21/04/2007 by Ted.

AFTERNOON OF 22ND APRIL 2007. THIS MORNING MUM LOOKED READY FOR ANOTHER GOOD DAY. SHE HAD SLEPT WELL AND, ON WAKING FROM A MORNING NAP, THE COLOUR RETURNED TO HER CHEEKS AND SHE LOOKED AS GOOD AS SHE DID YESTERDAY - SEE YESTERDAY’S PHOTO.

DIDN’T MENTION IT LAST NIGHT BUT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON SHE BROUGHT TO MIND AND NAMED ALL BUT THREE OF THE FORTY THREE CARERS AND ANCILLARY WORKERS WHO ARE AT ST. GEORGE’S.  NOT MUCH WRONG WITH HER MEMORY AND MIND, EH?

TODAY SHE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A GENTLE DAY RELAXING AND ENJOYING THE CARE OF THE ST. GEORGE’S STAFF. SHE, OF COURSE, SENDS HER LOVE TO YOU ALL.

MORE TOMORROW,

TED.

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20/04/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 29TH APRIL 2007. MUM HAD AN EXCELLENT NIGHTS SLEEP LAST NIGHT AND A BRILLIANT DAY TODAY. SHE HAS FELT WELL AND WIDE AWAKE ALL DAY. THE PHOTOGRAPH, TAKEN THIS AFTERNOON, SHOWS HOW WELL SHE LOOKS. SHE HAS NOT EATEN MUCH BUT HAS ENJOYED WHAT SHE HAS HAD. COMPARE THIS TO THE PHOTOGRAPH POSTED ON 5TH MARCH 2007.

THE CARING STAFF ARE GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO SPOIL HER DURING THEIR DAILY MINISTRATIONS.  THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT SHE IS THE MOST POORLY OF THEIR RESIDENTS SO PERHAPS THIS IS WHY, THOUGH THEY HAVE RADIATED THEIR LOVE AND CONCERN FOR MUM FROM THE FIRST DAY SHE TOOK UP RESIDENCE IN ST. GEORGE’S.

TONIGHT AS SHE SETTLED HAPPILY DOWN SHE ASKED ME TO TELL YOU ALL THAT SHE HAS HER ARMS AROUND YOU ALL GIVING YOU A BIG HUG TOGETHER.

MUCH LOVE TO EVERYONE,

TED.

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17/04/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 17TH APRIL 2007. RECENTLY MUM HAS BEEN WAKING FROM SLEEP DURING THE NIGHT HAVING HAD A NIGHTMARE, ON ONE OCCASION AWAKENING TO FIND HERSELF HALF WAY ACROSS THE DARKENED ROOM COMPLETE WITH NIGHT BAG WITHOUT KNOWING HOW SHE HAD GOT THERE.  AND LAST NIGHT SHE HAD A PARTICULARLY FRIGHTENING NIGHTMARE. SHE THOUGHT THAT THESE HAPPENINGS HAD STARTED AT THE TIME SHE STARTED TAKING THE TWO SEDATIVE TABLETS TO HELP HER SLEEP. THE SEDATIVES WERE “ZIMOVANE” WHICH WHEN INPUT TO GOOGLE REVEALED THAT HALLUCINATIONS AND NIGHTMARES COULD BE SIDE EFFECTS, PARTICULARLY FOR OLD PEOPLE. AS A RESULT SHE HAS TONIGHT DISCONTINUED HER SEDATIVES AND EXCHANGED THEM FOR SMALL DOSE OF ORAMORPH. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL PUT THE MATTER TO RIGHTS.

SHE DESCRIBED TODAY AS A “GOOD DAY”, IT STARTED WITH HER REFRESHING TUESDAY BATH AND PAMPERING. SHE THEN DOZED BETWEEN A COUPLE OF VISITS FROM LOCAL FRIENDS BUT WAS TIRED AND READY FOR BED BY 5PM. SHE WAS IN BED AT 6PM AND, AFTER HER ORAMORPH AND HORLICKS, WAS READY FOR SLEEP SOON AFTER 8PM.

HER DOCTOR HAS ARRANGED ANOTHER BLOOD TEST THIS WEEK SO THAT SHE CAN HAVE THE RESULT BEFORE SHE DEPARTS FOR YET ANOTHER HOLIDAY NEXT WEEK.

