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Originally Posted by E Sully
My mother is a week away from her 92nd birthday. Thanksgiving day was the last time she tried to get out of bed on her own and she took a light fall. I spent 3 hours at the emergency room with her to get a CT scan. Fortunately it was quiet there, previous times it took 6 hours. I brought her home and had a nice Thanksgiving dinner afterwards.
At this point her short term memory is pretty much gone and she has no energy at all. She does enjoy my daily visit. She has no real desire to eat anymore, except for ice cream. I make sure she eats a bit of real food while I talk about all the good memories from the past.
United Hospice doctor did an evaluation with the assisted living facility doctor and will be working with Medicare and United Healthcare insurance. So far I had to remove her bed and they brought in a hospital bed for her Monday. Tomorrow I have another meeting with one of the hospice representatives. She is not in any pain spends most of the day sleeping. The aids from the assisted living facility are doing a good job taking care of her needs.
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Hello Ed, Thanks for sharing. I know I speak for many here in saying we wish you & Mom all the best as you navigate through whatever path is taken at this juncture.
With Hospice involved, you and Mom will be assisted in many helpful ways, but hopefully there will be others who step up for you both. You certainly have our support, even from afar.
Keep us posted and especially if there's anything we can do to help - even if just providing input.
Hugs to your Mom!