oh the joys
This is the first day I can actually sit and relax for a few minutes to write a journal entry. Gram does not have to go to the hospital this afternoon for blood work or pills. Having to make five trips to town has been hard on gram and me. Gram is sick this morning and in bed. Yesterday while at the hospital she was sneezing steadily and her nose was running. When she awoke this morning she had a full blown cold. I am worried about this. Mainly because she is on blood thinners right now and due to all this traveling she is run down. Actually it's her and I both who are run down. I still don't really know what to make of this whole situation. I think at grams age she should have stayed in the hospital until the blood clot cleared. The risks of taking warfarin are huge. I have to keep a keen eye on her at all times and watch for almost anything. Of course my mom calls this morning and makes me feel incompetent yet again, saying you can't handle this, only doctors can and she could die there. Well I have been handling this ALONE since last Thursday and gram is still here yet last time I checked. I am under a lot of pressure and stress right now. I don't need people calling telling me that gram could die. Do they really feel I am that stupid or totally blind to the risks of a blood clot. Grant it I might not be the most intelligent person on this planet but gram has made it to 96 with the help of me being here but I guess that doesn't count, I still don't know what I am doing. I called the doctors office this morning responding to a call left on my answering machine yesterday from the receptionist asking me to call her with the details of what was going on with gram. I sat there and listened to that message a few times and thought to myself, shouldn't the doctors at the hospital be faxing that information over to the doctors' office. I called her back and left a message regarding gram having to get blood work done, tomorrow, Friday and Monday again. I don't want to take her out in this cold again with the cold she has. I am really worried about this because when your blood is being thinned you are more susceptible to viruses and bacteria one would assume. I know VON can come and take your blood when you are not able to get out. This has been hard on me. Handling gram is not easy. The lady cannot walk. I have to assist her with walking from the house to the car, with getting into the car, getting her out of the car, dealing with getting the wheelchair out of the trunk of the car and that sucker is heavy plus wheeling her to the destination. I am sick with a cold, I haven't been sleeping and I've had a bad headache everyday since last Tuesday. HA! I had to laugh at my mother complaining this morning on how she couldn't even get gram out of the car Sunday. I remarked rather firmly and said yes I do know, I do it ALONE with no help whenever I take her. She had dad help her with gram!!
I am going to make an appointment for myself when the receptionist calls back about gram this morning about these headaches. I feel like I have a tight band wrapped around my head and when I move around it gets worse. I do believe they are tension headaches. We shall see!!! Oh the joys!!
I am going to make an appointment for myself when the receptionist calls back about gram this morning about these headaches. I feel like I have a tight band wrapped around my head and when I move around it gets worse. I do believe they are tension headaches. We shall see!!! Oh the joys!!