Hi all
Things have moved on with mum.
She had a horrendous night on Sunday. Agitated, pulled the syringe driver out, kept throwing the bed clothes on the floor and managed to undress herself!
Yesterday I turned up at the NH at 8.10am. Mum has just had a new driver fitted (and was so obviously exhausted from her antics on Sunday night) and I walked into her room to find a carer trying to get porridge into her! He had propped her up in bed and her head was lolling she was so tired!! I lost it a little!!! I am sick of telling them not to force her to eat. You could see she didn’t want it.
So I stayed all day and took no nonsense!! She was very unsettled all day.
It now transpires that she was in pain, which was why she was so agitated! She finally settled (after an 2 injections of morphine) at 3pm yesterday afternoon!!
Today when her driver was changed they put 15mg of midazolam and 5mg of morphine in (she only had 10mg of midazolam before today). She has been settled and asleep all day.
So my question is .....
How long are we looking at before my mum sleeps forever? Does anyone have experience they can share with me.
Thank you x
Things have moved on with mum.
She had a horrendous night on Sunday. Agitated, pulled the syringe driver out, kept throwing the bed clothes on the floor and managed to undress herself!
Yesterday I turned up at the NH at 8.10am. Mum has just had a new driver fitted (and was so obviously exhausted from her antics on Sunday night) and I walked into her room to find a carer trying to get porridge into her! He had propped her up in bed and her head was lolling she was so tired!! I lost it a little!!! I am sick of telling them not to force her to eat. You could see she didn’t want it.
So I stayed all day and took no nonsense!! She was very unsettled all day.
It now transpires that she was in pain, which was why she was so agitated! She finally settled (after an 2 injections of morphine) at 3pm yesterday afternoon!!
Today when her driver was changed they put 15mg of midazolam and 5mg of morphine in (she only had 10mg of midazolam before today). She has been settled and asleep all day.
So my question is .....
How long are we looking at before my mum sleeps forever? Does anyone have experience they can share with me.
Thank you x