SSIL and I took the new commuter train into the city today to play for the day, and after a good day and just about ready to head back toward the train station, I get a call from an aide at PG's assisted living. PG has fallen and cut her hand--"It may need stitches, but I've got the bleeding stopped." So, I say that it'll take a while for us to get there, but we're on our way. We arrive at PG's room and she's sideways in the bed. I ask what she's doing and she looks kinda crazy. I check out her hand and it's just a skin tear--nothing to stitch--but some skin is missing. SSIL and I straighten her in bed, SSIL stays with her while I head to the store to get a special bandage that I think will be convenient for her...three stores later I finally find something close to what I want and return to put it on her hand. SSIL quietly tells me that she says that "the wall pulled her into it". He kinda laughed and said, "come on". She got mad at him (w-o-w) and kinda yelled at him, "you don't know!" So, I encouraged her to ask the aides for help for every little thing she needs and that the aides are just outside her room--not far away. She replies that they're having a party out there. She tells SSIL that I don't understand, that those girls don't come right away..."No duh!" We've been trying to teach her patience for almost two years now. Attention! All old farts out there in the world: No one will magically appear as soon as you push the button--it'll take a minute or two, so hold your pants on!!!!!!!
So after thinking about it for several hours now, I've informed SSIL that tomorrow we will buy some "pull-ups", and tell PG that if the aide takes too long, "go" in the pull-up (it's safer that the waste paper basket), and then when the aide arrives she can help her...it's better than falling and killing yourself!!
Looking on the bright side...PG has been back at the assisted living for 3 weeks now and this was the first phone call I've gotten.
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Question: Why didn't the Aide's station have a bandage? This is weird to me, but maybe they don't handle boo-boos?
They had wrapped it nicely in a gauze bandage. But there's no way that PG would have left it alone. I bought a bandage that is smooth and waterproof--you've probably never seen one before--they're mostly used in hospitals.
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