Guest guest Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 9 miles Thanks, Vitalady, Inc. T www.vitalady.com If you are interested in PayPal, please click here: https://www.paypal.com/affil/pal=orders%40vitalady.com Re: Re: nursie & doc types Dear Mom, ::Big Hugs:: Sorry to read about your Dad/nitro/problems. Sounds like your idea to have a home health care nurse check on him/medicate him is a great idea. Does he live out of state/far away from you...? Love, Trace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2003 Report Share Posted March 18, 2003 Dear , Sometimes having a home health care nurse (a professional) come in to bathe, feed, medicate is the very best solution to a very difficult situation. It gives your Dad privacy (it is not his daughter bathing, cleaning him, etc.), and the home health care nurse is trained in proper lifting techniques, etc., and does this type of work for a living. This way, you can be just " the daughter " and not the taskmaster, you know what I mean...? I know the $$ situation is another matter entirely but I'm praying that God will give you and Don wisdom on how to best handle all of that. We learned recently that Corb's Dad (72 years old) has been diagnosed with leukemia. This coming off the tails of his Mom's three month hospital stay with colitis and a wicked-bad C.diff infection. Six months ago they discovered the leukemia in a routine physical/blood work up but just recently has cancer " advanced " enough for him to be on oral chemotherapy for the next year. I would appreciate your prayers for him as I pray for your Dad. ::Big Hugs from your Sis and Daughter in Virginia:: Love, Trace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2003 Report Share Posted March 18, 2003 I made the call. His heart is not doing well, so that's gonna be my excuse. He could have a nitro patch, but it's a twice a day thing, so I can't take chances with iffy. Lotsa tests & appts coming up, but yep, we have to move toward caregiving. Now, waiting for a return call Thanks, Vitalady, Inc. T www.vitalady.com If you are interested in PayPal, please click here: https://www.paypal.com/affil/pal=orders%40vitalady.com Re: Re: nursie & doc types Dear , Sometimes having a home health care nurse (a professional) come in to bathe, feed, medicate is the very best solution to a very difficult situation. It gives your Dad privacy (it is not his daughter bathing, cleaning him, etc.), and the home health care nurse is trained in proper lifting techniques, etc., and does this type of work for a living. This way, you can be just " the daughter " and not the taskmaster, you know what I mean...? I know the $$ situation is another matter entirely but I'm praying that God will give you and Don wisdom on how to best handle all of that. We learned recently that Corb's Dad (72 years old) has been diagnosed with leukemia. This coming off the tails of his Mom's three month hospital stay with colitis and a wicked-bad C.diff infection. Six months ago they discovered the leukemia in a routine physical/blood work up but just recently has cancer " advanced " enough for him to be on oral chemotherapy for the next year. I would appreciate your prayers for him as I pray for your Dad. ::Big Hugs from your Sis and Daughter in Virginia:: Love, Trace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2003 Report Share Posted March 18, 2003 Good, .... The first step. It should start to get less complicated now that you've taken some action. Thinking of you. Sharon in D.C. Re: Re: nursie & doc types I made the call. His heart is not doing well, so that's gonna be my excuse. He could have a nitro patch, but it's a twice a day thing, so I can't take chances with iffy. Lotsa tests & appts coming up, but yep, we have to move toward caregiving. Now, waiting for a return call Thanks, Vitalady, Inc. T www.vitalady.com If you are interested in PayPal, please click here: https://www.paypal.com/affil/pal=orders%40vitalady.com Re: Re: nursie & doc types Dear , Sometimes having a home health care nurse (a professional) come in to bathe, feed, medicate is the very best solution to a very difficult situation. It gives your Dad privacy (it is not his daughter bathing, cleaning him, etc.), and the home health care nurse is trained in proper lifting techniques, etc., and does this type of work for a living. This way, you can be just " the daughter " and not the taskmaster, you know what I mean...? I know the $$ situation is another matter entirely but I'm praying that God will give you and Don wisdom on how to best handle all of that. We learned recently that Corb's Dad (72 years old) has been diagnosed with leukemia. This coming off the tails of his Mom's three month hospital stay with colitis and a wicked-bad C.diff infection. Six months ago they discovered the leukemia in a routine physical/blood work up but just recently has cancer " advanced " enough for him to be on oral chemotherapy for the next year. I would appreciate your prayers for him as I pray for your Dad. ::Big Hugs from your Sis and Daughter in Virginia:: Love, Trace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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