MUM SENDS HER LOVE TO YOU ALL,

ME TOO,

TED

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15/04/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF SUNDAY 15TH APRIL 2007. MUM HAD A REASONABLE DAY TODAY.   AS USUAL SHE DOZED THROUGH MOST OF IT BUT WAS VERY WEARY AT 6PM AND WANTED JUST TO GO TO BED.  ONCE IN BED SHE RECOVERED SOMEWHAT AND CHATTED UNTIL HER HORLICKS CAME AFTER WHICH SHE  SETTLED DOWN TO SLEEP AT AROUND 8PM.

SHE SEND HER LOVE TO ALL,

ME TOO,

TED.

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15/04/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 14TH APRIL 2007.  MUM HAD A MUCH BETTER DAY WITHOUT THE DIGOXIN SIDE EFFECTS TO DRAG HER DOWN. HER APPETITE HAS RETURNED AND SHE HAS BEEN FEELING HUNGRY AND EATING FOOD.

SHE SENDS HER LOVE TO YOU ALL,

ME TOO,

TED.

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13/04/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 13TH APRIL 2007. TODAY THE DOCTOR VISITED MUM WITH THE RESULTS OF THE LATEST BLOOD TEST AND, BECAUSE OF THE DEGREE OF KIDNEY FAILURE WHICH WAS REVEALED BY THE TEST, SHE HAS DISCONTINUED MUM’S PRESCRIPTIONS OF DIGOXIN AND IRBESARTEN.  THE DIGOXIN WAS DISCONTINUED BECAUSE IT COULD NOW INTRODUCE TOXINS INTO MUM’S SYSTEM.  IT’S PURPOSE WAS TO INCREASE THE STRENGTH AND VIGOUR OF HER HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS. THE FUNCTION OF THE IRBESARTEN WAS TO DILATE THE VEINS AND ARTERIES TO ALLOW BLOOD TO FLOW MORE EASILY IN RESPONSE TO THE HEART’S CONTRACTIONS. HOWEVER SHE IS STILL BEING PRESCRIBED ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE WHICH SERVES THE SAME FUNCTION AS THE IBERSARTEN.

IT MEANS THAT, AS MUM HERSELF SAID, SHE IS NOT GETTING ANY BETTER.

IN HERSELF SHE IS OK. AS A RESULT OF THE REIMPOSED DOSE OF FURESOMIDE SHE IS AGAIN SLEEPY AND LETHARGIC AND DOZES THE DAY AWAY. SHE IS HAPPY WITH THIS. SHE IS ALSO SLEEPING WELL AT NIGHT WITHOUT THE AID OF ORAMORPH - SHE JUST HAS THE TWO SEDATIVE PILLS WHEN SHE GETS INTO BED.

TONIGHT SHE SENDS HER LOVE TO YOU ALL AS USUAL,

ME TOO,

TED.

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12/04/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 11TH APRIL 2007.  MUM HAD AN EXCELLENT NIGHT LAST NIGHT AND FELT MUCH BETTER THIS MORNING, THOUGH DROWSY - PERHAPS THE EFFECT OF HER REINSTATED DOSAGE OF FURISOMIDE.  SHE WAS NOT TOO DROWSY TO SEND HER LOVE TO ALL.

MINE TOO,

TED.

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10/04/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 10TH APRIL 2007. MUM HAS HAD A COUPLE OF SHAKY DAYS BECAUSE OF STRESS. ON SUNDAY SHE BECAME AGITATED AND BREATHLESS AND WAS THE SAME YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING.  TODAY THE DOCTOR CAME OUT AND EXAMINED HER AND CONCLUDED THAT HER BREATHLESSNESS WAS THE RESULT OF ANXIETY AND NOT HER HEART CONDITION. THE ANXIETIES WERE CAUSED BY A SERIES OF NORMALLY INCONSEQUENTIAL THINGS WHICH TO HER HAD GROWN OUT OF PROPORTION.

AS A RESULT OF THE DOCTOR’S VISIT HER FLUROSEMIDE DOSEAGE HAS BEEN INCREASED TO IT’S ORIGINAL LEVEL AND SHE HAS ALSO BEEN PRESCRIBED 2.5MG OF ORAMORPH WHEN REQUIRED TO SETTLE HER ANXIETIES. 

