Mom is home! What a difference the right meds make

Locust Fork

Mother was falling constantly....couldn't get up out of a chair by herself, fell asleep all the time and didn't want to do anything. She finally was admitted to the Senior Care Center at the hospital in Jasper Alabama and monitored for two weeks. Her doctors there found out that her blood pressure was dropping 30 points when she stood up....which is why the falling was happening.

They have taken her off and lowered almost everything that she was taking....and added something to keep her blood pressure up. Its like she is a whole different person from what she was two weeks ago.

My sister spent nearly a full week staying at her house trying to clean up things and weed out the mess she didn't need (like 5 cheese graters, 4 cutting boards just clutter.) My brother and I went down this weekend and gave her place a THOROUGH cleaning. We got rid of the couch that was too low to the ground for her and put in a lazy-boy lift chair.

I checked her mail and found all the bills....she was a couple months behind on a few things, got that all paid. My cousin rode over from next door on his mower and got her grass cut.

So....during all of the eclipse mess I was going over medication changes, picking up the new meds, tossing all the old stuff, putting the meds in her ENORMOUS weekly pill organizer and making a list of what she now takes. I went over how to work the lift chair and looked over her bank statement to see if things were "good" in that dept.

I think she is going to be ok.....at least for now things are looking a LOT better.

I've been going bonkers trying to get everything handled here like normal and dealing with all that was going on with mom. Having her home and "normal" is an AMAZING feeling compared to what was going on last week.

glyn

Prayers go out to you,hope she is going to be OK.

Sam06

I feel your pain. You are lucky you have family close by to help.

I have had to do the same thing with my Dad. He lives in Atlanta and I have to drive down there(6.5hrs) and take care of him and his house/affairs for weeks on end.

But I am by myself.


I come back to NC totally exhausted and severely depressed. It takes me a week to get myself back in shape and then I have to deal with everything here. My wife has to work and deal with all the stuff here when I am gone.


I am glad they figured out your Moms problem. I have gone through the same thing with my Dad.

kimi

That's great news, Kasey! Glad to hear it! Tell her that one of her fans is an old Texas boy lost on the left coast!!!!!!!

Locust Fork

quote:Originally posted by Sam06
I feel your pain. You are lucky you have family close by to help.

I have had to do the same thing with my Dad. He lives in Atlanta and I have to drive down there(6.5hrs) and take care of him and his house/affairs for weeks on end.

But I am by myself.


I come back to NC totally exhausted and severely depressed. It takes me a week to get myself back in shape and then I have to deal with everything here. My wife has to work and deal with all the stuff here when I am gone.


I am glad they figured out your Moms problem. I have gone through the same thing with my Dad.



I am SO sorry....that is just the worst possible situation to be in for sure. Its a little over an hour from my house to my mom's....she lives next door to her sister and her son. (They aren't very helpful though.)

You may want to check into something that we have my mother signed up for. While she was in there they signed my mother up for something called "Intensive Outpatient" care....they will be coming around with a van, pick up mother, take her to the hospital to be evaluated and monitored. They eat lunch at the hospital and then bring them all home. They have some that come every day....some only go once a week. It depends on the needs they have.

Between this, the home health nurses that are stopping by I know mother will be seen by people and will be less likely to end up like she was a short time ago.

As far as cleaning and paying bills.....my brother and I have plans to take turns going down there and taking turns. We have tried to coax mother into doing it....not because we didn't want to do it, but because she needs to get up and move around a little. (That is not happening though.)

asphalt cowboy

quote:Originally posted by Locust Fork
she lives next door to her sister and her son. (They aren't very helpful though.)

That, IMO, is one of the worst parts of dealing with family medical issues.
My mother was manic depressive and from 1981 until her passing in 2002 I was her DPOA. Of my three brothers only one took any interest in the situation and his sole input was to tell her doctors "she's an alcoholic, that what her problem is". Of course being a dried out drunk made him an expert. The frustrating part is, some of them would listen to him. College educated idiots ignoring the fact that I held DPOA.

I got a little sidetracked there.[:I]
Bear in mind, meds take time to adjust. Both in her system and prescribed dosage. There's a good chance that once everything is settled in she will take an interest in getting up, out and about.

Sam06

LOL

I set up a in house monitor for my Dad. I had a nurse come to his house for 2 hrs 3 times a week.


My Dad fired them. He said he didn't need it[:0]



I just shake my head and drive on.

He Dog

Glad to hear things are better for now. That makes a world of difference.

mogley98

Glad to hear that Prayers for her continued improvement