My Mom is in the hospital (page 3)

smiddy

I hope everything goes well Jeff , and that she recovers OK.

smiddy

chicken little

Dear Jeff,

Hope your mum makes a speedy recovery....make sure she gets really good food while she is in there, it really does make a difference to her recovery.

Hope you cope, I know how stressing it is to take care of someone in hospital over a long period of time.

HUGS

quellycatface

I hope she gets well soon and makes a good recovery. It's not easy looking after someone who has always been independent.my mum was poorly last year and she isn't a good patient!!!!

My mum got into audio books when she was ill.

AFRIKANMAN

I am in the same boat of caring for elderly parent with degenerative Neuro disease [Not Alzheimers]

btw Often the hip breaks which causes the fall [Osteoporosis].

I trust you have others who can assist you with support. Also the medical costs can be crippling - in our case Grandpa who passed in 2009 had no life insurance - why? Because when he wanted to take one out [45 years ago] he was told he was showing lack of faith - afterall the world was going to end in 1975 - so gran ended up in the Shit ! And by extension the children - we - now carry the financial can.

I feel for you and empathize with you.

JeffT

Thank you all.

She is doing better today, they got her up out of bed for a few minutes, and she is much more lucid than she was a couple of days ago. Hospitals and drugs aggrevate her dementia, which doesn't help. I'm managing to destress a bit today.

FYI, Mom is 91. As children of the depression (and having never been sucked in by a whacky religion) she and Dad managed their money very well. We're in good shape to pay for whatever we need, which helps a lot.