Today I had plans to go visit my Mom in the nursing facility where she has lived for about 3 years.
I got a call at around 7:30 this AM from a nurse at the facility. "Could I come and get her"....... W H A T?
My Mom is totally dependent on medications and injections and uses a walker, wears depends (TMI) and has dementia. She is pleasant enough, just totally dependent on care from others. She cannot go up and down steps.
Here's the deal. There was a fire down the street and the power on their block has been cut. There is no heat in the house. The facility is an old Victorian house converted to handle around 10/12 ladies in need of nursing care.
My response was "And do what with her"?
I did ask them if they had an emergency generator and their response was that they we thinking about buying one. I suspect the fire department could come up with one in a hurry if they would just ask.
Anyway, I left it that they would have to deal with the situation the best they can. My Mom pays dearly for this arrangement and they should be better prepared. I don't think they were thinking when they called me - as I have not taken care of her medical needs for years now. I am not a pansy, just think she deserves her independence just like I do. I have never given her an injection or tested her and can't learn on the fly like they expected me to do today!
Yikes.
I feel a tad guilty about letting them deal with it, but I don't have much of a choice.
Also, we have about 10 inches of snow on the ground from yesterday and the sidewalks and drives and roads are still a mess. She wouldn't be able to make it beyond the car with her walker to my front door.
Happy Thanksgiving. I will not be eating dinner with my Mom today, but am still grateful for all I have and that my Mom is ok and will not remember this event anyway, as she has short term memory loss!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone here on Pet Talk. Be safe. Be happy. Be thankful.
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