After a stressful few days, the news coming from the Falls is much improving...
Not only are things ~moving~ again .... Dad's legs are back to fully functional, he's up and walking for short periods, and his oxygen levels are (mostly) closer to normal. He's also getting some much better sleep now. He's still totally discombobulated, and at times downright ornery, but that's to be expected - Alzheimer's, pain meds & being in unfamiliar surroundings will do that - and it's not like I can remember a time when he didn't tend towards ornery, anyway.
To make me even happier, his wife has agreed to work with the resource worker to "try" home care services and so on when he gets discharged. She's not convinced they'll need them, but hopefully once they're in there it will be easier to just keep them. The doctor has told her that it will be at least 2 months before he fully recovers from the surgery (physically) and that there is no way to know if/when he will regain the brain function he has lost as a result of the anesthesia and the stress, so to plan for it.
I will feel so much better once they are involved - hopefully they will be able to convince her that he should not be left alone for extended periods, and that his blood sugar levels need to be monitored. I'm pretty sure that any health professional that does a home visit will address the pills & clutter all over the house, also.
My sister was there today; I'm to go back tomorrow - hopefully just for a visit and then turn around and come back.
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we were reluctant to start having them in too... but couldn't have managed my mother in law without them
Much love and light to your family.
Good Luck tomorrow! I hope things keep getting better!
I think I'm finding this harder than I did taking care of ma in law.... not because it's my family as opposed to hubby's... but just because I'm not the primary caregiver in this situation - and can't be.
Having to work with someone that I really would prefer never to have to see or talk to again ...and being so far away ... just adds a whole new layer of complexity.
The only way I actually manage to get anything through to her is through my baby sister.... I have to go there to ~see~ what needs doing... but then I have to play games and go in the back to make things happen.
It's all very frustrating and sooooooooooooo time consuming.
Providing 24/7 care in our home was easier.