OK, I've been slacking.....
A year ago the intention was to do photography once a month and this blog a little more frequent. I failed.
Yeah I have been distracted, definitely from writing. The year has been very active. Some of the activity I won't even get into on this blog.
I still have the same ideas and focus. I just have to sit down and dedicate time into this. Focus is the biggest problem. There is so much going on I cannot focus.
I am writing this from Halifax Hospital in Florida. My mother had a Urinary Tract Infection and kidney stones so I brought her here this past Wednesday. She didn't seem right after dinner. She didn't seem as alert and she began shivering. For those of you with elderly parents or parents you have to take responsibility for it is important that you pay attention.
I know my mother's body language. She complains of being chilly but doesn't shiver. In fact she shivered to where she couldn't speak. SHIVERING IS OFTEN A SIGN OF AN INFECTION. After I gave her a sweater and turned the heat on the shivering didn't stop so I called 911. The paramedics arrived, assessed my mother and took her to Halifax Hospital. KNOW YOUR PARENTS' MEDICAL HISTORY and BE ABLE TO GIVE PERTINENT INFORMATION LIKE DATE OF BIRTH, SS #, ETC. I carried a list of my mother's allergies just in case. I was also able to give behavior information to the emergency room technician. Mom wasn't really able to to communicate. Ultimately, she had the infection and the stones. She arrived at the hospital Wednesday night and as of Sunday afternoon she is still here. The fever broke, but the doctor changed her antibiotic and wanted to monitor her.
I have slept in this hospital room near my mother on a sofa. I have multiple thoughts which I will share later.
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