So glad to hear her recovery is progressing well. What an absolutely crazy thing to happen. Continues prayers for her and you...hope you and the kids are ok, too!
Wow, this is great news! ! Is there any other type of rehab she can get into? I'm thankful she has so much family that can help out.
We are thinking of a sub acute nursing facility for a short term stay (nursing home) since they can do PT, OT, and speech on site daily. Hopefully insurance will cover one and her cognitive skills will come back with time so she can be more independent. We may send her to her sisters for a while at some point since they are retired. We are so so lucky for our aunts, absolute livesavers.
Her insurance might cover an inhome nurse to provide daily care if there aren't relatives available.
It is great that she is recovering so quickly. Will they patch her right eye so that she will start using her left again?
How are YOU doing?
I don't think they patch it, they are reminding her to scan left and are encouraging us to place things she wants on that side. She found her coffee on her left, but ignored entire left side of a worksheet. The Neurology opthalmologist is hopeful with whatever tricks she has.
I'm okay. I swing between being so grateful for the progress she's made and overwhelmed about what the future holds, and just angry that this happened. The last part is fading since she now can talk and her personality seems to be intact at least. I've worked 4 days this week but essentially useless..Coming in late, taking calls, researching etc., But at least not using sick days.
N had her 4m appt today and fell off her weight curve, so that is stressful and j has a hard/swollen lymph node we may need to get checked out. Oh and I got a nice chip in windshield Monday that I had to repair yesterday..Added to the list of March from hell.
Wow, this is great news! ! Is there any other type of rehab she can get into? I'm thankful she has so much family that can help out.
We are thinking of a sub acute nursing facility for a short term stay (nursing home) since they can do PT, OT, and speech on site daily. Hopefully insurance will cover one and her cognitive skills will come back with time so she can be more independent. We may send her to her sisters for a while at some point since they are retired. We are so so lucky for our aunts, absolute livesavers.
They likely will. When I did discharge planning, we never released anyone straight to their home. Once acute rehab was done, they always went to a SNF for additional therapies. Then they would usually need home health visits as part of their discharge plan.
tallblonde I just found this thread and read through everything. I'm so sorry about what's happened. I'm glad your mom is making progress.
I know how hard it is to have an Ill parent, struggling to balance your own emotions, be present for your parent while also managing your personal life and caring for your family. It's impossible. I'm thinking about you and shedding tears for the struggle you're in.
Having the support of family and friends is so important. I hope you continue to post about how you and your mom are doing. You have people who are here to listen, you are not alone.
Hi all. She has been moved to a sub-acute nursing facility in her town and now close to all of her friends, so that will be helpful since my sister is going home. My aunt is staying for another week though. Relatively speaking she's doing well. But her friends that haven't seen her are a bit shocked at the severity and I waffle between thinking she's going to be fine and not.
We met with the therapists for family training and got some great ideas on how to help and what activities are good for her.
I was pretty blue last night, just mourning our old life before this happened. We are heading to her house for the weekend, which will be the norm for the foreseeable future.
Thanks you for all the sweet comments. It's slowly becoming our new normal and I'll join in more regularly.
I'm glad she's close to friends and making progress. I can only imagine that how you're feeling is normal. It's a lot and so sudden. Lots of hugs and positive thoughts.
I'm glad her recovery is proceeding well. I can totally understand feeling the way you do--It's gotta be tough. We are here if you need to vent, etc.
It's good that she'll be closer to friends, and if it were me, I'd definitely try and enlist her friends--assuming they're willing and able--in doing some of the activities/therapies you learned about in the training session, esp. during the week when your time is more limited. Sounds like she has a good support network and maybe they can help take the pressure off you a bit.
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