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Struggling with a disabled parent. Part 3

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Duchess379 · 19/12/2021 19:11

So, some of you will recall my previous posts in relation to my 67yr old mum who has suffered from several strokes & had a triple heart bypass in 2017. She has had several stays in our local hospital in recent months due to be unsteady on her feet & getting confused a lot.
She has been home one week after another 3 week stay, after falling down several times & paramedics attending 3 times in 4 days! Due to her safety, they admitted her into a ward.
Problem is, she's now worse than ever! She had another uti which they were slow at treating & did very little physio with her, so she has zero stability now.
And the hospital packed her home, full of laxatives so I've had a complete poonami on my hands as soon as she got home! I think she still has a urine infection because she needs to pee all the time. I'm up every couple of hours with her, changing & washing her, changing her bedding because she's become incontinent. She has no strength at all so I can't even get her on the commode. In the last 15hrs I've changed her bottom sheet 3 times because it's wet. I am absolutely shattered. And getting resentful.
We have nurses coming in 3 times a day, but she's already been before they arrive, so I'm still doing the donkey work. The physios have said she's a 'fall risk' so she's to stay in bed until a 2nd assessment is done, so the nurses can't help get her on the commode anyhow!
I honestly don't want to do this anymore. Without droning on for hours, my mum wasn't a marvellous model mum to begin with & I truly believe she has some sort of autism/aspergers that is undiagnosed.
There is no Christmas in my house this year because I just can't be bothered.
Does anyone want to adopt me so I can escape this shit life? 😶

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MereDintofPandiculation · 24/12/2021 14:18

Unless you have evidence of whatsapping to others, it’s possible the forgetting is genuine. My father’s decline was marked by a steady decline in his computer competence

Duchess379 · 24/12/2021 15:48

@MereDintofPandiculation

Unless you have evidence of whatsapping to others, it’s possible the forgetting is genuine. My father’s decline was marked by a steady decline in his computer competence
She uses her tablet to navigate her way around YouTube. I've even opened messenger on her tablet, so all she needs to do is click on my icon to open the conversation. I've shown her every day for a week. But no, she prefers screaming for attention. It's like living with a wayward toddler.
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