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The D started a little after 5 A.M. I had to run at least 3 times before my alarm went off to get up...uffda...continued to have problems at work....visited the school nurse around 10ish and even had another episode after taking an Imodium. I had some turkey coldcuts and cheese for lunch...no lettuce. I am taking my sis out to dinner tonight for a belated birthday celebration..maybe I will try to think of something that will be easy on my tummy.....I have to remember that I should be thankful the D isn't around all the time. The good news is that I lost a pound and a half since yesterday!
Hi...thanks you guys....Peggy...I took my sister to Harbor Lights for dinner tonight. I had prawns and cole slaw...no crackers or spud. I was a good girl and so far my tummy is OK.....I sure had a rough time earlier today! I had sad news this evening...an old family friend...our neighbor and my mom's friend since jr. high school, broke her hip and had another stroke after surgery. She can't swallow and they stopped all fluids last Thursday....just a matter of time now...she isn't awake, but my sis and I went to the hospital to say our good-byes. If she is still with us tomorrow, they will move her to a hospice facility... It was hard to say good-bye....I am glad I saw her on Christmas eve. Even then, she had trouble speaking clearly because of a previous stroke. It makes me very sad...she is has been like a mom to me all my life...my mom died in 1971. TTFN....JJ
Do hope that your tum tum continues to behave itself.
So sad about your friend. Tomorrow, we take our mother to an orthopedic clinic to rule out a fracture in her femur or elsewhere.
I don't know what I will do if the orthopedist thinks that surgery is the only thing to help her. I'm praying that all that will be needed is continuing having her rest that leg as she's been doing, and rehab, of course.
Surgery would put her at such a high risk of a stroke that that's what I'm afraid will happen to her, and then there's the risk of pneumonia, bed sores, etc.
With her additional problems related to Parkinson's and the orthostatic hypotension (who knows which direction her BP would go with this type of surgery?) I just think she's too complicated for anyone who's not familiar with her to care for.
I would also hate for her to have to be in ICU the first day or so after a surgical procedure as those places don't specialize in the kind of care she really needs.
This is the problem with Parkinson's patients when they have another serious problem. That's why we do all we can to keep them out of the hospital. Their care is just sooo time consuming compared to other patients with the same diagnosis.
Top all that off with the fact that she's gluten sensitive -- now who's going to take care of that in a busy ICU?
I'm just hoping that I'll be the one there to take care of her or at least oversee the care which I can do in a regular hospital room. I may try to find a special duty person or persons to assist me with the turning and lifting, but right now, I've just got to think positive and hopefully, the x-rays will show that nothing is broken in there. At least if it's broken, that it's not bad enough to require surgery and will soon not be causing Mom pain.
At least the Tylenol knocks her out without getting a full dose as she's going to be 85 later this year. I'm concerned about the problems with the immobility here, even without any hospitalization.
Please keep her in your prayers Wednesday.
Yours, Luce
The D started a little after 5 A.M. I had to run at least 3 times before my alarm went off to get up...uffda...continued to have problems at work....visited the school nurse around 10ish and even had another episode after taking an Imodium. 
I had some turkey coldcuts and cheese for lunch...no lettuce. I am taking my sis out to dinner tonight for a belated birthday celebration..maybe I will try to think of something that will be easy on my tummy.....I have to remember that I should be thankful the D isn't around all the time. The good news is that I lost a pound and a half since yesterday!
I had prawns and cole slaw...no crackers or spud. I was a good girl and so far my tummy is OK.....I sure had a rough time earlier today! I had sad news this evening...an old family friend...our neighbor and my mom's friend since jr. high school, broke her hip and had another stroke after surgery. She can't swallow and they stopped all fluids last Thursday....just a matter of time now...she isn't awake, but my sis and I went to the hospital to say our good-byes. If she is still with us tomorrow, they will move her to a hospice facility... 
It was hard to say good-bye....I am glad I saw her on Christmas eve. Even then, she had trouble speaking clearly because of a previous stroke. It makes me very sad...she is has been like a mom to me all my life...my mom died in 1971. 