Another Fall

Sunday passed with Margaret remaining in a deeply confused state most of the time. She wasn't very hungry at dinner time and left most of her meal. She went to bed at 8.30 pm and took about an hour to settle before I could watch the Sunday movie in time shift mode from ABC1.

On Monday morning I went shopping straight after Margaret's breakfast leaving her in bed. While I was out the parcel post delivery man delivered six parcels and Margaret had to get up and sign for one of them. Three were packs of incontinence underwear which were on order through The Commonwealth Incontinence Support Scheme where they provide $485 a year towards their cost. The others were from our daughter H in South Australia. These contained three pairs of cotton trousers which look like they will fit Margaret. H probably picked them up at a jumble sale or Op Shop but they will save me the problem of dragging a protesting Margaret to she shops to buy them.

Among H's gifts was a stuffed Dragon clearly marked for Louis's Christmas present which Margaret has taken to be a gift for her and it is now in bed with her. Fortunately Louis doesn't appear to mind.

Margaret continues to be off her food and wouldn't eat her dinner which was battered Barramundi fillets normally one of her favourite meals. Louis is going to have an expensive lunch today!

Margaret had another relatively early night but took over and hour to settle..

This morning, for some reason, I was lying awake at about 4.15 am when I heard a thump and soon afterwards Margaret calling out. She had had fall while coming out of her en suite bathroom and ended half in and half out of the shower cubicle. She had a big bruise coming up on her right shin but had not broken the skin. She was in some pain and very uncomfortable. I tried to get her up but couldn't do so so I phoned 000 and the paramedics were there in 15 minutes. They checked Margaret over and apart from the obvious bruise and the less obvious one on her bottom did not think that she was serious injured. As we has an appointment with her GP at 10.30 am today they decided not to take her hospital. They noted that Margaret was confused and her speech slurred but I didn't think that it was much worse than normal for the last few weeks. Note that if I hadn't been awake I probably would not have heard Margaret and she would have spent much longer on the floor. I don't wear my hearing aids to bed.

The bruise.

I have just walked Louis and given Margaret her breakfast but she is very, very confused. She keeps asking why she has to go to the doctor's as he only deals with funerals. The last couple of days Margaret has been blaming her Mother for all of her problems as she keeps interfering. I pointed out that her mother died 10 years ago but Margaret still says that its her fault. Note that Margaret's mother had never really interfered in our lives as for the greater part of out marriage were were in Australia and she in England.

Next stop the doctor's.