By Sheelagh
Today at 2:30, Cena the hospice admittance nurse came. Like magic she snapped her fingers, made a phone call and by 7:00 tonight we will have a sliding chair that will slide/rotate in and out of the shower, a hospital bed for mom to use- I think that it will make it A LOT easier for her to get in and out of bed by herself, and a bedside tray table....for when she wants to lounge and take her meals in bed:) We found out that through the hospice volunteers, she can get a massage, have a beautician come and cut her hair, have mani/pedis---even have someone come and play the harp for her! (maybe we should decide that mom needs to hear some harp music conveniently on the same night as we have a dinner party!)
She was amazing, I wish that she was going to be our regular nurse. We will meet mom's actual nurse on Monday who, for now, will come in weekly-- more often as needed. She will have an aide to come in 1/week as well to help her with any personal needs, or just to gab (not that mom is very gabby), make her a sandwich, or do some light cleaning.
She was able to sign all of her own forms, but I am not really sure how much she understood. She still struggles with time- she thought that Cena was joking with her when she said it was Friday, and one of the forms she dated as the month of October, and one as January.
Today at 2:30, Cena the hospice admittance nurse came. Like magic she snapped her fingers, made a phone call and by 7:00 tonight we will have a sliding chair that will slide/rotate in and out of the shower, a hospital bed for mom to use- I think that it will make it A LOT easier for her to get in and out of bed by herself, and a bedside tray table....for when she wants to lounge and take her meals in bed:) We found out that through the hospice volunteers, she can get a massage, have a beautician come and cut her hair, have mani/pedis---even have someone come and play the harp for her! (maybe we should decide that mom needs to hear some harp music conveniently on the same night as we have a dinner party!)
She was amazing, I wish that she was going to be our regular nurse. We will meet mom's actual nurse on Monday who, for now, will come in weekly-- more often as needed. She will have an aide to come in 1/week as well to help her with any personal needs, or just to gab (not that mom is very gabby), make her a sandwich, or do some light cleaning.
She was able to sign all of her own forms, but I am not really sure how much she understood. She still struggles with time- she thought that Cena was joking with her when she said it was Friday, and one of the forms she dated as the month of October, and one as January.
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