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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 142613" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>mother in law is doing alright physically. A Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and doctor says she is dehydrated. (yesterday he said she wasn't) Not so sure how much of that is to convince her that she needs assistance, though.</p><p> </p><p>She looked pretty darn good when I saw her in the wee hours of the morning. I got up at 5 am so I could hopefully catch the doctor. No such luck. Waited and waited and he didn't come til I left for school after 8 am. So, I'll sit there and try again tomorrow.</p><p> </p><p>Bare in mind this doctor may be the head of physicians or whatever they call it, but I'm not especially fond of him. He has power issues. I've thought so for some time, brother in law's wife confirmed it last night when I talked to her over the phone. Today he sent in the hospital SW to speak to mother in law about assited living, nursing home (what he's truely pushing for), and whatnot. mother in law went ballistic. The shaking started again until I explained to her that they are just giving her options, she makes the decisions. Problem is that I think while well intentioned, the sw only made matters worse. She started quoting off the wall prices ranges for both assisted living facilities and nursing homes. Even worse for any type of in home care.</p><p> </p><p>So now mother in law thinks she can't even afford to stay alive.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/pouting.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":pouting:" title="pouting :pouting:" data-shortname=":pouting:" /> I <strong>think</strong> I managed to get her out of that mind set before husband and I left.</p><p> </p><p>So, tomorrow in the wee hours I'll be doctor chasing again, then back home to make a million phone calls for information on this stuff, (I know sw's pricing was way off), and just maybe I'll be able to squeeze in a bit of homework/studying before my first class after lunch.</p><p> </p><p>I might, and I stress MIGHT, have her talked into having someone come in for inhome care for 3 hrs a day 3 times a week. Depends on how much it costs. Money is becoming an issue for her, while on the other hand the house and stocks she owns is making it hard to find programs to help her. Makes me wanna beat my head against the wall.</p><p> </p><p>And all I've thought about today is how I'd like to knock brother in law and his wife's head's together for leaving us to handle all of this alone. They did it with my father in law, and now mother in law too. Burns me up at times like this.</p><p> </p><p>Gee....... How's all this for reducing my stress levels?? <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/dissapointed.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":dissapointed:" title="dissapointed :dissapointed:" data-shortname=":dissapointed:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 142613, member: 84"] mother in law is doing alright physically. A Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and doctor says she is dehydrated. (yesterday he said she wasn't) Not so sure how much of that is to convince her that she needs assistance, though. She looked pretty darn good when I saw her in the wee hours of the morning. I got up at 5 am so I could hopefully catch the doctor. No such luck. Waited and waited and he didn't come til I left for school after 8 am. So, I'll sit there and try again tomorrow. Bare in mind this doctor may be the head of physicians or whatever they call it, but I'm not especially fond of him. He has power issues. I've thought so for some time, brother in law's wife confirmed it last night when I talked to her over the phone. Today he sent in the hospital SW to speak to mother in law about assited living, nursing home (what he's truely pushing for), and whatnot. mother in law went ballistic. The shaking started again until I explained to her that they are just giving her options, she makes the decisions. Problem is that I think while well intentioned, the sw only made matters worse. She started quoting off the wall prices ranges for both assisted living facilities and nursing homes. Even worse for any type of in home care. So now mother in law thinks she can't even afford to stay alive.:pouting: I [B]think[/B] I managed to get her out of that mind set before husband and I left. So, tomorrow in the wee hours I'll be doctor chasing again, then back home to make a million phone calls for information on this stuff, (I know sw's pricing was way off), and just maybe I'll be able to squeeze in a bit of homework/studying before my first class after lunch. I might, and I stress MIGHT, have her talked into having someone come in for inhome care for 3 hrs a day 3 times a week. Depends on how much it costs. Money is becoming an issue for her, while on the other hand the house and stocks she owns is making it hard to find programs to help her. Makes me wanna beat my head against the wall. And all I've thought about today is how I'd like to knock brother in law and his wife's head's together for leaving us to handle all of this alone. They did it with my father in law, and now mother in law too. Burns me up at times like this. Gee....... How's all this for reducing my stress levels?? :dissapointed: [/QUOTE]
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