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Nov. 21st, 2013 03:45 pmThis morning we took mam to the hospital for an appointment about her throat. Her doctor had been worried about her being hoarse, and she's had to have two chest x-rays in the last few weeks where the doctor phoned the house and said she had to go get them done immediately. Throat cancer was always there as the worst case scenario, but today we found out that it's not that, and in fact, is nothing serious at all. Which is a huge relief, and another worry crossed off the list.
Then after that appointment we popped in to see one of mam's friends. She's an alcoholic, and is being moved to a hospice today as she's dying. It was sad seeing her, the nurse who let us visit for a few moments warned how bad she was, but seeing her, swollen up and unconscious, gasping for breath was horrible. It got mam upset, and I really hope she gets how close she came to being in that state. And to be honest, I still worry she still could once she's well and more mobile again, especially as she still drinks in the house.
Got home to mam's, sorted her tablets out for the week, then came home. James crashed on the couch as he's in the middle of a set of night shifts, and dad came to visit. So James went upstairs to sleep, and I talked to dad, who wanted to tell me all about the new will he'd set up, and about the treatment he could be having for his Parkinson's. He's been having a bad time of it lately, taking a bad turn last week. With Pauline still being off her feet due to her hip replacement he's having to go to a hospital appointment tomorrow on his own, which is hard for him as his speech is so bad. So I said we'd drive him and take him there.
My knee is feeling better, and will hopefully stay that way now, though walking up or down any kind of a slope still makes it hurt. But, that's a small thing when mostly it's pain free.
I do have fannish things I want to talk about, but I must tidy the tip and write, so those will have to wait. However, I did want to share some actual good medical news for once I'm going to post this first.
Oh, and share the t-shirt I bought my niece for Christmas. Just call me Auntie Enabler *g*
Then after that appointment we popped in to see one of mam's friends. She's an alcoholic, and is being moved to a hospice today as she's dying. It was sad seeing her, the nurse who let us visit for a few moments warned how bad she was, but seeing her, swollen up and unconscious, gasping for breath was horrible. It got mam upset, and I really hope she gets how close she came to being in that state. And to be honest, I still worry she still could once she's well and more mobile again, especially as she still drinks in the house.
Got home to mam's, sorted her tablets out for the week, then came home. James crashed on the couch as he's in the middle of a set of night shifts, and dad came to visit. So James went upstairs to sleep, and I talked to dad, who wanted to tell me all about the new will he'd set up, and about the treatment he could be having for his Parkinson's. He's been having a bad time of it lately, taking a bad turn last week. With Pauline still being off her feet due to her hip replacement he's having to go to a hospital appointment tomorrow on his own, which is hard for him as his speech is so bad. So I said we'd drive him and take him there.
My knee is feeling better, and will hopefully stay that way now, though walking up or down any kind of a slope still makes it hurt. But, that's a small thing when mostly it's pain free.
I do have fannish things I want to talk about, but I must tidy the tip and write, so those will have to wait. However, I did want to share some actual good medical news for once I'm going to post this first.
Oh, and share the t-shirt I bought my niece for Christmas. Just call me Auntie Enabler *g*
