I have been with dad the last few days. There has been a noticeable decline in his weight. You can see it in his face. No matter what you give him to drink or how muchHis lips are looking chapped.
I had to take him to the toilet and whilst cleaning him up I noticed he has a skin tear just below his bottom. Also there are tiny marks beginning on his bottom. Dad suffered from pressure sores before and they took ages to heal. I put conatrane on but as dad spends quite a few hours on his bottom it is always going to be a problem. More so now as he has lost weight.
Standing him up with the Sara Stedy he had indentations on his knees as it is all getting to be a struggle.
He is still quite chesty . There has been a slight improvement overnight on the urine output But over all hardly any. One teatime it was only 75ml in the bag.
He has a chiropodist coming next week to do his toes as the nails are curling over.
His toes on the knuckle ends are permanently marking as he has socks on 24/7. He will not go without socks overnight.
Dad his scratching his back quite a lot during the day. “Something to do “he says.He has cream on but that still doesn’t stop him.It seems to be a habit now.
His fingernails are being cut again tomorrow. The carers won’t do it.
A never ending story!
I had to take him to the toilet and whilst cleaning him up I noticed he has a skin tear just below his bottom. Also there are tiny marks beginning on his bottom. Dad suffered from pressure sores before and they took ages to heal. I put conatrane on but as dad spends quite a few hours on his bottom it is always going to be a problem. More so now as he has lost weight.
Standing him up with the Sara Stedy he had indentations on his knees as it is all getting to be a struggle.
He is still quite chesty . There has been a slight improvement overnight on the urine output But over all hardly any. One teatime it was only 75ml in the bag.
He has a chiropodist coming next week to do his toes as the nails are curling over.
His toes on the knuckle ends are permanently marking as he has socks on 24/7. He will not go without socks overnight.
Dad his scratching his back quite a lot during the day. “Something to do “he says.He has cream on but that still doesn’t stop him.It seems to be a habit now.
His fingernails are being cut again tomorrow. The carers won’t do it.
A never ending story!