[RKDinOKC]

Yep, having problems sleeping. None of the positions I can get in that elevate the foot are comfortable enough to fall asleep. I end up drugging myself out, and that really isn't very restful. As long as I stay horizontal and don't try to do anything the foot does better. If I get up and do anything, even with a walker and not putting any weight on the foot, it swells and gets red, then hurts all the next day.

To make matters worse, my Mom's dementia is getting much worse. Really frustrated because I can see that not being able to get up and around to guide her through doing things makes it worse faster. If she stops doing something, she loses her ability to do that thing. It is literally, "Use it or lose it."

For example when I was ambulatory I would take her to the grocery store to get our groceries twice a week. She would push the cart and we would walk every isle from one end of the store to the other. Took an hour. Since my foot thing nobody in my family has taken the time to do this with her. The result is now she can just barely walk across the room.