03/02/2013 Saturday

I don’t even remember the day….it’s all such a horror story. Oh wait, now I do. Mom would not give up her dentures. She is real agitated, I assume b/c of the noise coming from the woman in the bed next to her (less than 3 feet away, I swear). We took her new headphones for the tape player and I gave her some Star of Bethlehem. Minerva was there and she helped with the teeth along with the new CNA, Ileana. (Life Care told me it would be the same staff, lie number 666???)  

All four of us were in the bathroom trying to help with the teeth. She spilled water on her so she had to change clothes. That was a huge ordeal; we all tried to do it in the room, while I am helping hold her upright.

There had been no transfer of information between CNAs about her capabilities. I was not even sure about toilet habits as I have not been around during that time. Finally, after getting mom on the toilet the lady in the bed closest to the bathroom (6 people share the same bathroom) said let’s close the door and give her some privacy. Whew! What a good idea!!! It’s an awful situation where mom is now, 6 people sharing a bathroom and 3 people in each room, it’s so tiny that once I got mom wheeled back in next to her bed, I had to crawl over her to bed to get out.