Monday 1st November 2010
Teresa phoned to say that she had been into see mum with Michael on Saturday, mum was very confused and still stiff from her fall, Michael gave her glasses to her and she tried to put them on her foot!
They took her to out to Costa for tea and cake but it was a real struggle for her, she found it very difficult to walk and Teresa said that her coordination was really bad.
I told Teresa that Charlie had been in to see her and she said that mum had told her that he had been in and he taken in a nice plant for her.
Tuesday 2nd November
Mum was confused when we got to the care home, we took Herbie (dog) in with us, she took a while before she realised that he was there, we went along to her room. I took mum to the toilet and noticed a large bruise on the top of her leg.
Mum couldn't get a complete sentence out today but she did say that she thought she was dying this morning (that upset me quite a bit) when we asked her how she felt now she couldn't tell us.
John felt that this visit was the first time he felt that mum was not coping with her illness, she didn't remember Teresa and Michael going in to see her on Saturday, I told her that they had taken her out for tea and cake and she said' Oh did they, that was nice'. I asked her if she had seen Daph and Dib and she said 'No'.
I asked Tina on the way out if they had been in and she said that yes they had, but she thought that it wouldn't be a good idea for them to take her out on Sunday for Lunch as mum was not good.
Mum has lost her glasses so I looked through the box of glasses that they had in the clinical room for mums glasses but they were not there. Tina told me that they have an optician coming in the home and that she wold put mums name down to see them.
In the evening Daph phoned to say mum was very confused when they saw her on Sunday and that they hadn't taken her out for Lunch as Michael had phoned them and asked them not to but she said that they realise that mum was not in a fit state to go out. Mary also phoned and said the same as Daph.
Wednesday 3rd November
I had a phone call from from Salome Erasmus, the care manager at the care home to say that mum had a fall and they thought she had fractured her left leg. Michael picked me up and we went to the William Harvey hospital in Ashford. Justina, one of the carers was with mum and wouldn't leave her until she knew the results of mums x-rays, the x-rays showed that mum had fractured her femur (at the neck of the femur). She was very confused and in a lot of pain, she had got to the A & E midday and no pain killers were given until 3pm, they said that they couldn't give her a pain blocker injection because of the dementia, she had to be fully aware of what has happened, so it was not a good idea to give her an injection. She was moved to the A & E side ward called Wacko Ward and then she was moved to King D2 red bay, she was then given more morphine, we left her about 8pm
Thursday 4th November
I phoned the hospital at 9am, mum had a good night and she was waiting for the trauma doctor to do his rounds, she is nil by mouth so will be having her operation in the morning. I phoned and told Dib and Daph.
I went into hospital to have my knee operation today having my operation in the morning. John phoned me in the evening to say that Michael had phoned to say that the doctor had phone him last night and told him that they were doing a complete hip replacement.
Friday 5th November
Teresa phoned John to say that mum had her operation and all went well but she was having breathing problems. She went in with Michael but she wasn't good, she had asked after me and wanted to know if I was OK.
I talked to one of the nurses in the hospital where I was and she said that often Dementia patients recover quicker from surgery as they are not aware of what has happened
Saturday 6th November
I came home from hospital this morning. Michael phoned to say that they had been into see mum and that she wasn't very good, the nurse told them that mum had been aware of things this morning but this afternoon she was not good. Teresa tried to get her to eat a few spoonful of food but she couldn't get her to eat anything.
Michael said that Daph, Dib, Mary and Roger were going in to see her tomorrow
Sunday 7th November
Daph phoned while they were in with mum, she was still confused but much brighter, they even got her to talk to me on the phone ( It was good to hear her) I asked her how she felt and she said 'well I don't really know! and then started talking a lot of nonsense that I couldn't understand.
Daph prompted her to ask me how I was and I reassured her that I was OK and that I would see her soon.
Daph phoned when she got home to tell me how mum was she said that mum was OK but confused she had asked her about me so Daph said well lets phone her, she said that mum was better than she had thought and she was in good spirits but tired
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