Christmas In Rehab

Sounds like a bad country western song doesn't it?

Spent an interesting afternoon with our girl. Concerned about the bed sore she has had for a while. Colleen called me last night about it, expressing her concern and today I was privy to actually seeing it. Another one of those things a son doesn't need to see on his mother. In talking with the staff, they are concerned about it as well. They have been measuring it, putting medicine on it and keeping it covered. Mom removes the covering when she cleans up every day and then fails to tell anyone. I shared with her what I know about bed sores, the nurses talked about them with her and she seemed to understand. Today. It's really ugly, and when I spoke with the nurse and nursing director they suspect it's from where the biopsy was done while she was in beaumont. I expressed our concern that when she left Beaumont it was considerably smaller than what it is now. They will continue to do what they do. I also asked mom about her eye, Colleen seemed to think it's infected. Mom minimized that by saying she's always had some drainage in the corner of her left eye. I again discussed infections, why she is prone to them, and how important it is to let nurses and doctors know. She was also weighed today at 114.8.

This afternoon activities included playing JINGO, a seasonal version of bingo, some OT and watching a seasonal movie on AMC. I wanted to get this post out before leaving this afternoon and let all the readers know that even though she did not send out cards again this year, she wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe holiday season.