6/20 MAX AMPS 154+2/153+4/138+6/113PMPS 150+2/175

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Blue surfs are good, especially when Mama has to go out. Max, Why don't you and Cinco set up some beach chairs there on the sand and you can tell him what the other kitties are doing in the lagoon?

Vines and prayers for your DM, Elise.
 
Thanks Tricia. She's not in a very good mood so far. :( But I'm glad Max was okay. It would have been nice had he touched his toes into the lagoon but at least he's at a safe level.
 
Yeah, if you have to be out, it's a lot easier on the bean's nerves if they're sitting on the beach!

Sorry Mom's in a bad mood, Elise. It's really not easy being a parent to our parents, is it? I've been calling mine every day this last week at 3pm to remind her to take her afternoon Lasix and every day she's told me she either just took it, or will take it now that I've reminded her. When I went to refill her pill boxes today, all 7 doses of her Lasix were still in the box, so I have no idea what she's been taking all week.....or if she's been taking anything at all

OK now Max...mama's home, so it's fine to head out for a swim now! Just not too deep, OK buddy??
 
I'm not home. I'm at my mom's until I go home for PMPS. I can't get her to engage in a conversation at all today.

My mom would never take her meds if left to herself. She thinks she should be able to stop them all! It's amazing your mom is able to live alone. You are very lucky but I don't know what you will be able to do to get her to take her meds. Does she make her own meals too?
 
I am sorry you are having a difficult time with your DM...it can be very hard.

@Chris & China do you have what we call Webster cards over there. They are a sheet of cardboard with 7x4 lots of "bubbles" to put in pills. They are done at the chemist and the patient just has to pop the correct time and the pills are all there to take. I have hopefully copy and pasted what I mean...I am sure you must have them in the US.
webster pack system........no this has not copied properly but if you are interested you could google Webster pack system
 
I`m sorry that you`re having some difficult times with your Mom, Elise. Especially when it is so necessary for her to take her meds, but she just doesn`t think she needs them. Prayers for you both.
I see that Max has spent the day in the blue area...hope he makes a visit to the lagoon soon.
 
That is a good slide down for Max today, and I hope he keeps going that direction for his pmps tonight. Sorry about your mom Elise. Its difficult dealing with an aging parent, as I witness it every day at my job with our 150 residents. It really takes its toll on the families.Vines for her and hugs to you:bighug:.
 
@Bron and Sheba ....Mom's got 2 pill organizers like this....One in the kitchen for her morning pills, and one by her bed for her night pills. She's really good about remembering her morning pills, and I call her to say "goodnight" every night and make sure she takes her night ones.

Her afternoon lasix is in a pill organizer like this and it sits on the kitchen table where she and a couple of friends from the apartment building play cards every day at 3pm, but she's been forgetting to take them. Last week I called every day about 3 (and sometimes interrupted the game) to remind her to take them, and she'd say she took them already or that she'd take them "right now"....I didn't know until today when I went to refill them all that every one of those pills was still in the box.

Other than actually driving over there and watching her take them, I really don't know what else I could do, but I hope she got the message today that I was NOT happy with her. I hate treating her like a child, but if she doesn't take the medications, she'll end up back in the nursing home or assisted living and she really doesn't like living there.

The apartment building she lives in is connected to the Senior Nutrition site, so all she has to do is walk down the hallway and gets a hot lunch every day. She cooks her own breakfast, and usually has a bowl of soup or sandwich for dinner, and although I do wish she'd eat better, her weight is pretty stable so she must be getting enough

It's really as close to being in assisted living as it can be.....the only difference between the two is that AL has the nurse to make sure meds are taken, and they do provide 3 meals a day. The apartment building she's in has 3 halls of apartments and the residents really watch out for each other. They have a main dining room (other than the Nutrition site) where whoever feels like it meets for coffee in the morning, and most of them leave their doors open during the day for "visiting". On Saturday and Sunday when the nutrition site is closed, someone almost always cooks soup, chili, spaghetti or something for anyone who wants to eat lunch.....and the apartment is $500/month....Assisted Living is $2000/month
 
What an ideal situation for your mom and such cheap rent. Nothing like that exists in L.A. Did she tell you why she didn't take the lasix?
 
Looks like Max had a good blue "rest day". These kind of days are good, too.
I hope your mom will decide that she needs to take her meds. But I can sympathize with her not wanting to take her pills. Maybe they make her feel louzy. Maybe she just doesn't like to take all those pills. I'd probably be the same way!

