Bit of a health scare for the ol’ girl yesterday. Fainted, collapsed went to bed. I was in the garden and had no idea. ol’ boy was down the bellarine gave me a buzz to see where she was. I found her completely out of it with fever symptoms. He comes racing back directing me on what to do / look for over the phone. Fuck she’s lucky to have a medico hubby.
but jeez ol’ boys language / demeanor changes when there are problems like the ones we’ve seen in the last 6 months. Shit gets calm, direct and accurate. He’s normally a grumpy old bastard. We have our differences but with mum’s polycrisis, we’re both on the same page which has completely surprised me.
I just wasn’t prepared for all these things to hit at once. Vision (and the shitload of drugs), teeth / food, physical mobility (and the risk of falls), hearing, memory, depression. It’s hard to know what’s feeding into each problem.
Used to visit my gran all the time at a ‘well to do’ nursing home and I really didn’t like what I was seeing. The thought of it for the ol’ girl scares me as there’s a bit of complex care involved and I’m not sure they (or she) would cope and decline would be rapid.
I suppose age comes for us all, if we’re lucky or unlucky.
Damn, just saw this. What a lot to go through mate, I’m sorry you had to go through all that (and sorry for your parents too). Mum is indeed very lucky to have a medically trained husband. And it’s good that he’s able to see what matters and put the grumpiness aside in this sort of situation. Lucky he was not the one to have started losing faculties/abilities first…
If you feel okay with sharing it I’d be interested to know what happened to your mum to have gotten so acutely ill. I do worry about my mum because of her living alone and the kinds of things that can befall her
Bit of a health scare for the ol’ girl yesterday. Fainted, collapsed went to bed. I was in the garden and had no idea. ol’ boy was down the bellarine gave me a buzz to see where she was. I found her completely out of it with fever symptoms. He comes racing back directing me on what to do / look for over the phone. Fuck she’s lucky to have a medico hubby.
but jeez ol’ boys language / demeanor changes when there are problems like the ones we’ve seen in the last 6 months. Shit gets calm, direct and accurate. He’s normally a grumpy old bastard. We have our differences but with mum’s polycrisis, we’re both on the same page which has completely surprised me.
I’m really sorry to hear what’s happened mate. I hope she’ll be OK soon ❤️
Thanks man.
I just wasn’t prepared for all these things to hit at once. Vision (and the shitload of drugs), teeth / food, physical mobility (and the risk of falls), hearing, memory, depression. It’s hard to know what’s feeding into each problem.
Used to visit my gran all the time at a ‘well to do’ nursing home and I really didn’t like what I was seeing. The thought of it for the ol’ girl scares me as there’s a bit of complex care involved and I’m not sure they (or she) would cope and decline would be rapid.
I suppose age comes for us all, if we’re lucky or unlucky.
I can understand that man. It’s a lot to take in at once.
The reluctance to go into an care place I completely understand. I hope things improve so she can stay at home ❤️
Damn, just saw this. What a lot to go through mate, I’m sorry you had to go through all that (and sorry for your parents too). Mum is indeed very lucky to have a medically trained husband. And it’s good that he’s able to see what matters and put the grumpiness aside in this sort of situation. Lucky he was not the one to have started losing faculties/abilities first…
If you feel okay with sharing it I’d be interested to know what happened to your mum to have gotten so acutely ill. I do worry about my mum because of her living alone and the kinds of things that can befall her