My husband had to take his mom to the doctors today. He just called and she is being admitted to my floor. That should make work interesting.
She called yesterday and told my husband to come take her to the hospital, she was having a heart attack. He rushed over there and she said she had had a good bowel movement and was feeling better. To her that is the answer to all of lifes problems.
She has been having lots of complaints lately about "my heart is just pounding" so I told her to make a doctors appointment. Heavens know what she told the Doctor. You really have to know how to question my mother in law. She will complain of heart problems and point to her right underarm when you ask her where the pain is. Diarrhea is anything over 2 stools a a day and she is sure she has caught every illness mentioned in Readers Digest. But it is good she is getting checked out. Sometimes she complains so much I worry about missing real symptoms. I am glad she won't be my patient though, LOL.
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LOL... I hope mother inlaw is feeling better soon. My mom was in the hospital for 4 days earlier this month with a broken hip. She was getting pretty restless... Props for you nurses--you put up with a lot!! :) Julie
Oh wow....hope she's alright.
Pam
Wow, I know the feeling having a family member in the workplace- Working here in a Nursing Home, it has happened to me. The only difference is they stay for weeks or months! Good luck lol
Diane
I hope she is feeling better soon. We MIL's are a rare breed but I remember mine, she had every disease under the sun, and I have to admit maybe the "diseases" were a way of getting attention but at her age I think she was more afraid of dieing and she would always say "God willing that I live dear"..when I think of it today I think she was a pretty lonely woman but she was good to us and after years of not likeing some of the things she did I found myself in those MIL shoes and not liked for some of the things I do and say :))) "touche" She passed on 2 years ago but God love her she was a good Mom to her son and a great Nana to her grandkids and I think you will miss your's when she is gone and find some rationality in her behavior! Life is a circle, in childhood we can't wait to be adults, when we are adults we tend to wish we could turn the clock backwards and then we sit back and watch our kids do the same :))))))))))
Hugs to you, I hope she will be ok and when you go to work today take her a single rose and give her a hug...little things can make an old MIL melt. Have a Good day and much hugs :)))))))))Doreen
YIKES...I'm sorry didn't mean to say so much in the last comment but I did want to add I love my SIL like my own son's, he is the best dad in the world to my grand's, my daughter made a excellent choice, and I love my ADIL <Almost> she is a blessing in my son's life and we get on very well...so God does send us angels and I count myself fortunate I am here to see my children live their own lives with such good partners.Huggies and sorry for the long winded comments...Got the best comments from my exDIL today and I am having a good day, just feel good about being an appreciated MIL and nana. Its always good to get positive feedback from family :))))) Doreen
I sure hope MIL checks out OK. It's funny how older folks get things in their minds, especially bowel movements! My dear old departed grandmother felt you should sit on the pot (and I do mean POT!!! it was a chamber pot from under her bed, and when I stayed with her, she wanted me to sit there "until I moved."
Keep us informed....
~Meg
You know your MIL so well...don't you? And you love her just as much. Its all there in how you write about her. You wouldn't worry so much about missing symptoms if you didn't love her. Bless her and you! I hope there is nothing too serious wrong with her. Jeanie
Sometimes people mention symptoms as a way of getting attention. It's always best to check them out though. I hope your MIL is found to be OK! Jeannette xx http://journals.aol.co.uk/jlocorriere05/Welcometomytravels/
Why is it the older they get...forget it...guess we're all headed there :) My 86 yr old FIL used to take a laxative, because he hadn't pooped all day then he'd take Imodium because he had pooped all day!! His body was so out of whack.
xoxo ~myra
Oh my you've had a busy week, and I've been lax on reading your journal, but I did catch up. So sorry about your accident. Are you still all sore? And you had me rolling reading about your "power" assessment. Oh man do I not want to do that, ugh. I agree, someone who is doing the assessing should have at least an ounce of fact located somewhere on their body, and I'll sign up for the donation, lol. Oh you've talked about your MIL before and she sounds like a hoot. Good thing you could get out of taking care of her on your floor. That would not have been a good night at all. Do you always do 3-in-a row and get it over with? I used to do that myself, but it wears a body down and I spread my shifts out more if I can. But when I can't, I don't do more than 2 in a row because I feel so old afterwards, KWIM? Plus there is the added quotiant of the boy (6) I have to be up for and deal with. Hope your night went well. :) De
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