Thanks Classmates for your uplifting thoughts and prayers. God is good. My Mom is doing much better. She's back home now and the pneumonia is gone and her kidneys are functioning very well. She still has bouts of dementia and forgetfulness that comes and goes. Thank God that it does not happen very often. For the most part (about 90%) she is her normal self; but then at times the dementia comes on her. My brother and I took her car keys away from her so she could not drive. The next day she went right out and bought herself another car. She is fiercely independent and does not like being told what to do.
Before she was well she gave me and my brother the hardest time (she wore us out) we were tired as hell in helping her. My Mom has been a very uncooperative patient. I could not believe that they were letting her do whatever she wanted to do at the hospitals. I have never seen someone as stubborn as my Mom because she definitely knows better. My Mom has been retired now about 15 years. She has three Nursing degrees and knows better. She has been the Head ICU Nurse at various hospitals. She has taught Nursing at the College level and at the High School level (has graduated nursing students) and has been a School Nurse. That's why I said that she knows better. I could not believe how she was acting up and showing out at the hospitals. In all before she came home we had to take her to three hospitals and two senior rehab facilities. She is stubborn to the core. She was yanking the I.V.'s out of her arms. Refused to take the medicine, running/actually sprinting out of the buildings. She kept those Doctors and Nurses on their toes the whole time.
Through this experience with my Mom I have learned so.... much. I learned that the health laws are against the caregivers of the elderly. I found out that the elderly whether they are confused with dementia, alzheimers or etc. have the right to refuse health service, the right to refuse to take medicine, and the right to refuse to stay in the hospital or the Senior Rehab/Living facilities (even if it is for their best interest.)
So as for me I am trying to adjust to "MY NEW NORMAL" in helping and assisting with my Mom.
Classmates, a lot was going on during these last three months during my Mom's illness. My Father's second wife passed away from her battle with cancer. The doctor's weren't sure what type of cancer that she had (but) they think it was bone cancer. She was a Centennial Apache Alumni. I'm not sure what year she graduated from.
Well that's it. I wanted to give an update on what has been going on with our family. Thanks again so much Classmates for keeping me and my family in your thoughts and prayers. I will continue to pray for all of you and please keep me in your prayers as well. I Love you all, take good care of yourselves and God bless you always!!
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Phil.4:13
To God Be The Glory!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe
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