TONIGHT THE TENSION HAD ABATED AND SHE WAS HER NORMAL SELF  ONCE AGAIN.

SHE SENDS HER LOVE TO YOU ALL,

ME TOO,

TED.

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06/04/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 6TH APRIL 2007. MUM HAD A WONDERFUL NIGHT’S SLEEP LAST NIGHT IN THE NEW BED.  HER SORE BTM HAS BEEN NO TROUBLE SINCE THE DRESSING WAS APPLIED. SHE HAS ENJOYED A COMFORTABLE DAY AND TONIGHT SHE WAS, ONCE AGAIN, HAPPY AND RELAXED AS SHE SETTLED DOWN TO SLEEP.

SHE SENDS HER LOVE TO YOU ALL,

ME TOO,

TED

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05/04/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 5TH APRIL 2007. FROM THE PHOTOGRAPH (SEE BELOW) YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT TODAY THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING.

THIS MORNING THE DISTRICT NURSE ARRIVED AND CONFIRMED THAT MUM’S BTM NEEDED SOMETHING MORE THAN BARRIER CREAM.  SHE CLEANED UP THE SORE PLACES AND THEN APPLIED A SKIN-TYPE DRESSING TO PROTECT THE AREAS AND SHE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THEM UNTIL THEY HAVE HEALED.

IN ORDER TO HELP PREVENT A RECURRENCE OF THE SORENESS A HOSPITAL BED WITH AN AIR MATTRESS HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY ST. GEORGE’S FOR MUM’S USE. THIS IS A DOUBLE BLESSING BECAUSE IT HAS A REMOTE CONTROL TO RAISE AND LOWER THE HEAD AND FOOT OF THE BED.  THIS MEANS THAT MUM IS NO LONGER RELIANT ON MASSES OF PILLOWS TO KEEP HER IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION WHEN SHE SLEEPS.  USING THE REMOTE CONTROL SHE CAN NOW RAISE THE HEAD OF THE BED UNTIL IT IS AT THE ANGLE SHE REQUIRES AND THEN HAVE JUST ONE PILLOW BEHIND HER TO TO REST HER HEAD ON.

BECAUSE THE BED IS LARGER THAN THE ONE REPLACED THE ROOM HAS BEEN RE-ARRANGED SO THAT THE BED LIES ALONGSIDE THE WINDOW. THIS WILL NOW ALLOW HER TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON OUTSIDE WHETHER SHE IS IN BED OR IN HER CHAIR.

THESE EVENTS HAVE MADE A GREAT DIFFERENCE TO MUM’S COMFORT, AND THIS EVENING SHE WAS RELAXED AND HAPPY AS SHE SETTLED DOWN TO SLEEP WITH THE BED PULSATING GENTLY BENEATH HER.

SHE ASKS ME, OF COURSE, TO SEND HER LOVE TO EVERYONE.

AND MINE TOO,

TED.

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05/04/2007 by Ted.

FOR THE CURIOUS THE CONTAINERS ON THE TABLE FOR USE IN THE NIGHT ARE - FROM LEFT TO RIGHT - BEAKER OF HORLICKS, 2 DISSOLVED CO-CODOMOLS IN A RED GLASS (SO SHE CAN TELL WHICH ARE THEY). GLASS OF ICED WATER WITH A STRAW, BEAKER WITH COLD TEA FOR DRINKING DURING THE NIGHT, GLASS OF MILK (HER PART-FINISHED FOOD DRINK), AND (IN THE FOREGROUND) A NUTRITION SMOOTHIE IN A TRANSPARENT GLASS, A LARGE BEAKER OF TEA FOR DRINKING COLD DURING THE EARLY HOURS AND HER DENTURE BOX COMPLETE WITH DENTURES.