Hugs and scritches,

Ella & Rusty
 
She says she has no idea what she did...that's what's so disturbing about this whole thing....if she wasn't taking the lasix, what was she taking? And if she was just telling me what I wanted to hear, that's not going to work either

By calling right around 3 when her card playing buddies are there, I was hoping that it would start "clicking" that when they start to play cards, she needs to take her pills, and I've even asked the other ladies to remind her so I'm not sure what's been going on this last week.

She is taking her morning and night meds so if we can just get these afternoon pills figured out, we'll be doing well
 
Chris & China said:
@Bron and Sheba ....Mom's got 2 pill organizers like this....One in the kitchen for her morning pills, and one by her bed for her night pills. She's really good about remembering her morning pills, and I call her to say "goodnight" every night and make sure she takes her night ones.

Her afternoon lasix is in a pill organizer like this and it sits on the kitchen table where she and a couple of friends from the apartment building play cards every day at 3pm, but she's been forgetting to take them. Last week I called every day about 3 (and sometimes interrupted the game) to remind her to take them, and she'd say she took them already or that she'd take them "right now"....I didn't know until today when I went to refill them all that every one of those pills was still in the box.

Other than actually driving over there and watching her take them, I really don't know what else I could do, but I hope she got the message today that I was NOT happy with her. I hate treating her like a child, but if she doesn't take the medications, she'll end up back in the nursing home or assisted living and she really doesn't like living there.

The apartment building she lives in is connected to the Senior Nutrition site, so all she has to do is walk down the hallway and gets a hot lunch every day. She cooks her own breakfast, and usually has a bowl of soup or sandwich for dinner, and although I do wish she'd eat better, her weight is pretty stable so she must be getting enough

It's really as close to being in assisted living as it can be.....the only difference between the two is that AL has the nurse to make sure meds are taken, and they do provide 3 meals a day. The apartment building she's in has 3 halls of apartments and the residents really watch out for each other. They have a main dining room (other than the Nutrition site) where whoever feels like it meets for coffee in the morning, and most of them leave their doors open during the day for "visiting". On Saturday and Sunday when the nutrition site is closed, someone almost always cooks soup, chili, spaghetti or something for anyone who wants to eat lunch.....and the apartment is $500/month....Assisted Living is $2000/month
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Sorry to hijack the thread Elise
@Chris & China
A few years ago I managed 2 wings of an aged care facility and had 118 residents under my care ....and what your Mum is doing does happen. I agree with you that you want to keep her as independent as possible for as long as possible and out of the assisted living. You look like you have the pill situation well organised in the containers.
How is her memory? Does she have any memory loss or does she forget to do other things or is this just an isolated thing?
Also is there any reason she is taking the lasix at 3 pm..?.Normally lasix is taken in the morning so that they have finished having to go to the toilet before going to bed. If there is no reason, it could be put in with the morning pills and that would solve the problem. But of course there could be a good reason it is 3 pm but I can't think of why, unless it is because she gets breathless at night.

If it has to stay at 3 pm there are a couple of things you could try.
When you ring her you could say you will wait on the phone until she has taken the pill and comes back to tell you she has swallowed it.
Or
Does she use a mobile of a landline? If she had a mobile could you do face time and watch her take it?.....but I know these things are hard for older people and she might not be willing to use a mobile or FaceTime.
Or
Would the management allow you put in a security camera in her kitchen so you could turn it on and watch her take it?
Or
Does she have a friend who is very with it who plays cards with your Mum who could check she takes the pills.
 
Max went into the lagoon last night after a day that started out yellow. He has had many days where he hits green on both AM and PM cycles though, so you can get spoiled with all that green! It just looks like he hits green at least every day though, and I keep wondering if sometimes the pancreas just gets tired and needs a rest as Ella alluded to? I hope he's feeling good and eating? Does he still not eat the +9 snack? I try to give Tiger a +9 snack(even though this is usually only advised for kitties on small amounts of insulin) just so she doesn't get too empty of a stomach. He is a puzzle though isn't he!

:bighug::bighug:Prayers for your mom and you- it is so hard to watch this happen! When my MIL and FIL were still in their old house 400 miles away, I'm sure they got their meds all mixed up, they refused to let the CG's we tried to hire into their home. Because of MIL Alzheimer's/Dementia, she was taking 12 medications at one point because she didn't understand when the doctor would say to quit taking something. :nailbiting::nailbiting: When I saw this, that's when I had to push DH to move them against their will to assisted living. :oops: Chris is very fortunate for her mom's situation!
 
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