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What are you going to do about the fall?

ruthpill

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The cardiologist asked me today. What I was doing to prevent another fall? He said that it was criminal that I had a caregiver that could not handle William.

I knew that I should request somebody with more experience.

 

I got home and called the company and said that i needed a different caregiver. I could not risk another fall. Falls for William are too dangerous per his cardiologist.

 

Well, I took care of that. I just needed the doctor to reinforce my feeling that the fall was really bad. Fortunately, William had scrapes and a couple of fractured teeth but not broken bones or excessive bleeding.

 

The oral surgery was rescheduled again. I gave the lovenox dose again this AM. I should not have. The cardiologist adjusted the Blood pressue meds..

Lisinopril 20mg down to 2.5mg. I am supposed to monitor his blood pressure and pulse and adjust every 3 days if needed ...perhaps up to twice a day.

 

The automatic blood pressure machine is not accurately monitoring the pulse. The cardiologist wants me to monitor using the manual method. I need to feel and count.

 

After the cardiologist appt. i call the oral surgeon and ask if he can do the surgery at 4:30. No. So, we are rescheduled for Thurs.

 

William in the meantime is asking me where we are going for lunch. I tell him that I need to pick up the medication at the pharmacy and a new blood pressure machine.

 

I finally make it to the bank and next we go to TGIF. Today is Friday the best day to eat at TGIF. William decided that he needed to eat something soft. WE had soup and salad.

 

He loved his potatoe and brocolli and cheese soup and ice tea. After lunch Wm wonders where we are going. I told him that I need to practice driving to the church that I will catch the bus at tomorrow. I have a lousy sense of direction and wanted to make sure that I could get there.

 

I change my work schedule so that I have I have Thurs. off. I guess that I got all of the bases covered.

 

William is in bed resting ...I made my notes about the med changes in my blood pressure notebook.

 

No exercise today.

 

Ruth

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Ethyl17

Ruth: I was so happy to hear of the caregiver change. Bruce has fallen or been lowered to the ground by all of us, more than once, but not one of us or Bruce is afraid to work with him again. That is the difference with a seasoned pro. I am glad the Cardiologist backed you up. But you really already knew you were right.

 

I still do BP and pulse the old fashion way. Just an old crotchity nurse. But some people don't realize that the "feel" of the pulse, its rhythm, is as important as the count.

 

I hope you are still planning on the Quilt Fest tomorrow. Can't wait to hear about it. Enjoy. Debbie

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RLT

Ruth, I am so glad that you will be getting a new caregiver. You need to have the peace of mind that William is in good hands. I too need to do BP and pulse the "old fashioned" way. Because of Dick's A Fib it confuses the newer machines.

Ruth

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thejule1

Ruth, luckily for me, Larry has never fallen. I think I would go into panic mode if he did. He walks ever so slow and I tell everyone to just go around us. I don't take Larry's BP but his has always been good. My BP is usually high so I should take mine more I guess.

 

I'm glad William didn't hurt himself even more. Good luck with all your efforts and have a good weekend.

 

Julie

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