Morning everyone,
A quick post as I've neglected TP this last week, due to absolutely manic goings on in work!
2Jays - really hope you are feeling better now - you have been through the mill lately, you poor thing. Sending {{{{{{{{Hugs}}}}}}
Amy - hope you enjoyed your cookout and had a very happy 4th x
Spamar and Slugsta - I too confess to being a profiterole lover - that and New York Cheesecakes are my favourite puds
My fab group climbed Pen Y Fan on Monday - in horrendous heat. I'd checked (and double and triple checked) temps, checked if there was any advice not to climb being sent out by the relevant advice centres (there wasn't) and had a qualified guide there who said it was OK for us to procceed. I'd supplied factor 30 and 50 suncream, made sure all had hats, appropriate clothing, masses of water, and everything else recommended, had a qualitfied first aider climbing with them - and still two came back down, really badly sunburned. The fall out from that has been a load of paperwork and - because the temps have continued to be incredibly high - a postponement of the Cadair Idris climb. Thankfully, I had risk assessments and had documented proof of all the precautions I'd taken, so no trouble for me - but obviously I feel so bad for the two who ended up sunburnt. Trying to rearrange the Cadair climb is proving to be a nightmare though. On the plus side, between my group and the lovely group from S Wales who joined us, we have raised £950 through just giving and FB fundraisers - and still have cash donations to count - so they have smashed their £1000 target after just one climb. I am so, so proud of them!
Also got a new line manager, and a lot of other stuff going on, which has caused some confusion and meant more time spent on admin. Totally lost track of my hours this week, but around 40, at least!
I've managed to see Mil just twice - on Saturday and on Wednesday. The reduction in meds is thank God, having an impact. The TD symptoms are reduced, and her speech and lucidity are improved. Unfortunatly the more 'with it' she is, the more aggressive she seems to be
Nurse L reports that the HBM turned up unexpectedly and went over Mil's 1-1 notes - there are I think, about 6 incident reports in there for aggressive instances that have involved other residents, and between that and the other incidents logged in the daily 1-1 charts, Nurse L feels that the evidence supports Mil continuing to recieive the 1-1. We'll see - I suspect HBM will do her best to try and justify withdrawing it still. In between the alert/aggressive phaes, Mil is sleeping a lot. The weight is continuing to almost fall off her, despite the fact that she is (when alert) eating and drinking quite well. She has started to complain about pain, it seems to move from arms to shoulder to back, though primarily in her elbow on her left arm - impossible to get compliance from her to get an Xray, she is getting increasingly resistent to personal care or any examination, so all they can do at the moment is maintain pain relief. She was really sleepy on my last visit, and there was no recognition of me at all - usually she knows she knows me, even if she never has a clue as to how she knows me or what my name is, IYKWIM - but not on Tuesday. The odd comment she did manage to throw in my direction was very formal and distant, no smiles or any sign that she recognised me. I stayed for just 45 minutes before leaving her sleeping.
Off down the coast on a project today, dead on my feet after the last week (despite managing to take near enough my whole day off yesterday) so really looking forward to the weekend - especially as youngests theatre group are performing at Theatre Clwyd on Saturday
Sending love to all, and I will try and catch up properly in the next couple of days xxxxx
