Can you Help?
When we first started this blog, a little over a month ago, we had two main purposes in mind. The first was to keep everyone informed as to what is going on with mom so that the house wasn't overwhelmed with phone calls everyday looking for updates. The second, was to try and pool all the resources that are out there to help mom if something ever came up. Well now, it looks like something might be coming up.
Mom has been in the hospital for 4 weeks now, and I think everyone agrees that it's time for her to come home. She is going to continue to receive chemo treatments as an outpatient and at the very least will have a home healthcare nurse visit her a couple of times a week to make sure everything is going OK. While everyone is extremely excited for mom to come home, there also is a fair amount of uneasiness as well. Right now mom is for the most part, bed-ridden. She gets up to go to the bathroom and sits in a chair to eat, but other than that, she is mostly confined to a bed. Obviously with her in this state, she requires 24 hour supervision to ensure that whatever she needs, someone is there to help her with it.
Our first thought upon hearing mom was coming home, was that we would create a schedule where everyone would do a 4 hour shift throughout the day and then someone would sleep over each night. However, after going over this with mom, we realized that she is not comfortable with having waves of people caring for her throughout the day. A lot of the things that need to be done are of a personal nature so mom doesn't want just anyone helping her with it. We tried out some other ideas like our oldest sister Leah possibly moving in with my mom. However, mom's doctor thought that while this might be an OK short-term solution, it would probably become overwhelming for Leah long-term. If you don't already know, Leah already has 4 kids ranging in age from 3-11, and is pregnant with another set of twins. So yeah, I could see how that might be tough for her.
So after going over our options, we decided that a full-time nurse would probably be the best option. While the hospital gave us a lot leads to try out, we would like to find someone who comes with a personal recommendation. To be honest, we don't even know exactly what we're looking for. We think that we'd like the person there during the day, from about 8AM to 5PM. They would help mom administering medication, preparing meals, turning her to a new position every 2 hours, bathing, bathroom, etc.
So, is there anyone out there who might of know someone? Mom will most likely be coming home on Thursday or Friday of this week. While I think we can handle everything for a week or two, we would like to get this resolved as soon as possible. Please contact whoever you are most comfortable with in the family, email me, or post a comment in response to this entry if you think you can help in our search.
Mom has been in the hospital for 4 weeks now, and I think everyone agrees that it's time for her to come home. She is going to continue to receive chemo treatments as an outpatient and at the very least will have a home healthcare nurse visit her a couple of times a week to make sure everything is going OK. While everyone is extremely excited for mom to come home, there also is a fair amount of uneasiness as well. Right now mom is for the most part, bed-ridden. She gets up to go to the bathroom and sits in a chair to eat, but other than that, she is mostly confined to a bed. Obviously with her in this state, she requires 24 hour supervision to ensure that whatever she needs, someone is there to help her with it.
Our first thought upon hearing mom was coming home, was that we would create a schedule where everyone would do a 4 hour shift throughout the day and then someone would sleep over each night. However, after going over this with mom, we realized that she is not comfortable with having waves of people caring for her throughout the day. A lot of the things that need to be done are of a personal nature so mom doesn't want just anyone helping her with it. We tried out some other ideas like our oldest sister Leah possibly moving in with my mom. However, mom's doctor thought that while this might be an OK short-term solution, it would probably become overwhelming for Leah long-term. If you don't already know, Leah already has 4 kids ranging in age from 3-11, and is pregnant with another set of twins. So yeah, I could see how that might be tough for her.
So after going over our options, we decided that a full-time nurse would probably be the best option. While the hospital gave us a lot leads to try out, we would like to find someone who comes with a personal recommendation. To be honest, we don't even know exactly what we're looking for. We think that we'd like the person there during the day, from about 8AM to 5PM. They would help mom administering medication, preparing meals, turning her to a new position every 2 hours, bathing, bathroom, etc.
So, is there anyone out there who might of know someone? Mom will most likely be coming home on Thursday or Friday of this week. While I think we can handle everything for a week or two, we would like to get this resolved as soon as possible. Please contact whoever you are most comfortable with in the family, email me, or post a comment in response to this entry if you think you can help in our search.
posted by Greg | 2:44 PM
3 Comments:
Greg,
A couple of suggestions here. Bobs parents used a Hospice company called " Seasons" they were very happy with them. Their number is # 800-570-8809.
They also had a live in lady that was wonderful, I loved her, the entire family loved her!! Her name is Pressy, however she is not available at this time. The name of her company is LQP Services Inc. # 847-577-8823. The also can be emailed at: lqpservicesinc@aol.com
Not sure what the prices were, I'm assumiing expensive, but not positive.
Hope these help out with your search.
Anything I can do please let me know!!
I Love you Guys,
Jill Morris
My mom is an RN and it's too bad she has a job because she would prob. way rather be doing this. She may have some good resources though, so I will ask her tonight. I truly believe that God will provide and I will be praying that He acts fast!
The only nurses I know live hours upon hours away from chicago, and while they would love to help, they wouldn't be able to move.
I have been trying to help out though. Daniel is a friend of mine, and he's been an amazing friend for the past two years. Jeanette did a wonderful job raising him, and I'll try see what else I can do. I'll try calling some people. Anything for Da-niel.
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