Friday, October 1, 2010

Seriously...

How many UTI's can her body endure. Yep, test result shows another UTI...maybe she just never gets rid of them completely. It's always the same cycle. She wheels herself around like crazy for a couple of days....won't stay put, tries to transfer. Actually....yesterday she did transfer. I got a call yesterday that they were going to send a sample in to check for a UTI. They found her in the nurses' room....sitting in the office chair. She had transferred herself from her wheelchair to the office chair. Whew....glad she didn't get hurt! But....that is funny. Wish I had a pic of that! Last night she was all raring to go...wanted to be taken outside, so I took her around the sidewalk circle 3 times. There was a little wooden lady bug they'd made with her name on it. I showed her & she told me to give it to Laraine, her daughter. Tonight, she was at the dinner table but she didn't want to open her eyes...frail little body. Got her to drink some hot cocoa (with her pills on top....but those little pcs wanted to stay in the cup). She wouldn't even eat peanut butter on crackers....her favorite. She is sick. She is tired. Her body is tired. I sat there and looked around at all of the helpless people. Harriet can't talk but she sure wanted to tell me a thing or two. She kept looking at me and making noises...so I talked to her. and then I left a frail...little... old....lady sitting at the dinner room table...

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