Sorry to hear your mum is in hospital PT, after 4 weeks of spending most of my days in a hospital with mum, I do sympathise. If you can, stay away for as much as you can, and have a break, but I couldn't!
It's now day 5 of mum being back home. We seem to have improved the incontinence situation. The issue was that the products we were using weren't 'industrial' enough for the flow, but I didn't have time to think or act to get some before mum came out. Supermarkets only stock a few packs, and never seem to have the larger sizes left. We now have more industrial pull ups, but need the nappy type ones as pull ups mean more rolling in bed for mum. They will, apparently arrive today, and yesterday I spoke to the continence service and they are sending some samples based on mum's new condition, so hopefully we'll have boxes of the things soon. Mum has no bladder control now, but even if she did, we can't get her to a toilet due to her having to be hoisted most of the time now. It's difficult.
On the plus side, yesterday was the first day I had no throbbing headache, and I have managed to wash all the smelly stuff, so the laundry is back under control.
District nurse came today - mum has a pressure sore on her heel and she also looked at a nasty pressure sore/wound which has developed in the bottom area. It's in a very tricky spot, so hope she can start to treat and heal it. She has left us with creams for both issues and is coming back on Monday. We haven't had a bowel movement for about 11 days now, and in spite of plentiful Movicol AND Lactulose, nothing is coming out. This immobility is starting to cause some serious problems.
This morning mum was very sleepy and it took a while for her to wake up, but she's brighter now and currently dozing in the wheelchair. The recliner, which I put on hold, is now being delivered next week. She sleeps a lot now, and sleeps through the night. In fact, if I didn't rouse her, I wonder if she would just sleep continually. We will try some standing exercises with her later on the rotunda, but she's so weak. I've decided her comfort and safety must come before my desire for her to stand/walk again, so will just take it as it comes. If she's sleepy, you can't force anything.
Just waiting for the care agency to let me know if they can provide someone to live in so that I can go on holiday end of October, otherwise another holiday gets cancelled. BUT, it's one thing having a live in carer when I'm here, but not sure about leaving someone in my house for a week when I'm away, with various other carers coming in to double up on the hoist and then to give her her daily break. But, I would like a holiday! I've told the agency I can be no 2 carer for the double ups for now, but they have to introduce two carers coming each time, that way my life may come back to some order. Still early days though. Maybe, in time, this will work. SS are due on Monday to reassess.
What a bloody nightmare.