Tuesday 18th January - Wednesday 26th January

Tuesday 18th January 2011

Daph and Mary both phoned to say that they had been into see mum today, she was having her hair permed, so they stayed upstairs with her (Daph, Dib, Mary and Bev all went in) they said that she was in good spirits but they were both worried about her swollen legs and ankles.

Wednesday 19th January

I phoned the care home and spoke to Tina, she said that mum was well and walking with her stick today and not her zimmer frame, I asked her about mums swollen legs/ankles, she said that it was because mum was walking around to much and not resting them.. I asked Tina if the doctor was coming in tomorrow, I heard Daphne say to Tina, are you talking about Annie,  I spoke to Daphne and she said that the doctor was seeing mum tomorrow.

Friday 21st January

We took Bett in with us today, mum looked really well she had actually got her teeth in!!..she was walking with her stick instead of her zimmer frame, they had to take the zimmer frame away as she had thought it was a chair and had tried to sit down on it.  She is walking well with her stick, the doctor saw her yesterday and said that the spots on her legs are not cellulitis he had given  her some tablet , Daphne was not sure what they are at the moment.  Daphne was not on duty yesterday so didn't see the doctor and the prescriptions hadn't been delivered yet from the chemist.  Her legs didn't look so 'shiny' today but her feet are still swollen, she had a stretchy bandage on which should be holding the foam on her heel, she had the bandage over her knee!!!

She enjoyed seeing Bett, it was a good visit again.

She does get a bit teary eyed when you first go in but soon gets over it

Wednesday 26th January

Mum was asleep in the chair outside the dining room, she was pleased to see us  and we stayed for a couple of hours, her legs are swollen again.  Daphne said we must wait for the pills to start working.

She was very happy today and laughed a lot, she said to Mervyn 'This is my family'. We noticed that she is having trouble walking again today. She still isn't sleeping in her bed.

While we were there she wanted to go to the loo and when she came out she was surprised to see us she had completely forgotten we were there and thought we had just arrived.