UPDATE ON MUM

19/02/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 19TH FEBRUARY 2007. I VISITED MUM AT 9.30AM TO SEE WHAT KIND OF A NIGHT SHE HAD HAD. JANET THE MANGERESS MET ME AT THE DOOR AND SAID THAT SHE HAD HAD ANOTHER BAD ONE, HARDLY SLEEPING AND NEEDING ASSISTANCE SEVERAL TIMES IN THE NIGHT. HOWEVER HER DOCTOR WAS DUE TO CALL AROUND LUNCHTIME.

WHEN I SPOKE TO MUM, WHO WAS VERY TIRED AND OUT OF SORTS AGAIN, SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD NOT BEEN TROUBLED BY BREATHLESNESS.  HER BEDREST AND FUROSEMIDE SEEMED TO BE COPING WITH THIS.  HOWEVER SHE HAD BEEN TOO UNCOMFORTABLE TO SLEEP - IT FELT LIKE COILS UNDER HER BTM. AS I LEFT I SUGGESTED TO JANET THAT MUM MIGHT SLEEP BETTER WITH A SEDATIVE AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD MENTION IN TO THE DOCTOR.  SHE HAS ALSO ORDERED  A SPECIAL MATTRESS AND CHAIR CUSHION FOR HER WHICH SHE THOUGHT MIGHT HELP.

I CALLED TO SEE MUM AGAIN AT 3PM AND SHE WAS WAS LYING ON THE BED FEELING UNWELL.  SHE HAD EATEN A LITTLE LUNCH BUT HAD NOT BEEN HUNGRY. AT TEA-TIME SHE COULDN’T FACE HER TOASTED TEACAKE AND JELLY AND CREAM AND JUST SETTLED FOR A CUP OF TEA AND SOME CHOCOLATE.

AT 7PM SHE LOOKED BRIGHTER. SHE WAS SITTING IN HER CHAIR AND WE HAD A PLEASANT HOUR TOGETHER.  SHE SAID THAT SHE FELT BETTER AND WAS CERTAINLY NOT AS TIRED AS LAST EVENING.  SHE WAS HOWEVER DREADING ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT.  HER DOCTOR HAD PRESCRIBED A SEDATIVE FOR HER TODAY AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL ENABLE HER TO HAVE A BETTER NIGHT.

LOVE TO ALL,

TED.

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