Gretchen's Medical Updates

Mom and Dad came home today.  Mom was very, very fatigued.  With wonderful help from friends and neighbors we got Mom into a wheelchair, up the outside steps, down the inside steps and into the bedroom.  Phew…  It was no easy task.  Much thanks to everyone involved.

Mom and Dad and I are all BEAT.

I have set up camp at the folks’ house to be able to help Dad out more as Mom is less and less able to assist due to muscle wasting…  she just has no strength at all.  She is now on 2L/min nasal cannula O2 (a very good thing).

Dad and Mom are asleep.  I’m setting up camp upstairs w/ my Marmot bag, Cliff Bars, Medjool dates and H2O.  I hope to sleep but somehow I’m pretty sure that won’t happen.

More tomorrow, as we all need to rest well tonight.

Peace,

Suz.

Thanks to some wonderful neighbors we have Mom in bed.  We await the Almighty O2….  that’s what she asked for….  “I want Oxygen.”

She’s a tad confused, telling me to tell Suzi (me) that she was okay…  hopefully that was some O2 desaturation speaking….  She’s getting some rest now.

Dad is driving Mom today.  He just called and said, “I wish we had hospice waiting at the door when we get there.”…  We need help.  We need help getting Mom from car to wheelchair to up the front steps to down the steps to bed.  We need help.

Dad expects to arrive around noon.  I will be there earlier to receive the almighty O2.

We need help.  Anyone who knows Dad, knows he never asks for help.  We need help now.

Peace.

-Suz.