Had a discussion with her nurse after I spoke to you. Mom wwas waiting for the cat scan and it was going to be awhile before she’s taken to her room.
The nurse told me that when mom has to pee, the nurse tries to get her on the bed pan and mom refuses to lift her hips. don’t know if it’s because of the morphine and hurting or what but she is being cantankerous. she was cantankerous with me last nite and gave the ortho guy pure hell today. (she gave the nurses hell last nite too.) she refused to sign his form or whatever it was with her left hand. i had to sign it.
Sometimes she does talk like she doesn’t realize she’s in the hospital – nurse noticed this too, and said it could be because of the morphine, the pain and the fact that she’s not home and in a new situation, folks at her age don’t do well.
Nurse put a nicotine patch on mom, lol. smart woman. she was also trying to get her morphine upped.
Nurse said she thinks the ortho guy is leaning towards surgery. he did schedule her for tomorrow just in case. he will be going out of town in a couple of days for a week.
I asked the nurse – because of moms condition – everything on the right side about her going home and could she give an idea when. (this is the er nurse, mind you.) while she said she really couldn’t speak to that, generally when they get an old person like mom in, they’re thoroughly tested heart/brain/any other way you can think of. a social worker will come in and assess her. there is no way mom can go home – she can’t wipe herself, she won’t be able to move around well with the walker until she heals and the pain goes away some. physically i can’t move her around – i’m still having issues with my shoulder. last time she fell (when I found her on the floor smoking) I picked her up and damn near dropped her. wash clothes, dishes, clean, cook, pay bills no problem. i am not comfortable with moving her. anyway, she said the social worker will probably recommend her for rehab – they’ll do some in the hospital, so hopefully we have a few days anyway.
She had a bad day what with the ortho doc resetting her wrist, her shoulder hurts and she’s uncomfortable. i went ahead and came on home and i’m hoping she gets some sleep and her mind clears some. currently waiting on the doc to call.