Well, here’s the latest on big sis. Wed., Nov. 21, was 2 weeks in the hospital. She’s still getting better, but was too well to stay there, so it’s off to a nursing home (NH) for rehab. There was no blockage in the intestines that the doc thought he saw on the MRI!! They did the scope thing and found nothing there. So that’s one less problem. As far as they can tell, it’s just the infection throughout her body!! That’s enough!
After sitting down and letting baby sis know what she would be in for to try to take care of big sis, she thought about it and had a change of heart. She’s 45, works full time. There is just no way she can take care of big sis at this point. So she told big sis that she could only come live with her if big sis got a whole lot better. She would have to stay out of the bed all day and live like a human!!! Which means regular showers, and regular meals to take care of the diabetes. She says eat what, I can’t eat much at one time. I said just a sandwich at lunch would do. I can’t eat a whole sandwich, so eat half, I can’t eat half, I eat about a quarter of one and I’m full! So I said ok, so you do what you can but eat regularly!!! She’s always got a come-back!! So where things go with that is anybody’s guess.
The last few days in the hospital she got her attitude back and has gotten rude a few times. I told her to take that energy and use it to get well instead of being nasty!!! She called Wed. morning wanting me to bring her a couple of things for the NH. Told her I’d come to the NH once she got there instead of having to pay $2 to park just to leave right away for the NH. ok. Then she called later and wanted me to bring her long coat in case it got cold. I asked why she needed it and she said for going in and out of the hosp. and NH. I said, they’re transporting you, you’ll be on a gurney, with blankets, why do you need it? She said I don’t know, guess I should just lay here and let everyone else do my thinking for me! Then she hung up on me!!! ARGH!!!! I think she thought I was taking her to the NH from the hosp.!! Like that was really going to happen!!
She got to the NH and I tried to get her settled in. It was put this here, put that there, take this with you, fix this, fix that!!! Then the lady next to her was trying to get something off her tray table and big sis says, oh, she’ll get it for you!! I haven’t done enough for her, she’s farming me out!! Then, I’m trying to get her situated for her dinner tray, and she can’t even lift her head to get the pillow under it! and she thought I was going to bring her to the NH? She can’t stand up, can’t lift her legs, can barely grasp anything with her hands! So here comes the dinner try and it has a grilled cheese sandwich. She can’t even cut it in two! I sat there and watched her and couldn’t believe it! But I didn’t help her. She’s got to start somewhere doing things!! So she finally picked it up and tore it in half! And the person who could only eat a quarter of a sandwich laid there and ate a whole grilled cheese, a deviled egg, 2 bowls of tomato soup, a dish of pears and a little bowl of pea salad!!! Now, in all fairness, I think that last couple of weeks at home, that infection was building through her system and that may have had something to do with it cause she wasn’t eating much at once then. But she’s been eating for a week now in the hospital, so she’s got to know she can eat better. She starts that stuff for sympathy!!
In the hospital there was a lady next to her whose husband was there most of the time taking care of her. Baby sis was telling me about big sis was telling her about this on the phone and big sis told her she wished she had someone to take care of her like that! So I asked baby sis, did she also tell you they were celebrating their 61st wedding anniversary? Do you know how old that lady is? Baby sis said well, under those circumstances she must be around 80!! I said yeah, and big sis is gonna be 60 Friday!! and she wants to lay in bed and have someone take care of her???? OMG!!! Looks like we’re in this for the long haul, folks! Don’t think she’s gonna be out of there any time soon! So that’s where we are now!! More fun ahead!!!
