I am taking down our Christmas tree. I usually do it on the first but haven't felt up to it. I still don't, but need to do something. I have slept so much the last two days. At least taking it all down is easier than putting it up.
Thanks guys! My sister the nurse's most infamous quote: "I just wish our old people would die. We need the beds.". GAH! She also thinks that since she's a nurse, she should be the "point person" when talking to the medical folks about Mom. Nope. Over my dead body.
I'm wondering also if Mom might have had a small stroke, her NP thought it was possible. I'm just happy that this normally lucid, albeit at times difficult woman is with us on the short term care thing.
Remind your sister she will be one of "then" someday. Tell her you want to be the one to pull the plug. Whether she needs it or not.
No offense taken, my sister offends me too. I just don't undertand why a person without compassion would go into health care. Thank goodness for our own PF!
Well, they admitted Mom into the hospital due to anemia and confusion. Thank goodness we'd talked to the Nurse Prac in advance, , Mom tried her best to sound normal, but they didn't buy it. Will have to see how the tests come out. Thanks for all the support!
Just now reading this after the book I wrote. Make sure she IS admitted and not just for "observation". That is how the hospital gets out of having to accept Medicare payment, they just don't admit. Then the patient ends up with a huge bill. If she stays in the hospital for 3 whole days, then make sure she gets her skilled nursing benefit from Medicare and transitions to a nursing facility for therapies.
It's very easy for overworked medical staff to seem as though they lack compassion. Maybe your sister has more compassion for strangers who are in need of medical care, but there aren't enough beds.No offense taken, my sister offends me too. I just don't undertand why a person without compassion would go into health care. Thank goodness for our own PF!
It's very easy for overworked medical staff to seem as though they lack compassion. Maybe your sister has more compassion for strangers who are in need of medical care, but there aren't enough beds.
I have also seen medical staff get burnt out emotionally and then they may have a hard time empathizing. Care too much and it becomes very hard to do the job.
Sitting in work doing a night shift all by myself
Naw, I would like to think that, but I grew up with her. She's a b*tch.
Odd, I have a sister like that, too...
OhNaw, I would like to think that, but I grew up with her. She's a b*tch.
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Sorry to read that.
Mine was hatched from a lizard egg dropped on a rock in the garden...Seriously, I don't know how she came into being in our family, poison is a kind way of describing her personality. My brother and other sister are normal...just like me.
Aha! That is, however, an insult to the lizard family.
Sitting in work doing a night shift all by myself