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04/04/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 4TH APRIL 2007. AFTER ANOTHER NIGHT STRUGGLING WITH THE PILLOWS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BED MUM HAS HAD A REASONABLE DAY.  SHE HAS BEEN EATING SOLID FOOD AGAIN - A LITTLE PORRIDGE FOR BREAKFAST, SOUP, MINCE AND POTATOES FOR LUNCH AND A YOGHURT AND NUTRITION DRINK FOR TEA. ALSO THE DOCTOR ARRIVED YESTERDAY AND REDUCED HER DOSAGE OF FERUSOMIDE BY 25% - WITH A WARNING THAT IF HER BREATHLESSNESS RETURNS SHE MUST BE TOLD IMMEDIATELY SO THAT SHE CAN INCREASE THE DOSEAGE  TO ITS PREVIOUS LEVEL.  HOWEVER MUM HAS HAD NO RETURN OF BREATHLESSNESS WHICH WOULD BE CAUSED BY FLUID COLLECTING ON HER LUNGS AS A RESULT OF HER HEART FAILURE.

THE DOCTOR ALSO PRESCRIBED SOME BARRIER CREAM TO HELP WITH MUM’S SORE BTM.  HOWEVER TONIGHT THERE WAS BROKEN FLESH IN THE AREA, SO THE DISTRICT NURSE WILL BE CALLED IN TOMORROW TO SEE IF A DRESSING IS REQUIRED.

ALSO TONIGHT A NEW TECHNIQUE IS BEING TRIED TONIGHT TO SEE IF HER SLIDING DOWN THE BED CAN BE ELIMINATED BY STRATEGICALLY PLACED PILLOWS. THE SLIDING IS THE RESULT OF HER SLEEPING IN A SEMI-UPRIGHT POSITION INSTEAD OF A RECUMBENT ONE TO ASSIST WITH KEEPING FLUID FROM  HER LUNGS WHILST SHE IS ASLEEP.

TONIGHT SHE WAS FAIRLY CONTENT AS SHE SETTLED DOWN FOR ANOTHER NIGHT ALTHOUGH SHE FINDS THE DAILY STRUGGLE AGAINST THE ACCUMULATING PROBLEMS VERY TRYING.

SHE SENDS HER LOVE TO YOU ALL AS USUAL,

ME TOO,

TED.

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01/04/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 1ST APRIL 2007. A GOOD DAY FOR MUM. SHE SPENT IT SITTING ONCE AGAIN IN  HER CHAIR AS SHE FINDS THE UPRIGHT POSITION CAUSES LESS WEAR AND TEAR ON HER BTM WHICH HAS BEEN PAINFUL OF LATE. THIS AFTERNOON SHE WAS PERSUADED TO TAKE A CAR RIDE TO SILECROFT, IT BEING A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY, BUT THE TRIP WAS DISAPPOINTING AS HER POOR EYESIGHT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO SEE THE SCENERY DURING THE DRIVE OR THE SEA WHEN SHE ARRIVED AT SILECROFT. SHE SAT IN THE CAR FOR A WHILE LOOKING AT WHAT SHE DESCRIBED AS A GREY CLOUDINESS AND THEN RETURNED TO ST. GEORGES. SHE SAYS THAT IN FUTURE SHE WILL BE CONTENT TO SIT ON THE LAWN AT ST. GEORGE’S TO ENJOY THE SUNSHINE. THIS WILL BE EASIER FOR HER.

TOMORROW SHE IS EXPECTING A VISIT FROM HER OWN RETURNED-FROM-HOLIDAY DOCTOR TO DISCUSS CHANGING HER MEDICATION.  HOWEVER SINCE THE VISIT OF THE SUBSTITUTE DOCTOR LAST WEEK SHE HAS DECIDED THAT SHE WILL PUT PUT UP WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE FLURISOMIDE IN CASE A CHANGE TO HER MEDICATION INTRODUCES OTHER LESS TOLERABLE SIDE EFFECTS.

TONIGHT SHE SETTLED DOWN HAPPILY TO SLEEP. SHE IS STILL SLEEPING BETTER SINCE A DUVET REPLACED THE BLANKETS SHE HAD.  SHE, OF COURSE, SENDS HER LOVE TO YOU ALL,

ME TOO,

TED.

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31/03/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 31ST MARCH 2007. MUM SPENT MOST OF TODAY SITTING AND DOZING IN HER CHAIR AND WAS GLAD TO GET INTO BED AT 7.15PM.  SHE SENDS HER LOVE TO YOU ALL.

ME TOO.

TED.

