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Meh.Good morning Atty
Oh dear! I’m so sorry she fell and hurt herselfMeh.
Mom fell last night getting up going to the bathroom. She bumped her chin on something. Small cut. Will, of course, have a nasty bruise to go with it (really old people bruise if you breathe on them). Doesn't look like it really needs a stitch.
We're debating if I should make her go in and get it checked. It's hard with a person that has dementia, as they don't have the same discernment and perceptions to quantify the injury's degree, and it's hard to communicate. But since I don't think anything is broken from what I can tell, and it doesn't throb or hurt unless you touch a really small area, I'm guessing it's just a contusion and maybe at most a bruised chin bone.
If we go in, we risk exposing her to flu and crap on a busy weekend, make her sit a long time, and get nuked by an x-ray only to find out there's nothing they can do other than charge $$$$ and suggest a cold compress.
So IDK. I hate this stuff because I'm so bad at it. And she doesn't want to go. I guess I can tell FOR ME but I can feel me. And for her, I'm never sure. I fear missing something, OTOH, I fear putting her through a lot of anxiety which is hard on her emotionally/mentally too just because I worry. So I can never tell if I worry too little, too much, or just right.
Anyway, that was at 3:30 this morning. Tired.
:/
Good morning to you all too.
/rant
I know you’re a worrier but think she’ll be okay, like Tibs said.
So very sorry to hear mom fell. Your a good son, you'll do what is right, you can't help yourself it comes natural to you.Meh.
Mom fell last night getting up going to the bathroom. She bumped her chin on something. Small cut. Will, of course, have a nasty bruise to go with it (really old people bruise if you breathe on them). Doesn't look like it really needs a stitch.
We're debating if I should make her go in and get it checked. It's hard with a person that has dementia, as they don't have the same discernment and perceptions to quantify the injury's degree, and it's hard to communicate. But since I don't think anything is broken from what I can tell, and it doesn't throb or hurt unless you touch a really small area, I'm guessing it's just a contusion and maybe at most a bruised chin bone.
If we go in, we risk exposing her to flu and crap on a busy weekend, make her sit a long time, and get nuked by an x-ray only to find out there's nothing they can do other than charge $$$$ and suggest a cold compress.
So IDK. I hate this stuff because I'm so bad at it. And she doesn't want to go. I guess I can tell FOR ME but I can feel me. And for her, I'm never sure. I fear missing something, OTOH, I fear putting her through a lot of anxiety which is hard on her emotionally/mentally too just because I worry. So I can never tell if I worry too little, too much, or just right.
Anyway, that was at 3:30 this morning. Tired.
:/
Good morning to you all too.
/rant
Survived the early morning shopping with no issues. Sorry to hear of your Mom's fall, Atty. Hope she will be ok.
Cold there again?lol, trying to convince myself to get out of my chair and feed the critters!
40s but still windy
it sure isHard sometimes isn’t it Tibs?
still too weak to stand by alert and responding!
