Chapter 251 - Not Herself
A short time ago she went back to bed. She had risen about 7AM she had said; I heard her doing so as she turned on our CB radios, taking hers with her out to sit in front of her TV. The first in a long time that she has taken her CB from the charger; I keep telling her that she must do so whenever she rises before I do, but she usually doesn't, says she doesn't wish to wake me. That's why I pretended not to hear this morning. After I rose and showered she was in her favourite chair, having eaten a banana, maybe some toast. She told me she wasn't feeling well, she waved her hand across her stomach and chest, said she felt "full". She decided to return to bed, saying that she had "been awake since about 2AM." I tucked her in, she asked for her little blanket, wanted the T-Hub radio switched off and went to sleep.
Yesterday we saw "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen", a pleasant movie. We had contemplated attending a talk about the local wetlands until she changed her mind; less public, less crowded I suppose. She was not interested in going to the Club afterwards, only having taken her meds a short time before in the theatre.
During the week I mentioned to a friend that I was intending to go to Hot Air City next week to buy a solid chair with locking wheels. He suggested a wheelchair. No need & a brilliant idea! We have a collapsible wheelchair bought when we intended to go on an ocean cruise. I retrieved it from the shower in the spare bathroom, dusted it, removed the foot rests, to find it ideal for her to use in her sewing room! At last we have a use for it; perhaps she may become accustomed to being seated in one?
On Friday after seeing the doctor we bought some pillows at her favourite junk shop for the wheelchair. Not very satisfactory, needing a pillow square and firm. I found in one of my cupboards some pieces of foam which when glued together formed an ideal pillow base which she covered with fabric yesterday.
As indicated above, we visited the doctor yesterday to stock up on scripts & referrals; also to hear the results of her chest X-ray taken after she noticed blood in her spit - all clear on that and the doctor was non-committal about it. In regards to her more frequent falling (the physio had told her to speak to her doctor about the falls since the falls were not proceeded by dizziness) the doctor said to discuss it with her neurologist, although he referred her for another blood test to ensure she was not anaemic.
She still has a very large bruise on her left hip/thigh from the last fall. And she has more aches and pains than from earlier falls.
Time to check on her sleeping.
Yesterday we saw "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen", a pleasant movie. We had contemplated attending a talk about the local wetlands until she changed her mind; less public, less crowded I suppose. She was not interested in going to the Club afterwards, only having taken her meds a short time before in the theatre.
During the week I mentioned to a friend that I was intending to go to Hot Air City next week to buy a solid chair with locking wheels. He suggested a wheelchair. No need & a brilliant idea! We have a collapsible wheelchair bought when we intended to go on an ocean cruise. I retrieved it from the shower in the spare bathroom, dusted it, removed the foot rests, to find it ideal for her to use in her sewing room! At last we have a use for it; perhaps she may become accustomed to being seated in one?
On Friday after seeing the doctor we bought some pillows at her favourite junk shop for the wheelchair. Not very satisfactory, needing a pillow square and firm. I found in one of my cupboards some pieces of foam which when glued together formed an ideal pillow base which she covered with fabric yesterday.
As indicated above, we visited the doctor yesterday to stock up on scripts & referrals; also to hear the results of her chest X-ray taken after she noticed blood in her spit - all clear on that and the doctor was non-committal about it. In regards to her more frequent falling (the physio had told her to speak to her doctor about the falls since the falls were not proceeded by dizziness) the doctor said to discuss it with her neurologist, although he referred her for another blood test to ensure she was not anaemic.
She still has a very large bruise on her left hip/thigh from the last fall. And she has more aches and pains than from earlier falls.
Time to check on her sleeping.
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