We've decided (me mostly because she's out) that we're going to stay today and see how today goes. No commitments beyond today. I feel like I'm in AA... but they seem to be on to something... one day at a time. Frankly, I can't do more than one minute at a time lately.
They want her to continue the IV with glucose, electrolytes, and the sedative all day. She's not going to do any other IVs - just the supplements. I asked them to narrow down the most important ones, so she can start small. Apparently the white ones are the important ones. I sense some deep, hidden racist intentions behind that. Okay, maybe not so deep or hidden. :) [[For those that don't know me well - and maybe for some who thought they did - I say this jokingly ... and not. There's a lot of research that shows how we tend to associate "white" with good, wholesome, pretty, etc. and we associate "black" with bad, evil, ugly, etc. EX: old westerns - there weren't many/any black cowboys in those old westerns, but the "good guys" always wore white or a white cowboy hat and the "bad guys" wore black.]] Anyway, that's another blog I suppose.
So, she just has to take the white pills today and see how that - and eating - goes. She hasn't taken any yet, she's pretty knocked out. But at this point, even peaceful rest seems like a good outcome.
** PICS: her pill box usually has just 4 of the boxes filled - for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bedtime. In the first 2 pics, you can see how many pills there are and I've now separated out the white ones. So, on the far right, see how the first batch (breakfast) went from 14 pills to 8. When she wakes up, we'll see how that goes.
- the next 2 pics are of the lovely woman who cleans up after us every day.
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