Thursday Mom woke up with a high fever, tremors and not eating or drinking for the second day. Called Home Health and the Dr. and they suggested the ER especially because of the high fever and not drinking. It is so easy for the elderly to get dehydrated. I am reminded almost daily how fragile she is. So that is where she has been until I got her back home about an hour ago. It is very nice to have her back!
I stayed up at the hospital except when I came home to sleep and so I am telling you my butt was sore by the end of the day from sitting in that chair. I was starting to worry that I was going to get bedsores or chair sores! Another one of those little things to be thankful for ... ya know how when you sit or lay in one place for a long time it starts to kind of hurt? Well when that happens what do we do? We shift our position a little bit because we can! And you know how much relief you get from that. Well think about being unable to move yourself... ugggghhh! So even though my Mom may not say she appreciates it, or maybe she does not associate me "turning" her with relief from one time to the next, I know it has to feel good for her to get turned!
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