Decision Made

The care facility that AJ and I looked at last weekend would not accept Mom because they knew she would become and long term care patient and did have the room for her there. The social worker at Dekalb said that another nursing home would take her but it was just and, or equally, as bad as the other one she refused to go to. She wants to go home. So Jeremy told the social worker that. It turns out that a doctor has the right to refuse care to a patient in certain situations, like Mom going home. Which was totally inappropriate as she would not be cared for, wouldn't be able to get up on her own for toileting, food, drink, etc. Not to mention the danger she would be in if faced with taking care of her own medication.

Mom is coming back to Adairsville to live with us. She will be on hospice which means she will no longer be under the care of her Dr. J. She will be cared for by United Hospice in Calhoun, who I heard great things about from our friend the pharmacist when they cared for her father. She will have a hospice nurse come out 3 - 5 days a week for care management. They are delivering a hospital bed with her air mattress today along with her oxygen equipment, wheelchair, bedside toilet, sheets, etc., etc., this morning. She will arrive by ambulance between noon and one.

This means I had an entire room to clean out and prepare last night after cheerleading and dinner and Sarah's bath, but it is done. Now the rest of the house needs some work as all that stuff had to go somewhere! A CNA will be hired to come in and spend 3 - 4 hours a day with her especially around lunch to help with her meals and keeping her company. Jeremy will do what he can but he will have Sarah to deal with. I am continuing to work as we were just given our insurance benefits again. I MUSt work so that we also have medical coverage.

Pray for us and Cindy as begin to take care of her in these final stages of her life. I want them to be happy and comfortable. I don't want to be all stressed out like I did last time. For those of you who have not done this, it can be very difficult. Work will be my daily break, which is not something I had last time.

I'll be talking with you soon!