Hello all
My beloved nanny is so important to me, my mum for all intents and purposes. She has been my constant and I try to do my best to keep her healthy.
She has a very valid and long-standing fear of hospitals having lost a baby, after being in a bomb blast and having my Grandad die in one. She thinking she goes in she will not come out and getting her to agree to any type of medical attention is very taxing work!
Her leg after the bomb blast, was severed at the calf muscle. Over the last few years the scar area has become infected a few times. Only oral antibiotics has cleared it. Now the patch of infection has spread to the no injured leg. 2 weeks ago I took a photo whilst on antibiotics. Then I took a photo today and the leg look, well awful. Not red and swollen, or sore but odd! She did tell me that clear water filled her shoes the other day, nothing since. She has some heart issues, and liver issues. No diabetes.
The thing is, I can only convince her to accept help if I can be really clear with her so I don't highlight much if there is no need for medical support. What I am asking is, is this something that needs that? She has real communication issues, if she was a child born today I have no doubt she would be referred for autism assessment. I am largely the only person she will listen to, bar maybe my uncle.
Photos attached, the crippled skin one is the latest. Tia x