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[Snowysmom]

Dazed Those are great ideas too. The toilet seat with handles works well. I had that when I had my knees done. Really helpful.

Mona I hope things work out with getting therapy to your home as well as some adaptive ideas with the bathroom to help. I know in my old area the senior centers or the city depts for aging (yes some still call themselves that) kept a supply of donated mobility items to give to people who need them. Maybe your area does the same.

Good morning. Last night we had storms roll through with lots of thunder and rain. Temps were in the 80s yesterday and going into the 70s today. Rainy weather is in the forecast for the week. Luke's soccer game was fun. I love watching the kids play soccer. Soon I am heading to Ethan's soccer game in the wet grass. Luke's game was in the wet grass that was freshly mowed. I ended up with green sneakers after that. I hope to get in some walks outside today while the rain holds off until late afternoon. hopefully.

Have a good Sunday.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Good early morning dear friends. I hopeall of you slept well. I was sure blessed to enjoy almost 6 hours of sleep. I caught one more hour after using the restroom. An hour later, at just before 4:30am, a CNA came in to change my roommate, M. Sigh. It's starting again. In the last half an hour, the same CNA who changed Monica has come back into my room to get hot water from my bathroom sink. I just reminded her about the (staff and visitor) bathroom two doors down from me. She said she was sorry (for waking me up) but that "this room has the best hot water." This happens daily and always right around now. Later in the day, CNA's do come in sporadically for water but at least it's not 5am! I will be thrilled to be home!

Thank you dear Dazed and dear Snowysmom for your loving support and suggestions. A raised seat with handles and checking with a senior center are great ideas. A commode was suggested by someone here. That is not an option for us. We need to get me safely to the toilet. Good idea though and thanks.

Dad and I will figure out later what calls we will be making tomorrow. I will also check with R sometime in the later morning or afternoon to get an update if he doesn't come to me with one first. I want a clear and concrete going home plan in place asap. I also want to find out the discharge procedure and fill out anything that I can ahead of time so it's done. One step at a time. I will update on here as I know more

I look forward to watching online worship later and, of course, seeing my dad. I will go around the halls in my wheelchair and do my bed exercises, too.

Have a great day friends. Always all my thanks and love.

 

[lynxstch]

Good morning. Cloudy, calling for thunder and rain. We had some storms last night with a lot of rain.

Luckily I had done the lawn well before noontime after an unexpected slow start. Went out to start the riding mower so I could back it out and get the other one out to do the other side of the house. There are 2 huge maple trees with roots, and I can't do most of it with the rider. Turned the key on the rider, nothing, no click, no start nothing. I checked the battery, fully charged. I made sure the blade was off and the brake on, nothing.

The guy next door (not the good neighbor, but he used to work on mowers) was outside. I asked him if he could take a quick look and see if he could find the issue. He looked for 20 min, mumbling to himself (I actually think he was high), stopping to go home and drink 2 cups of coffee. Then came back and said he had no clue. Told me to call the place I bought the mower at. Yeah, no thanks, $80 to pick it up, however much to find and fix the problem, another $80 to bring it back, and they are backed up 5-6 weeks right now.
He did push the rider to one side so I could get the other mower out, I put that one in the other shed when I was done mowing that side.
I called Dave, who happened to be in town, he was here in minutes, and in less than a minute found out that the bar for the mower blade safety switch wasn't touching the switch for some reason. Pair of pliers, bent the bar down and voila, working mower again, thankfully!

I finished mowing and came in, didn't feel great so I laid down, and fell asleep. Summer texted me at 3:30 that they were on the way (prom pics). I waited and waited, at 6 she texts that they'll be here in a minute, but they were on a time crunch so couldn't stay long. Summer blamed it on the other girl taking too long to get ready, and having to drive the boyfriends grandmother and all of them to their aunts house so she could see them. She's never on time for anything, so it was no surprise but at least text me and tell me where the heck you are before 2 1/2 hours have gone by. There was another couple with Gracie and her boyfriend who also couldn't go to the prom. Took some pics, they might have been here a whole 10 min. Still had to go to Mary's, and they had dinner reservations for 7. That will be the last formal dance for Gracie, since she's doing online school and won't be having any more proms.

They left, I ate, and watched the Kentucky Derby.

No plans for the day, too wet to plant anything, and I don't feel like it anyhow, lol

Have a good day everyone.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

This place just gets worse and more unbelievable! A few days ago my bathroom sink was clogged and leaking. It took a bit but the nice handyman did something to fix it.

I went into the bathroom about 40 minutes ago now to discover the floor is all wet! The CNA who came in twice didn't get that much water. My socks, of course, got all wet when I went inside. I went to the nurse at station 2 (my section) which is very close to my room. I told her and asked for dry socks. She did page housekeeping (even though they may not be here yet) and a CNA. As far as socks, at first she said they were only available in the closed laundry. Then it was a CNA needed to get them. I told her a few days ago (when the hallway floor was wet unexpectedly) one of my therapists got me socks without a problem. This nurse didn't seem to care. She raised her voice and told me that she had already paged when I came back to her empty handed after my first dry sock attempt. She said, "I already paged. Only housekeeping (as far as the socks)." So I said to her, "So I'm supposed to wait for at least an hour for dry socks? Thanks to R and the kind man I got my socks at least.

I saw a laundry cart at the end of this hallway and a man take something from it. Thanks to a former regular CNA of mine, R, I got dry socks. I got a sheet from the cart for the bathroom floor. Yes, it was up to me to do that. So now, I have no bathroom (unless I go get another sheet) until at least after 7am. Naturally the visitor and staff bathrooms (in this nursing home)! are too small to accomodate a wheelchair! Dad confirmed that sadly this is true. I'm extra grateful for the sleep I did get. Beware of this awful place! :/