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30/03/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 30TH MARCH 2007. ANOTHER GOOD DAY FOR MUM ALTHOUGH SHE WAS VERY TIRED THIS EVENING AND FEELING NOT QUITE RIGHT. FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS SHE HAS BEEN FINDING IT HARDER TO DO THE THINGS WHICH SHE LIKES TO DO HERSELF - WASHING, GOING TO THE TOILET, GETTING IN AND OUT OF BED ETC - AND HAS BEEN RINGING HER BELL FOR ASSISTANCE. SHE RESENTS THIS FURTHER DECLINE IN HER ABILITIES AND OCCASIONALLY TEARS REVEAL HER FRUSTRATION. BUT THEN SHE SMILES AND AGREES THAT SHE CAN’T EXPECT IMPROVEMENTS BUT THIS MUST BE THE WAY HER LIFE IS NOW.

SHE IS ALWAYS THANKFUL TO SETTLE INTO BED AT THE END OF THE DAY WITH THE THINGS SHE NEEDS IN THE NIGHT IN THEIR PRECISE POSITION ON THE BEDSIDE TABLE.  ONE OF THESE IS A RED GLASS WITH TWO DISSOLVED CO-CODOMOLS IN IT - A RED GLASS SO THAT HER FAILING EYES CAN PICK IT OUT FROM THE GLASS OF MILK AND GLASS OF WATER WHICH ARE ALSO ON THE TABLE. IF SHE AWAKENS IN THE NIGHT THE CO-CODOMOLS SEEM TO SETTLE HER AGAIN INTO A PROPER SLEEP.

DESPITE THE OCCASIONAL MOMENTS OF FRUSTRATION SHE REMAINS HER OLD SELF AND BRIGHTENS EVERYONE WITH HER SMILES. THE STAFF LOVE HER AND CAN’T DO ENOUGH FOR HER.

TONIGHT SHE SEND HER LOVE TO YOU ALL AS USUAL,

AND SO DO I,

TED.

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28/03/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 28TH MARCH 2007. MUM WAS FINE THIS MORNING AND SAID SHE HAD HAD THE BEST NIGHT’S SLEEP THAT SHE CAN REMEMBER. AFTER YESTERDAY’S VENTURE INTO THE GARDEN AT ST. GEORGE’S SHE IS NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO A TRIP TO SILECROFT IN THE CAR - PERHAPS ON SUNDAY IF THE WEATHER IS SUITABLE.

LOVE TO ALL,

TED.

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27/03/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 27 MARCH 2007. AFTER A SHAKY MORNING START MUM WAS BACK ON FORM THIS AFTERNOON, SO MUCH SO THAT, IT BEING A BEAUTIFUL DAY, SHE VENTURED IN A WHEELCHAIR INTO THE GROUNDS OF ST. GEORGE’S. HERE SHE ENJOYED HALF AN HOUR OR SO IN THE WARM SUNSHINE CLAD IN HER NIGHTIE, A SHAWL AND MY GILETTE. IT REALLY CHEERED HER UP AFTER MONTHS COOPED UP IN THE BUILDING AND SHE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN AS WEATHER PERMITS.

SHE HAD A VISIT FROM A DOCTOR TODAY - NOT HER OWN DOCTOR - TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENTS TO HER MEDICATION TO AMELIORATE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE DRUGS SHE IS TAKING AT PRESENT.  SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE BUT SHE WILL HAVE A CONSULTATION WITH HER OWN DOCTOR WHEN SHE RETURNS FROM HOLIDAY ON MONDAY TO SEE IF ANYTHING ELSE CAN BE ADJUSTED.  THE FUROSEMIDE - DIURETIC - PILLS MAKE HER DROWSY AND WITHOUT ENERGY AND SHE WOULD LIKE TO EXCHANGE THEM FOR SOMETHING ELSE WHICH WILL NOT HAVE THIS SIDE EFFECT.

FOR SOME TIME NOW MUM HAS BEEN WAKING IN THE EARLY HOURS TANGLED UP IN HER BLANKETS AND HAS HAD TO RING FOR HELP TO SORT THEM OUT. TODAY SHE WAS “KITTED OUT” WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT DUVET WHICH IT IS HOPED WILL NOT RESULT IN AN EARLY HOURS TUSSLE TO GET THINGS STRAIGHT AGAIN. THIS WILL ENABLE HER TO SLEEP THROUGH MORE EASILY. SHE IS, HOWEVER, SLEEPING QUITE WELL DESPITE THE TANGLE.

