Author Archives: Carol

Well I have been home for 10 days and I received a PT evaluation. No OT . Good thing I didn’t wait for bath instructions. A PT did call last week but his Indian accent and quiet voice would have made it difficult to follow directions. His solution”,”I will just show her” With a totallyContinue reading “June 2, 2020 Home therapy”

Healing gives you surplus time on your hands to pause, dream and remember. I find I think of being able to see . Especially, when I find I have maneuvered my walker into the living room for the third time . I sigh and think about my childhood .I had two old apple trees leftContinue reading “May 28 A Time To Remember”

My Mother used to tell me,”All in good time or time will heal” I have ample time to reflect on the issue of time and healing. I have found that time varies in how quickly time passes. The more I interacted with others, I didn’t notice the passage of time. Constructive work makes time passContinue reading “May 26 All in good time”

It is with sadness and joy thatI bid farewell to this life change. I have not asked for this but accepted it. I wish to thank friends daily and the staff for teaching and sharing I also wish to Thank John for keeping the phone and talkin to this coffee deprive wife early in theContinue reading “May 21 2020 Thanks and a prayer”

Sleep is important .Wake up   I know that hospitals run on a 24 hour schedule  I do not .When I am told that the staff is finished for the night I believe what I am told.   I slip into sleepwear and package the hearing aids for the night. I sleep deeply and am startled severalContinue reading “May 21 2020”

may 20 2020i will be going home with more that i planned on i have a bladder infection This could e due in part, to long use of catheterWhen i arrived at the hospital all i wanted was pain relief and a drained bladder. A week later and I am working to do this simpleContinue reading “Bladder dysfunction in long term care”

i take my body to the repair shop to fix recent dents and bumpsthe doctor said “ do you have an ulcer “We can fix that we would like to study it”Also you may have sleep apnea i protest’ this is a four door not a Ferrari,Give me the 29.99 special!As my time here inContinue reading “5,20,2020 Just the 29.99 fix”

Spring scents in misty morns-crisp on the outside but sterile withinI long to feel the breeze lift my tendrils as the risen sun warms thecheeks and hands looking forward to the day last evening , I had a low hemoglobins count and a dark stool. I thought about the questionts they asked “did you seeContinue reading “Day 18 What else can happen?”

I was told that I had a rest day today. The hospital’s idea of a rest day is to get up and try to use the restroom every half an hour. Muscles stretch, arm are used arms to propel my body forward into the bathroom. I have faith that staff will team me right fromContinue reading “May 17 the hospital’s idea of a rest day”

Many of us when we go to the hospital, try to eat a diet that will promote healing. We don’t always make good choices . Here comes the dietitian . . I tried to pick foods that I like and were easier to eat. last night was the worst . I ordered squash because veggiesContinue reading “May 16 Tactile eating”