Boom 30 - Autumn
10-09-2023, 05:50 AM
#711
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Traveling the USA
Posts: 2,312
Log, my prayers go up. You and mom need help. Are you getting any? Even someone to bathe him? Or take A few hours? You need to take care of yourself so you can take care of him. I know you know it, but just a reminder that you aren’t alone.
10-09-2023, 11:03 AM
#714
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: DeWitt, MI
Posts: 160
Originally Posted by LogCabin82
It has been an extremely exhausting week for me and my mom. My dad has late stage Parkinson’s disease and he’s requiring more and more help. We have to monitor his meds because he forgets to take them and when he misses a dose he requires much more hands on care. I’ve been trying to get him to walk a little every day because he has grown weak from sitting so much and he’s bent real forward when he walks. I don’t mind taking care of my dad, but I feel like I’m a nurse 24/7 now, instead of just at work. I’m trying to encourage him as much as possible to walk, because if he ends up in a wheelchair I don’t think mom and I will be able to care for him. I’ve already hurt my back supporting his weight and balance when he walks, so I have a nice big heating pad on right now. My mom doesn’t have the skill set to do nurse care like I do, so this is all very stressful for her and overwhelming, It’s been a very rough week and won’t be getting any easier. 
10-09-2023, 11:21 AM
#715
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: DeWitt, MI
Posts: 160
Originally Posted by terriamn
Also sending hugs LogCabin, you and your mom must be exhausted.
10-09-2023, 11:47 AM
#717
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: NC
Posts: 3,769
Originally Posted by Duckling
Here are a couple more blocks. Each one is the result of an assembly mistake and a re-sew! You'd think at this age I'd slow down and get it right the first time! Hope you like them. All2pieces, yours is a take on the international maritime alphabet flag letter Z which means - "Request a tug" - and T which means "all clear". But not in the right colors so no assistance from other ships!
10-09-2023, 02:01 PM
#720
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Connellsville Pa
Posts: 1,702
Originally Posted by LogCabin82
It has been an extremely exhausting week for me and my mom. My dad has late stage Parkinson’s disease and he’s requiring more and more help. We have to monitor his meds because he forgets to take them and when he misses a dose he requires much more hands on care. I’ve been trying to get him to walk a little every day because he has grown weak from sitting so much and he’s bent real forward when he walks. I don’t mind taking care of my dad, but I feel like I’m a nurse 24/7 now, instead of just at work. I’m trying to encourage him as much as possible to walk, because if he ends up in a wheelchair I don’t think mom and I will be able to care for him. I’ve already hurt my back supporting his weight and balance when he walks, so I have a nice big heating pad on right now. My mom doesn’t have the skill set to do nurse care like I do, so this is all very stressful for her and overwhelming, It’s been a very rough week and won’t be getting any easier.
Last edited by Lstew2212; 10-09-2023 at 02:09 PM.
