Seems sometimes the people you are trying to help are the ones sabotaging the "rescue" efforts. After the way things went down at Mom's birthday party... my Sister really stepped up to help me figure out how to rectify the situation.
My Sister went over to my parents house numbered all of my Mom's medications.She bought a pill box and sorted all of the medication out so that it can be done easily by my Mom or Dad weekly. Part of the issue is that my Mom's concept of time is completely backwards and I think often times she over medicates herself without realizing it because she thinks more time has passed that what actually has. It was amazing the turn around in her "behavior" once she started to take the right dose.
Of course, things aren't perfect but you can see glimpses of my Mom which I feared were long gone. We also tried to send a letter to my Mom's doctor since neither one of us could attend the appointment asking him to get permission from my Mom to discuss some of the issues we were concerned about. My Mom's hair and teeth are falling out... and she has some pretty classic signs of Toxic Chemical Poisioning... of course we aren't doctors but the symptoms surely point that direction. Unfortunately, the letter got into my parents hands and they never delivered it to the doctor. I think my Mom was too concerned about loosing her pain medications that she didn't want to risk it! SABATOGED... and FRUSTRATED... most days I wonder if it is worth the fight!
I guess we will see if this additional back procedure will help and if so hopefully the pain meds will slowly disappear!
On a happier note... Deven is back to work! :)
