I’ve seen her every week since the beginning. I take her shopping and sit in the garden on a fold up chair I take. I’ve just watched her deteriorate before my eyes.
Precovid she was active in the pub darts team, community bingo three times a week an every other day out shopping and trips out with the OAPs, went on cruises.
She had three bouts of pneumonia last year which she fought off so she was very nervous about this.
She actually broke her back a very years ago and had a mobility scooter - which she refused to get on as she said she didn’t want her legs to wither.
She has hardly been out at all except to maybe walk around the square in front of the house for a bit of exercise.
Whilst I was doing her shopping today the till server said that they had seen her in the shop in her scooter. Whilst I’m glad she is venturing out I feel incredibly sad she didn’t feel she could walk the five minutes to the shop. Shes been an incredibly active woman all her life. When I got to her house and we was sat in the garden talking I could see a slight tremor in her arm, she just looked really frail.
I’ve just ordered some physio bands and senior exercise to try and build her strength back up. I’m going to take her to her old shopping places she likes on Friday, just to nip to the bank, sit for a coffee then back in car.
Is any one else experiencing similar? What are you doing to help them get out of the house?