Bed Sores

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Hi Everyone

I am feeling so frustrated right now. We just returned

from the Dr. My Mom has yet another bed sore. She has

them on her ears, butt, heals, the bone that sticks

out of her ankle and now the back of her calf. I can

do nothing right!! I am just so frustrated and feel

like crying. I try to turn her and put neosporin on

the wounds constantly. Like every time she goes to the

bathroom, but they bleed and then stop, then bleed and

then stop. It is the a merry-go-round effect. Now the

Dr has prescribed 1% silver sulfadiazine cream to help

with healing process and has referred us to wound

care. I have used an egg crate and booties for her

wounds and I just feel like I am fighting a uphill

battle every day.

Is is time to place her in a residential care or

facility that can care for her better?

I know that the time is drawing close. She cannot

stand alone and cannot sit without help. She is not

bedridden yet, but almost. She walks about 10 feet

from bathroom to bedroom a day. Then the rest of the

time I use the wheelchair to transport her from living

room to bathroom. She wears a diaper and cannot fed

herself. I do just about everything for her now. So my

question is this. Is it time to place her or do I just

keep up trying to do the best I can? How do you know

when it is time? I am waiting for a sign from God. I

have had many signs, but I think that I am the one

hanging on here and not her. I feel like I am throwing

in the towel and quitting if I place her in a facility

too soon. So since she is still walking I have waited.

I do not want a accident to be the reason that I have

placed her. Everyday I pray and pray that I do not

drop her. It is so hard to get a person who is dead

weight to a standing position when you are just one

person. Do I hire someone for 8 hours a day at $17 an

hour to help me? Or do I place her in a home? If

anyone has an answer out there please pass it along.

Dena in CA

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