Tiggerholic
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I just wanted to drop a line letting fellow Dis'ers know that DH and I are in the throes of packing and will be moving this coming Saturday. When mom was released from rehab after her *MAJOR* fall on June 2nd, she was only home for 2 days and she started falling backwards everyday. Her Parkinson's does cause her to be unstable when walking, but the entire time she was in rehab, she NEVER fell once !! I spent the week of Aug 6th - 11th at my parents to try and help dad, as mom had to be followed every place so she would not fall and hit her head again !! During that week, she WAS constantly falling and even fell onto me because I tried my best to stop her.
I made *numerous* phone calls to her primary physician to let him know that "we", dad and I, felt that she need to go back into rehab, but the Dr. just said "let's give home physical therapy a chance." Well, last Tuesday she fell and broke some ribs, dad had to call an ambulance, whole nine yards
So, again I called her Dr. and *specifically* asked "how many more times does she have to fall before you realize that she is NOT SAFE at home?" I have yet to receive a call back from her Dr 
Anyway, it was during my stay that I had to make the decision to find a place and that our move was going to have to be quick. Luckily, I found a place right around the corner from my parents, so it will make things a lot easier for me to go over and help dad care for mom and *thankfully* DH was able to transfer to a hospital about 35 miles away. I did not think that 16 days was going to fly by so quickly, but it has and we are still trying to get everything done so we can be out of here on Saturday. Now we are just hoping that we can get some help to get the truck load and unloaded, otherwise it will take us more than the alloted 2 days of truck rental
I am going to try and pop on to VMK a little bit tomorrrow to play pirates, in between packing, as I have to take quite a few breaks because my back is absolutely killing me. The big computers will be dismantled tomorrow, at some point, so I will have to play pirates on the wireless laptop
I hope to see all my dear friends before next week, but if I miss you... know I am still thinking about you and I should be back on VMK at our new place come Monday 
and 
Lyn
I made *numerous* phone calls to her primary physician to let him know that "we", dad and I, felt that she need to go back into rehab, but the Dr. just said "let's give home physical therapy a chance." Well, last Tuesday she fell and broke some ribs, dad had to call an ambulance, whole nine yards
So, again I called her Dr. and *specifically* asked "how many more times does she have to fall before you realize that she is NOT SAFE at home?" I have yet to receive a call back from her Dr Anyway, it was during my stay that I had to make the decision to find a place and that our move was going to have to be quick. Luckily, I found a place right around the corner from my parents, so it will make things a lot easier for me to go over and help dad care for mom and *thankfully* DH was able to transfer to a hospital about 35 miles away. I did not think that 16 days was going to fly by so quickly, but it has and we are still trying to get everything done so we can be out of here on Saturday. Now we are just hoping that we can get some help to get the truck load and unloaded, otherwise it will take us more than the alloted 2 days of truck rental
I am going to try and pop on to VMK a little bit tomorrrow to play pirates, in between packing, as I have to take quite a few breaks because my back is absolutely killing me. The big computers will be dismantled tomorrow, at some point, so I will have to play pirates on the wireless laptop
I hope to see all my dear friends before next week, but if I miss you... know I am still thinking about you and I should be back on VMK at our new place come Monday and Lyn
It's oh so much fun. I know you're under a ton of stress right now so I'm sending you all the bubbly hugs i can 
ixiedust: 
, prayers, and thoughts to us during this VERY hectic time. I had DH put out an email to ALL his co-workers to see if we could get some help on Saturday and so far, we have had 1 response. I am so *thankful* even for the 1 person.
DH and I moved those in *ourselves* 5 years ago and neither one of us got injured 
It is *officially* break time, so I am off to go play some 
while I watch the 
and not get too caught up playing 
It does seem like things have been working against us, but when it gets to the point where I think to myself "I can't handle anymore!" something/someone comes along and makes it better. Simply put, it has to be all the dear friends here on Dis that makes each day a little better than the previous 
