Posted by Dinah on August 21, 2013, at 12:28:31
In reply to Re: Letting go » Dinah, posted by Phillipa on August 21, 2013, at 9:58:22
Yes, perhaps with the rail, she'll be able to get out of bed - which she currently can't do at all. Currently she can't give herself her insulin or put on her cpap, but she believes those problems have been solved. I do worry about whether she'll be able to let the dog out, or clean his messes. But as long as outsiders are going to her house, they'll be able to step in as needed. And it's not really my business unless she decides to make it so.
It really is wonderful to know that someone in authority is aware of all this. And maybe when someone is no longer on hand to cook her dinner, or butter her toast, or get her a drink, or open her string cheese, or let the dog out, or make sure she doesn't fall when transferring, or pick up what falls, or give her her own insulin, she'll find she can actually do it herself. Stranger things have happened, and she's had no real incentive until now to try.
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