Just after having a good doctor visit, then no meds called over, I sat with mom and she was in tears without her pain meds. After an hour I realized there was no way she could get through the night. And by then the local Urgent Care was closed. So off we go to the hospital ER, and stand in line.
The line moved well enough getting us checked in. Then we were moved to another waiting room. And waited. And waited. And waited some more. Mom was convinced they forgot about us.
She sat in her chair as best she could - they aren't really comfortable - and did her moaning.
After we saw a doc, we got enough meds for the next 36 hours. The next morning I had to call the doc and get the meds ordered. Man, do I hate having to take the time to do that! But they were called in and i picked them up today.
But ... if she doesn't stop sitting in her chair all day and night, she is going to end up chair bound. So I got "tuff" with her and bought a 60 minute timer. And told her she had to get out of the chair every 60 minutes. Then I bought one of those large playballs from Walmart, and told her she needs to lay on her back, knees up for 5 mins every hour.
We'll see if she keeps it up, her choice, I can suggest, but I can't be the slave driver!! It would make me crazy!! 🤪
