It is hard watching and listening to Mom talk craziness. Just now, she was telling me to go get her messy pan. I would know which one because it is messy and take to Chip because he will know what to do. She cries and says I am not doing what she wants me to do. So I try to reason with her and explain she is in the hospital and she fusses at me saying, I KNOW that but you won't listen to me. She lies in bed staring at the ceiling, her mind never stops! But we cannot figure out what she sees and most of the time what she is talking about. Logically, I know this is the residual effects of aneathesia, emotionally it is tough to see her so confused.
Her arm is still very tender. They are wrapping it with a special type of spongy stuff that has antibiotic in it and lightly wrap with gauze. Each movement or slight touch sends ripples of pain shooting through her body.
Her hip is healing beautifully! The pain she has now in that area is muscular. The physical therapists told me that after a hip fracture, the patient is so afraid of movement due to the pain that even after it is fixed, they are afraid to move for fear of pain. So the best thing now is to learn that moving will not cause pain.
She is getting nutition through the IV since she is not staying alert enough to eat. It aggravates me to no end that she is having to suffer so much pain due to one nurse who shirked her duty that night. She was on the mend and now has regressed to the point where she was a week ago. So frustrating!!
Please keep her in your thoughts and the biggest prayer I'd ask for is to get her mind back.
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