SHE WAS BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL AGAIN TONIGHT AND ASKED ME ONCE AGAIN TO SEND HER LOVE TO YOU ALL, 

MINE TOO,

TED.

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26/03/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 26 MARCH 2007. MUM HAS BEEN VERY TIRED AND WEARY TODAY AND WAS GLAD TO SETTLE INTO BED THIS EVENING.  AFTER SETTLING DOWN SHE HAD A BOUT OF NAUSEA WHICH WAS DISTRESSING FOR HER. HOWEVER SHE ONCE AGAIN SENDS HER LOVE TO YOU ALL AND IS LOOKING FOR A BETTER DAY TOMORROW.

LOVE FROM ME TOO,

TED.

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25/03/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 25 MARCH 2007.  A RATHER SLEEPY DAY FOR MUM TODAY SPENT MOSTLY LYING ON HER BED DOZING.

SUNDAY IS A DAY WITH USUALLY THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF STAFF AT WORK - NO CLEANERS ETC - AND THINGS GO ON AT A MORE LEISURELY PACE.  HOWEVER JANET THE MANAGER WAS IN AND WAS REVIEWING MUM’S CARE PLAN. THE FIRST ONE WAS PREPARED JUST AFTER SHE MOVED INTO THE HOME IN FEBRUARY 2006 AND SINCE THEN MUM’S LIFESTYLE, THANKS TO THE HOSPITAL VISIT, HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT. WHEN THE NEW ONE IS READY WE WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDIT IT AND TAILOR IT AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO MEET MUM’S PRESENT NEEDS. THESE ARE NOW MAINLY FOCUSSED AROUND THE END OF THE DAY FROM TEA-TIME UNTIL BED. FOR THE REST OF THE DAY SHE IS CAPABLE OF DOING MOST THINGS FOR HERSELF.  SO WE HAD A SESSION THIS EVENING DISCUSSING WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE NEW CARE PLAN. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A FEW TELEPHONE CALLS TO IMMEDIATE FAMILY TO KEEP IN TOUCH.

AT THIS POINT AN APOLOGY IS DUE.  THE TELEPHONE SPENDS EVERY DAY UNPLUGGED FROM ITS SOCKET TO STOP IT RINGING AND CAUSING A PANIC.  THIS HAPPENED ONE DAY DURING THE WEEK DURING MUM’S DOZE TIME.  SHE WAS AWAKENED FROM A LOVELY DEEP SLEEP BY THE TELEPHONE. OF COURSE SHE WAS UNABLE TO GET TO THE PHONE BEFORE IT STOPPED RINGING, AND A 1471 ENQUIRY WAS BLANK.  FROM THIS WE DEDUCED THAT THE CALL WAS PROBABLY FROM INDIA TO ENQUIRE IF THE PHONE WAS WORKING OK. SO - BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT IT WAS DECIDED TO INPLUG THE PHONE EXCEPT FOR THE PERIOD PUBLISHED ON THE BLOG - 3.30PM TO 5PM.  UNFORTUNATELY OUR OLD MINDS HAVE NOT REMINDED US TO PLUG IN THE TELEPHONE FOR THIS PERIOD EACH DAY.  WE THEREFORE APOLOGISE TO THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE TRIED TO RING BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO.  WE WILL TRY TO DO BETTER IN FUTURE. WE DID THINK THAT IF YOU WERE UNABLE TO GET THROUGH YOU COULD GIVE MUM A RING TO TELL US TO PLUG IN THE PHONE.

ANYWAY ANOTHER GOOD DAY FOR MUM AND WE HOPE THE SAME TOMORROW.  SHE ASKS ME TO SEND HER LOVE TO HER FAMILY WHO SHE SAYS ARE WRAPPED UP IN HER LOVE.

MORE TOMORROW,

TED.

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24/03/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 24 MARCH 2007.  MUM WAS FINE AGAIN THIS MORNING AFTER A BROKEN NIGHT’S SLEEP AND STARTED HER DAILY PROGRAMME  WITH A NAP AFTER BREAKFAST. PETER AND BARBARA WERE HOPING TO VISIT TODAY IF WELL ENOUGH AND MAY ADD MORE NEWS IN DUE COURSE.

MORE TOMORROW

LOVE TO ALL,

TED.

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