Friday, September 5, 2008
Swing Slowing Significantly
Movement for 9/4/08:
- Well, today was worse than yesterday. Wheelchair all the way, all day, today, even from the dinette to the living room. I can't remember how long it's been since she's done that. Even when she has initial morning difficulty and I wheel her to the dinette for breakfast, by the time breakfast is over, she's ready to try walking into the living room and can usually accomplish this. Transfers were hard for her. Even standing up from her rocking chair was hard without my help. Usually, it's easier for her to stand up on her own from her rocker, even though she also usually prefers my help from other seats, like her bed, etc. That's why her usual chair is the rocking chair in the living room...it's very easy for her to rise out of it on her own. I am seriously concerned. She doesn't look all that pale, but her anemia tricks me up a lot. It would seem, too, by now, that if she had been suffering from low electrolytes because of my enthusiastic use of the prune juice every night for the last week, she'd have recovered by now, so I really have no idea what's going on. Again, today, twice, when trying to walk (which she tried only twice; after that I insisted that she only stand on her feet during transfers) she complained of having "too much leg". I asked her, the first time she mentioned it, if she meant that her legs were too heavy. "No, she said," just like there's too much." I'm not sure how that would translate into symptomology. She's been very tired, more so than yesterday, so I've been generous with nap time. If she continues to have trouble tomorrow, I'll call Hospice and let them know what's going on. I don't think they'll do much, but I mentioned to the RN yesterday that I had some concerns about her hemoglobin possible jumping around and mentioned that I'd leave word with him on Monday if she continues to have problems so he'll have time to see if he can get an order for a CBC/BMP blood draw for Tuesday. However, if she is having difficulty tomorrow, I'm going to leave a message then that I definitely want him to seek permission for a blood draw, regardless of what happens over the weekend.
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