Hi dear friends,
I haven't been here in awhile. I have had alot to deal with and think I need some time to decompress. Some of you know that we put my Mom in a NH ( locked down dimentia unit) the first week in July. It took several weeks but she has adjusted and thinks of it as home now. For weeks, I just wanted to take her home with me but knew I couldn't care for her. The nurses and other staff are wonderful and I know she is in a good place. I also know there will never be an ideal situation and that she this has been the best solution for her and us.
Since going into the home she has been eatting well, is clean and continent up to three weeks ago.
Now, however, she has become incontinent and we are seeing a decline. We had hospice assess her and they told us she really wasn't bad enough in her alzheiemers for them to accept her but that her prealbumin level was so low they would take her on "failure to thrive". I talked to the head nurse about this and found out that she is not absorbing nutrition and her level should be 22 and that 11 was very serious. I then asked her if we needed to prepare ourselves for the worse to happen in the next very few months, and she said yes.
So, in a way, it is a gift that we know that we are on the last lef of this journey. Each visit is precious and tresured. I just hope and pray that she doesn't suffer and will stay content and as happy as is possible. And I pray that she won't be alone in the end and we can be there fore her.
I have run the whole spectrum of emotions. I have given her over to God and will be happy when she is finally whole and herself in heaven. Sometimes, that is where health is, not here.
I will keep you posted as things change.
Love , Debbie
I haven't been here in awhile. I have had alot to deal with and think I need some time to decompress. Some of you know that we put my Mom in a NH ( locked down dimentia unit) the first week in July. It took several weeks but she has adjusted and thinks of it as home now. For weeks, I just wanted to take her home with me but knew I couldn't care for her. The nurses and other staff are wonderful and I know she is in a good place. I also know there will never be an ideal situation and that she this has been the best solution for her and us.
Since going into the home she has been eatting well, is clean and continent up to three weeks ago.
Now, however, she has become incontinent and we are seeing a decline. We had hospice assess her and they told us she really wasn't bad enough in her alzheiemers for them to accept her but that her prealbumin level was so low they would take her on "failure to thrive". I talked to the head nurse about this and found out that she is not absorbing nutrition and her level should be 22 and that 11 was very serious. I then asked her if we needed to prepare ourselves for the worse to happen in the next very few months, and she said yes.
So, in a way, it is a gift that we know that we are on the last lef of this journey. Each visit is precious and tresured. I just hope and pray that she doesn't suffer and will stay content and as happy as is possible. And I pray that she won't be alone in the end and we can be there fore her.
I have run the whole spectrum of emotions. I have given her over to God and will be happy when she is finally whole and herself in heaven. Sometimes, that is where health is, not here.
I will keep you posted as things change.
Love , Debbie
