I continue to struggle with the daily care of mom. And I'm not sure where the breaking point will be, just know that there will be one.
I take her to physical therapy and listen in while he talks to her. Asking about her meals (she doesn't eat enough protein), and about how much time she sits in her chair. I also hear her responses. She told him she eats fruit every day. She doesn't mention that its canned fruit, covered in a mixture of cool whip and yogurt, with marshmallows.
She says she gets out of her chair every hour. What she leaves out is that she stumbles her way to the bathroom to pee and heads right back to her chair. And her exercises? She does them at PT and it takes 45 minutes. When she does them at home, its only 20 mins. She was told the more she does them, the stronger she will get.
What I've noticed is that if she doesn't like or agree with what she hears, she ignores or forgets about it.
I pondered if I should get her to Planet Fitness and working on a recumbent bike. I don't want her to make things worse, but she hasn't been improving.
Today, she wants me to call her doctor and take her in. In her words, "seems like someone should be able to help me."
We shall see.
Wonder what her reaction will be when I tell her I am going out of town for 2 days?
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