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I said I dealt with problems head on. I think this one I obviously didn't. I didn't want to face the facts (which I normally do) that mom was not going to be the same after all, people have come back from strokes to live normal lives. I finally said something to my mother today and she of course had to get off the phone. I think my brother is secretly hoping I will be the bad guy (can't blame him). Me and him, we really worked together on this.
I just wonder, does she want to be home so bad that she doesn't care what it does to everyone else? She's been a great mom, I feel so bad :-(
I've always tried to deal with problems head on, my mom is the complete opposite. I try to get her in on decisions and when I try to talk to her about important things she changes the topic or has to get off the phone. It's like she wants to ignore reality. Only the fun stuff.
When she talks about going home sometimes I want to ask. Mom, do you realize that if you go home we don't go home.
24 hour around the clock care, I just don't know if I can do this again. :-(
She fell, almost didn't make it because of her lung disease and is now in rehab constantly asking about going home. She told us PT said she is almost ready to go home and me and my brother dread it, I mean dread it! We are both very thankful she pulled through but we dread it. She is back to being mom (personality), funny, smiling, very personable, she does ask the same questions over and over but I think it's for assurance. If she goes home, she will need 24 hr around the clock care, she can barely walk, couldn't fix her own meals, couldn't get her own coffee if she wanted. We tell her she likes to decorate the room with her food. I was offended when her friend said, "you know, when we were young we took care of our parents", which I responded, when you were young the women didn't work.
I'm thinking I might tell the rehab she doesn't have 24 hour around the clock care.