ALZHEIMER'S BLOG:

Today has been a real busy day on my ambulance. It breaks my heart when I have a patient who takes a lot of pills to hopefully try to end their life. Than it doesn't work and we show up to take them to a hospital to get medically cleared and than to a psych facility. Don't they know life is a gift. It really did hurt my heart today for a 66 yr old male with dementia, who has had a fracture of his right hip Jan 1 of this year and this is the third time it got dislocated. He is in so much pain. He doesn't remember if any one gave him anything for pain but the nursing home did. It just takes time to work. ugh So I have this man moaning in pain asking for more morphine. Yet after we got him to the hospital and all the questions were asked he was lying quietly in the bed. I am sure that his ambulance ride was not fun. We have a truck frame in the back and you know it is bouncy back there. It is not a smooth ride so it had to hurt every time we hit a bump. Sorry Sir. :(

Well everyone have a great holiday weekend. Sunday is Valentines Day. Don't forget to get your sweet heart something special. And don't forget your Alzheimer's family member to make it special for them also. They may forget, but at that time they will be over joyed. We shouldn't have to have a special date to remember someone. We should do this on a regular basis. Don't put off tomorrow what you can do today.

Sincerely,
Marie Fostino
Alzheimer's A Caretakers Journal
Seaboard Press An Imprint Of James A Rock Pub., Co.
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