, you really need to be taking care of you! How is your mouth today? Still miserable, or better now? You need a lot of rest yourself - so much weight has fallen on your shoulders recently. Now you are likely to catch what your daughter has. Remember not to use the same towels. Might even use gloves to remove glassware and such from her room to the kitchen. Have masks? Have to protect yourself or you won't be able to visit your mother at all!
Praying for you always.
Quoting: Pooka My lower jaw is a bit sore, but not too bad today. My daughter is miserable. She hates to miss work, but she really needs to stay home tomorrow to get some rest.As for the germs, well, just being in the same house and breathing the same air I am sure will infect me. The price of motherhood, the kids get sick and pass it on to you, LOL !
The situation with my mother and the transfer was just horrible. She was screaming and yelling, and being her usual mean self. She was not quite with it today, but enough with it to give everyone the most horrible time she could.She carried on so badly, everyone was staring at us the whole time she was wheeled from the 5th floor to the transfer ambulance at the entrance.She was really after me, big time, constantly telling me to shut up and several other things.
Then, she DEMANDED my old beat up taking the dog out gloves, and I refused.It probably made me look bad to the entourage of nurses and the paramedic, but there was a good reason behind it.Everything I have bought her over the years, whether it was a microwave, wheelchair, clothing, etc, she has always made me take it back saying it was junk, or gave it or threw it away. This includes things she TOLD me to buy for her, like the wheelchair.
The last straw came a couple of years ago. I had just bought a warm fall jacket for myself, an Echo Red brand. It had fleece lining and was nice and warm. I wore it to church. I went over to her house after church, as usual. As soon as I came in the door, she took a look at my jacket, and demanded that I give it to her, as she had nothing like that so warm and nice to wear.She shamed me into having it over, even though every closet in her house is packed with her clothing,shoes, and coats, most of them with the price tags still on.
To make a long story short, my mother never wore that jacket, she gave it to her home health aid to give to her granddaughter !
