February 7, 2011

  • Called Mom this morning, and she's in excruciating pain with her shoulder. She woke up at 5AM from the pain. Although the doctor told her to alternate heat and cold, the home won't offer her a cold pack. I've asked Gilly to go down and take her to hospital this morning as there may be further damage from the fall, or the attempts to pick her up.

    I asked Mom what happened with breakfast this morning, and she said when she went to the dining room they had put out the wheeled chair I explicitly told them not to use. Mom keeps saying "It was fine, I sat in those chairs for years with no problem." She simply doesn't understand that she no longer has the balance to use that type of chair, and she is very likely to injure herself again.

    I tried to call Nancy, but she hadn't arrived yet. I left her a voice mail asking her to call me.

    I've also asked Gilly to go to the dining room and take away the chair when she goes to take Mom to hospital, but Gilly is reluctant because she doesn't want to fight with anyone. I get that she's tired, but really, we're talking about our ...mother's safety. All she has to do is go in and take the chair and leave the building. It's Mom's property, so there's not a whole hell of a lot they can do about that. I think her safety is more important than an aversion to confrontation, and I would also feel less like a single parent if it wasn't all up to me to deal with this shit.