8-6-2021 Short visit

(Marilyn) 

I got there this morning at 9:00.  When I walked in her room she was dressed and in her wheelchair.  She said "You're late."  I said "late for what?"  She said, "Five more minutes and I would have been gone."

She then started trying to get up and out of the wheelchair and she was still attached to her feeding tube.  I grabbed the wheelchair handles and stopped her and said she was hooked up and she said she wasn't.  I said, "Yes you are."  She said, "No I'm not."  And when I tried to show her the tubing she slapped my hand. She pulled it out anyway and it started dripping on her. I had to call for a nurse and they unhooked her. She tried to stand and couldn't, but after a few tries,, she was able to stand up for a moment.  And then back into the wheelchair.

She headed for the door and I asked where she was going and she said home.  I said, "Okay, bye."  And she stopped and said "Maybe later."  She wanted to know if Bobby would like this place.

Physical therapy came and got her and they worked for 30 minutes and she did a bit of walking -- with help. Then back in the room and she kept trying to push out of the wheelchair and the wheelchair was sliding around.  I had to yell for help again.  The physical therapy guy put her back in bed.  That's when I left.

PS: my cardiologist's office called and confirmed that I had a small a-fib episode but the pacemaker was chugging along nicely.


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