Guest guest Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Yesterday my mom was still in an angry mood and complaining about everything at the NH, but also seemed more confused. I talked to a couple of the aides, because I was seeing that her case of Diet Cokes was going down but she said she never had any - which I knew wasn't true because every time we're there she has the empties in her room, and is drinking one. She also said that they won't let her have coffee. Anyway...I talked to a couple of aides and they told me that she drinks about 3-4 DCs every day (down from the case per day she drank at home - all that aspartame, ugh!), and that she gets a cup of coffee with every meal; in fact, she'd just had one of each with her supper, 15 minutes earlier. But they also told me that she had gone down to the day room (those who can eat by themselves eat in the dining room; those who need to be fed or are disruptive eat in the day room) looking for her supper, and couldn't find the dining room. I noticed increased confusion also, in addition to the changes of the day before about which I've already written, so I asked them to check for a UTI. She seems to get them every other month. The nurse on duty last night, whom I'd not yet met, wasn't as receptive as the others to my observations and suggestion, hopefully she was just having a bad day, which happens of course, and which I can understand...but I would bet dollars to donuts that's what's going on. And I saw in one of Lin's post that the head dropping also can be a sign of an infection. Anyway, I'm kind of anxious to see how she's doing tonight. His, Sherry www.owly.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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