Choosing between work and and caring for an elder

How do you deal with an employer who is pushing you to make the choice between work and caring for your elder?

This week’s question came from a caregiver having a hard time at work. She takes care of her mother who is afflicted with Parkinson’ s Disease. Already in a stressful situation, her boss doesn’t [...]

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Dad got sick again

Posted on June 21st, 2009 by Rose Broyles in Blog

Dad got sick last week and we started to get worried again. We took him to Urgent Care and the doctor said he had some pleural effusion in his lungs, which meant that the CHF caused some liquid to collect in his lungs again. “uh oh”, we thought. One thing different this time…we’ve been on top of his breathing treatments religiously.

The doctor gave him a round of antibiotics, upped his water pill for a week and we just brought him back Friday. Everything looks good so far. He is recovering, however, he stopped having a productive cough. So, he had a follow up appointment and the doctor told prescribed him Prednisone to open up his airways. He is still wheezing.

With all of the meds he is on, his blood level (coumadin) is high, so we need to take him YET again for another blood test. Poor Dad, everytime we tell him of a new appointment, he gets frustrated and asks, “why? again? why do I always have to go to the doctor?” . I tell him, “it’s better that we go to the doctor than go to the hospital again!”

We’re trying to prevent that exact thing from happening again……Hopefully, Dad makes a 100% recovery by the end of this week. (cross fingers)