Yesterday afternoon I took Margaret to see her GP. The good news is that her pain is under control with the patch and her legs are now back to near normal.. Her Frusimide has been reduced to 40 mg/day from 80 and her Prenisolone from 20 mg/day to 15. The bad news is her increased confusion which could be due to a Urinary Track Infection. I have to get her to provide a urine sample so that I can drop it in to the pathology Collection Centre this morning.
This morning she is not performing and I am not sure if the miserable little sample she has produced is adequate. Normally she is incontinent and too much is the norm! Her bout of kidney failure in October was triggered by a UTI so if has occurred again prompt treatment with antibiotics will be necessary.
Margaret is also trying to remove her Norspan patch which has to stay on until Friday. This is a controlled drug and we cant replace patches at less that one week intervals.
I phoned the collection centre and they said about 10mm in the sample jar was enough so I dropped off the sample.
Back home Margaret is still worried about “that woman” and Louis. “When is she coming?” I have told her, yet again, that she isn't coming today but a Blue Care carer is coming to take her out for a couple of hours. If it is S from last time there will be no problems with Louis. I want Margaret to buy a pair of trousers as she has been wearing the same pair day in day out since she came home. Last week I managed to pinch them and put them in the wash.
On the hygiene matter Margaret has been refusing to have a shower and it is several days since she had one. I hope she has one before S comes at 12 noon to take her out. Margaret wants a bath but when she last used our deep bath over two years ago I had to help her out as she couldn't manage it by herself. Now I have been advised not to try and lift Margaret in any circumstances and various Occupational Therapists have told us that she is at risk in the bath.
I expect a phone call from Margaret's GP later this afternoon if she has a UTI telling me to pick up a script for antibiotics.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Awaiting Pathology Results
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