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I saw Margaret's specialist yesterday morning.  Margaret had had a restless night and was feeling very tired.  She still showed signs of AF but the specialist wanted to review the records from the halter monitor she had worn overnight.  If there were ongoing problems he would arrange for more tests.  I left after lunch with no more information.

Later in the afternoon Margaret was taken to see a Cardiologist who carried out more tests and she was told to "take it easy".  The rails had been put up on her bed to stop her getting up without assistance.  When I visited at 4.45 pm she was sitting up in her chair and I helped her with dinner.  Afterwards she wanted to go to the toilet and I rang for a nurse who took some time coming.  I tried to save time by lowering her foot rest and just before the nurse arrived she tried to stand up and fell against the bed.  It took the nurse and me some time  to get her back into the chair and then into the toilet.   Fortunately no harm was done.  Margaret was told to ring for assistance to get back to her chair.  After a little while she rang but rather than waiting got herself up and walked to the door with her pants around her ankles and called me.  I managed to get her pants up and the get her back to the chair.  I cancelled the call for the nurse but she arrived in a couple of minutes and wasn't happy that Margaret hadn't waited as she is now classified as a high risk falls candidate and she must not move with out a nurse's of physio's assistance.  I am not supposed to move her.

After checking with the nurse that Margaret had a sedative to help her sleep I left to get my own dinner about 6.15 pm.   Later Helen phoned her and the nurse told her that the specialist had been called because she was still upset and that he had given some Valium to ease her anxiety.  She was back in bed with the rails up and Helen managed to talk to her for a little while before she hung up.

I shall try and catch up with the specialist this morning for an update.