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katherine_b at 12:06pm on 16/01/2005
katherine_b at 12:06pm on 16/01/2005Mum has had two minor seizures in the past four days. These aren't like the seizures she had on the Monday before Christmas, which were full-body tonic-clonic (which, if you'll forgive flippancy, sound like something you'd order at cocktail parties). Instead it was just the muscles in her right arm and the right side of her face that were affected. She gets over them almost ridiculously quickly. Even the muscles in her face pull up (literally) again so that soon you barely know they happened. Very, very bizarre
She can barely use her right leg now though. She can just move from bed to chair or chair to bed, but not if the leg has to take any weight, so she hops. It's also a problem for sitting upright in bed from a lying or slumped position as she has to somehow wriggle, which isn't easy. The hospital that is giving us all sorts of things to help with her is offering mildly impractical suggestions (like a wheelchair that is too big for this little house), but at least they are there, which is something.
Dad got a pinched nerve in his spine a couple of weeks ago, presumably as a result of having to lift Mum a lot, but that seems to be healing as he finally gave in to Mum and my nagging and went to the physio (his brother, which is very handy for getting emergency appointments). That seems to be improving, for the time being at least.
The Pathology people are willing to come to the house to take blood for various tests, which is just so much easier than having to get her up, washed, dressed and into the wheelchair taxi, as well as the reverse when she gets home. Would that the MRI people could do the same thing! *lol*
ETA: One thing annoys me. There are a lot of people who are very worried about Mum, but she hates talking to them and looks like a sulky school-kid when they mention coming to visit. I'm sure it's exhausting and all the rest for her, but surely they have the right to see her - don't they? Am I being unreasonable?
I think that's all on the medical front for the moment.
As for me, I'm not doing nearly enough on my thesis as I seem to fill the days with other things. I could take official leave, but that would mean I would still be working on the thesis when Helmut gets back from his year off, which would add massively to my stress levels. Maybe I should just try to concentration during the times that I set aside for the thesis instead of procrastinating. Yes, that's a good idea.
*eyes LJ, which seems to be a prime culprit*
*whistles innocently*
*scurries off to work*
She can barely use her right leg now though. She can just move from bed to chair or chair to bed, but not if the leg has to take any weight, so she hops. It's also a problem for sitting upright in bed from a lying or slumped position as she has to somehow wriggle, which isn't easy. The hospital that is giving us all sorts of things to help with her is offering mildly impractical suggestions (like a wheelchair that is too big for this little house), but at least they are there, which is something.
Dad got a pinched nerve in his spine a couple of weeks ago, presumably as a result of having to lift Mum a lot, but that seems to be healing as he finally gave in to Mum and my nagging and went to the physio (his brother, which is very handy for getting emergency appointments). That seems to be improving, for the time being at least.
The Pathology people are willing to come to the house to take blood for various tests, which is just so much easier than having to get her up, washed, dressed and into the wheelchair taxi, as well as the reverse when she gets home. Would that the MRI people could do the same thing! *lol*
ETA: One thing annoys me. There are a lot of people who are very worried about Mum, but she hates talking to them and looks like a sulky school-kid when they mention coming to visit. I'm sure it's exhausting and all the rest for her, but surely they have the right to see her - don't they? Am I being unreasonable?
I think that's all on the medical front for the moment.
As for me, I'm not doing nearly enough on my thesis as I seem to fill the days with other things. I could take official leave, but that would mean I would still be working on the thesis when Helmut gets back from his year off, which would add massively to my stress levels. Maybe I should just try to concentration during the times that I set aside for the thesis instead of procrastinating. Yes, that's a good idea.
*eyes LJ, which seems to be a prime culprit*
*whistles innocently*
*scurries off to work*
apathetic