Sunday, February 07, 2010

where has this week gone? been waiting all week for news of where Mom can go, and at last friday we heard its the care home she wanted to go to in Berko, the one where my step dad was...

her health visitor offered Mom two places, one in Watford with the possibility of moving on to the one she really wanted... we kept on at her to only go to the Berkhamsted one, which was best, she may have not been able to move again once in the other one apparently!

the wait may be 12 days, but then that was friday so its 10 days already isnt it!

as for me, i got a lift to the hospital on wednesday from Aylesbury, but had had to pick up package for Mom from post office in Berko, leaving at 815am, walking into town to then get the bus from there to Aylesbury... Moms been craving for Newbury Fruits! i hunted them down, along with a couple of her other favourites, crystallised ginger and turkish delight! so box was quite heavy, especially with a packet of chilli chocolate thrown in for me too!

but the list to Watford was greatly appreicated! and tomorrow monday a mate of mine has a doctors appointment in the same hospital, so i am going over early to hers by bus, then we will go together, and she is dropping me off back here afterwards...

yesterday i took along a friend of Moms, its too far for her to walk so we get a cab, as once before the guy on the way there charged 5£, he said minimum fare, yet the drive back due to the one way system is further was only 3.60£!!! you know i still feel that if the meter says a lower figure to what i am being charged... i am being robbed!!!

i am so tired, head achey, body weary and mentally tired its all i do to... i dont know what...

TTFN
Marian

2 comments:

Carol said...

Marian, almost no one ever moves on to the home they preferred. Once folks are placed, there are a million hold-ups that delay any possible move, and these excuses do seem just a litany of various ways of saying "no." If she really wants a certain place, I'd urge her not to let her mind be changed, nor yours, either. But don't stress out about it --put it into prayer, and ask for whatever's the very best for her body, mind and soul. Thankfully, we are not 100% responsible for others' lives. Hang in there. Try to get rest, and confront this whole thing only a day at a time whenever possible.

Carol said...

PS --You're doing fine at all this, you know. Way better than I and others have done!