Can things get worse?!?!?!?
So my aunt is still in the hospital, 3 weeks since she fell, and she's still not responsive, the doctors can't figure out how a woman at 92 didn't break a bone, and the swelling is down, but she's still not speaking and responding to things around her.
My grandmother was put in the hospital on Monday with pneumonia, she was very week as she hadn't eaten in almost 2 weeks, we figured it was because she was sick, and that she would start to eat again now that the pneumonia is being taken care of. She is still not eating, just a bite or 2 here and there, she's being given supplements of Ensure, but that doesn't REPLACE food altogether, today, since she is unable to go home because my aunt can't care for her, she was placed in a nursing home....I'm not quite sure how to feel about this, she was always so independent, she always took care of us, and now, we can't even take care of her, she's almost 90 and still has her wits about her, but I dunno if she can't get better or if she doesn't want to. All this has been going on, my dad was laid off from his job 8 weeks ago, and things were very difficult, he THANKFULLY was hired at a new company, but that's been so hard for us. My grandfather, who is 90 and lives with us, has not been testing his blood sugar for his diabetes in 4 days and it needs to be checked twice daily, he said it's okay cause he still takes his insulin....I really think that our parents and grandparents turn into our children and we have to take care of them, I am so completely burned out and I'm not sure what I can do to help....on top of that, my birthday is saturday and I don't even want to celebrate......Sorry this is so long ladies, I really needed to vent, thanks for reading.
My grandmother was put in the hospital on Monday with pneumonia, she was very week as she hadn't eaten in almost 2 weeks, we figured it was because she was sick, and that she would start to eat again now that the pneumonia is being taken care of. She is still not eating, just a bite or 2 here and there, she's being given supplements of Ensure, but that doesn't REPLACE food altogether, today, since she is unable to go home because my aunt can't care for her, she was placed in a nursing home....I'm not quite sure how to feel about this, she was always so independent, she always took care of us, and now, we can't even take care of her, she's almost 90 and still has her wits about her, but I dunno if she can't get better or if she doesn't want to. All this has been going on, my dad was laid off from his job 8 weeks ago, and things were very difficult, he THANKFULLY was hired at a new company, but that's been so hard for us. My grandfather, who is 90 and lives with us, has not been testing his blood sugar for his diabetes in 4 days and it needs to be checked twice daily, he said it's okay cause he still takes his insulin....I really think that our parents and grandparents turn into our children and we have to take care of them, I am so completely burned out and I'm not sure what I can do to help....on top of that, my birthday is saturday and I don't even want to celebrate......Sorry this is so long ladies, I really needed to vent, thanks for reading.
