The carer had not met Margaret before and as Margaret had not really wanted to go out I was a bit worried that they might not get on. I shouldn't have worried S (other than family members all others mentioned remain anonymous) was a little woman with a bright friendly personality. She soon went through the preliminaries and packed Margaret and her wheely walker into little car. If needed, they would get a wheelchair from our local shopping mall, Noosa Civic.
After they went I changed Margaret's bed linen, vacuumed out her bedroom and cleaned her en suite following her little "accident" earlier in the morning. After putting the washing on I settled down for a light lunch and coffee while checking my friends posts on the Internet.
At about 2.00 pm S returned Margaret home. She asked me had Margaret any brain injuries as, while she had had a good time and was no trouble, trying to follow a conversation with her was impossible. I explained that the vascular dementia made Margaret lose track of what she was saying and it was not uncommon for Margaret to cover two or more unrelated subjects in one sentence. The only other comment was that Margaret refused a wheelchair and tore around Civic at high speed which was a worry as she is not very stable.
Margaret had used her time well and had bought a T-shirt and a nice top. I think that S was worried that Margaret may not have the money to pay but I had checked her purse first. Margaret also bought them coffee and donuts at Donut King.
S also made a fuss of Louis which went down well with Margaret. Previous contact with Bluecare had resulted in Louis being locked away as dogs were a no no. S said that she loved dogs and as he was restrained until he settled down he was no problem.
After S left Margaret commented that that silly woman walked all around Civic and didn't buy anything!!
Unfortunately Margaret had overdone it and her feet we even more swollen - I hope the extra Frusimide works soon. I got her into bed to get her feet up. If not in bed she rarely puts them up. Later she began to get pains in her legs and later severe cramps in her feet. These are really difficult to help her with. Because of her kidney problems most of her stronger pain killers have been discontinued so I gave her osteo paracetamol and told a little lie about their strength. After that she slept until dinner time.
I always have a nice piece of scotch Fillet once a week but Margaret wont eat steak and had some pork sausages with salad so I got the barbecue out and cooked outside. Margaret is on a chocolate ice cream trip at present and had one on a stick after dinner.
She caved in again about 8.30 pm and I tucked her in her snuggies and she was asleep soon after 9.00 pm with her bed mates.
This morning Margaret awoke at 5.00am cold and with pains in her arms and legs. I gave her more paracetamol and tucked her back in bed, this time under her duna. She slept until after I had walked Louis.
Later if she is feeling OK we will go out to lunch.
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