This morning first thing I pulled all the sheets off the beds and tossed them into the washer, and then the dryer. Cheryl was coming for her every other week cleaning of our house, and then she will remake the beds with clean sheets. Nice!
While Cheryl cleans she likes for us to go somewhere so she can make a clean sweep, so to speak, with no interruptions. That works well for us, too. So we planned to head for Muncie and visit Mother and Dave. Before we left, we had a phone call from the Golden Living Center that Mother had had a little fall when she got out of bed to go to the bathroom - no injuries, all was well. This was just the first in a whole series of events that didn't go so well today.
When we arrived in Mother's room, we were greeted by a not-very-happy Mother. She seemed disoriented, shaky, and just plain fuzzy headed. Here, too, the beds were all stripped for laundering and changing. They had also opened the blinds wide, and pulled back the curtain separating Mother from her room mate. Evidently the room was to get a good cleaning today. But this was upsetting Mother completely. She told us at least ten times that they took all her covers, and where was she to sleep.
Each time we told her again that things were being washed and they would remake her bed. She would say okay, and then in a few minutes worry again over the missing sheets and blanket.
When we took a little walk, Mother seemed tired and shaky. I think she was missing her morning nap that she takes after breakfast. When we gave her a cup of coffee, she took a sip and it went down the wrong pipe so that she choked and spit it all out. All in all, it was a most fretful visit.
Then we went to the skilled nursing side to get Dave, and brought him down to the dining room for his coffee and roll. That all went well until the alarms starting ringing for a fire drill. We then had to take him to a new location behind the fire doors. Finally, when we were sure that all was well, we returned him to the activity lounge and headed for home. Just another in a series of miscues.
Oh, and I forgot to mention, that on the way over we drove through a downpour! It was just a day for things to go wrong. I hope our next trip to Muncie will be calm and serene.
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