Sorry I'm posting again. All the topics are different, so I hope it's ok.
I'm so frustrated! About 2 a.m. l knew Mom was in the bathroom. I was wide awake but didn't hear her go in. I went by the back door to let the cat in and I hear BOOM!
I went running in and my son came flying up the stairs, it was so loud!
My stomach's already in a knot. When I got to her she was sitting on the floor, in front of the bedroom door naked from the waist down. She had her right foot in her pj bottoms. No depends nor regular underwear. Those weren't the pjs she was wearing when she went to bed. She was wearing a clean depends at bedtime too.
Figured she peed through and went to change. She usually doesn't pee fully in her pull ups, there more for leakage.
I pulled her PJs up and help my son get her up. I can't pick her up alone. And she doesn't have the strength in her legs to help.
We got her in bed and asked what happened. She said she went to bathroom yada yada yada.....but as she was talking her lips were...weird. She even asked if she was talking funny. She said she felt like she was.
I slept in her recliner next to her bed. She goes to PCP at 11 this morning anyway
I was fuming, she just don't listen! She's supposed to use her walker all the time. Some mornings I get up and she's on the toilet crying because She can't get up. No walker in there.
Its not that she forget to use it either.
She walks around my house like an eleven month old baby just learning how to walk, yet not having mastered balance . Or better yet, a drunk.
I constantly have a knot in my stomach cause she just gets up and goes, weaving , bouncing off walls, grabbing for air, leaning backwards, sideways, over face down and now her knees just spontaneously give out!
No one took me seriously when I told them about her short term memory issues. Although I don't think she forgets the walker.
Aside from wrapping her in bubble wrap, what can I do?
I called Dr on the way to ER. She said come in whenever we get out, if Mom leaves there. She did cause she was fine.... woohoo!
Spent an HR and a half at Dr office after ER. That is one awesome Dr. We went over everything.
She's been in contact with the surgeon and neurologist. I think that's great. She assured me we will get to the bottom of Mom's memory issues, once we get these surgeries behind us and Mom does some rehab for legs.
She ordered a transfer wheelchair. Well, after going to two medical Supply pharmacies, I found they don't give them out through insurance because insurance pays less then supplier pays for them. Oh well.
I'm beat, will be back tomorrow. Oh yeah, I use my phone to come to this site and " check out" when I'm stressed or impatient throughout the day. That's what I was doing earlier. I planned to check back in and update after the house calmed down and Mom went to bed.
I wouldn't leave you guys hanging ❤️ Where can we go to get info, care and concern like this? And it's free...lol thank you so much everyone.
It is because we care, ya know?
I was thinking the same G.A.
What's your mother's status?
Fortunately, no one chastised me!
When my father had a stroke at church, no one even recognized that his slurred speech and loss of balance might be a stroke. It wasn't until several hours later when I called and heard his changed speech that I thought it might be a stroke.
And there were 2 doctors in that church!
Same thing when he had a heart attack; he stated he was having chest pains after lifting a box he shouldn't have, yet the guy with him never even thought that anything was amiss.
I'm hoping for the best for Pepsee's Mom.
Well, you'll know soon enough, no need to chastise you--we've all been there and my reasoning at 2 am is poor to say the least....
Oh, the description of the walking!! I swear you've been watching my mother. She thinks walking with the walker makes her look old, but I tell you, watching her weave and lurch around the house makes me wonder what she does think she looks like.
And yes, she falls frequently-always says the same thing "Well, I didn't FALL, I just sort of slid to the floor". In my book that is a FALL.
Good luck--hope all is ok in the end today.
Now for the walker. Your Mom can no longer reason. First thing to go. She probably forgets not long after you tell her "use your walker". They have no idea that they r failing. And there is no conditioning. When she "forgets" to use it just give it to her and say "Mom, here's your walker". When she was at the AL, Mom would park it, literally. The aides would find it in a corner somewhere. Once she was in a NH she was in a wheelchair because she was a fall risk. As someone always posts on this site...their brain is broken.
Like GA, I will give suggestions about your Mom's falls after you get back from the doctor visit. YOUR FIRST PRIORITY is taking your Mom to see the DOCTOR!
First thought: STROKE. I'd take her to the ER now even if she isn't still speaking strangely. It's better to know if she had a stroke than not. And if she herself sensed something was amiss in her speaking....best to get it checked out.
Good luck, and let us know.
As to the fall issues, well, come back and let us know after you've gone to the ER. I don't want to delay you from getting treatment.