Wednesday September 27th 2023

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Specializes in Med surg, cardiac, case management.

Stars I agree, getting assigned as her POA as well is probably going to be necessary

NJ22 glad your sister found the neurologist helpful

Tweety I've met quite a few people with that conversational style

Ado I like to make sure everything is exactly right  too, and hate tech problems

Work wasn't too bad, although between a 2 hour meeting and a new case I didn't really have time to help anyone else, and had to eat lunch during the meeting.  Decided to go back to decaf, since starting regular tea have noticed my anxiety rising

Afterwards went out to a local Italian place with the church group, this time we only had 6 people.  Good food, but the conversation was a bit dull as much of it was about former church members and ministers from long ago.  A disadvantage of being part of a church with so many long time members

Tonight will do the grocery shopping after work, and see if I can get some exercise in

Will be a cooler day in the upper 60s, with rain expected

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Specializes in RETIRED Cath Lab/Cardiology/Radiology.

Good morning all!

It is nice to read about the "new" dogs, No Stars and nursej22!  So glad they are settling in well.  I look forward to reading more about them!

Joe, hope today's work is not as pressured as yesterday's.  Was the Italian food good?  What did you order?

We've had a quiet few days here.  We are in Observation Mode, as our Manx cat, Toby, is off his feed.  He has been on medication for hyperthyroidism for, I think, 6 months now.  Doing better, gained a little weight (but he could use more).  In the last week or so, he has been more lethargic, and not eating.  Dh says he noticed some yellowish diarrhea in one of the litter boxes (one Toby usually frequents).  We called his Vet, and we have an appt on Friday.  Today he seems brighter and is eating a little better.  We will continue observing.  It's a good thing we cancelled our camping trip, earlier, or we'd have been gone this week and not been able to observe.   Our friends are all up at the campsite.  We had planned to go up for a day to jam, and still may do so if we see Toby is improving. 

That's about it from here!  Have a good day and evening!

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Specializes in Public Health, TB.

Greetings. I have 2 snorting/snoring dogs cuddling up to me. Finally, they are calm. They were going nuts this morning, zooming around the house, finding every loose sock and shoe and piling them in front of the fireplace. We've been going out in the yard almost hourly. Only 2 wees in the house today. I went with youngest ds to his sleep study follow up appointment. They want him to start using a CPAP asap, but with his insurance, he can't get until Friday. I skipped volunteering at the demo garden this morning. Volunteering will be done for the year in a few weeks. 


I hope Toby is feeling better. It's so tough when they can't tell you how they feel.

Regarding people dominating the convo—many of my former coworkers were like that. I've been with dh long enough to know what subjects to stay away from, that get him riled up, like minimum wage. 
Tech. Ugh. I am hopeless unless it can be fixed with turn it off and turn it back on, LOL.
 

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

Took Momo with me to pay the cable bill, and go to the pet store, and then we stopped by the lawyers office and spoke with the very nice and extremely intelligent receptionist who has been there forever. This whole POA thing is confusing to me; it can't be transferred to me, I can only be made a guardian of Nannie, and I THINK she said that being married to hubby would make me his POA, but I'm not sure about that. And also, something about if we sell the house "you better do it now"(?) because hubby's stupid brother can actually step in and file something with the courts if hubby were to pass. Also, I have to find our wills and Advanced Directives, and a few other forms we signed. It is frustratingly confusing, and I can't explain it sufficiently to hubby, so we are going to have to make an appt w the lawyer and get things set up as well we can, considering the situation with him and Nannie: also,  I can only get guardianship (not POA) over Nannie which I am not sure I really WANT, but may have to do. I am not sure how that affects the house and property, but it is NOT a smooth path to follow and NOT as simple as hubby thinks it is.

Just more manure to pile into the wheelbarrow that *I* have to push or pull. Might I just say:  OH CRAP!! ?

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

Stars, Hubs is a guardian for Gma. It was done that way back when all 3 "kids" were alive and well. Gma's dementia was becoming bad enough that she wasn't handling her finances and things were getting bad but she wouldn't willingly give up control so they stepped in and got the guardianship. They had to (and Hubs has to) keep records in case he has to justify to the court how he is handling her finances. I have no standing and I don't know exactly who would be able to manage her affairs if something happened to Hubs. Something we need to address, as I have said before. She has 9 living adult grandchildren as well as greats and great-greats of which I have lost count. She and GPA had a will which would still be in effect for anything remaining when she dies. So it will have to go through probate. Ugh. What a mess. 

 

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

Jiminy Crickets, I never thought about having to keep records and account for what we spend of her money....one week we buy groceries and one week she buys them, sometimes I pay for her disposables and sometimes she does. Same with the take-out meals. It just depends. Her SS check comes at the beginning of a month, hubby's is in the third week of the month and mine is in the last week of the month. If one of us needs refills and the other of us is low on dough, we switch that around too. I can't hardly see how any board or panel or lawyer/CPA assigned by the court would approve of the loose way we handle things. I'm serious, now I REALLY don't want guardianship! Glad to know that ahead of time. 

Just as hubby was getting in bed, I told him his Xanax bottle has "no refill" on it, ie he HAS TO see the doctor. Then HE said, he figured out that he is going to call our doctor (tomorrow?) and see if he will put him in the hospital. For his stomach woes, his breathing, his weakness in his legs, and the big ETC:   his continuous drinking. He doesn't eat right, but sometimes he just nibbles or doesn't eat much at all. I have to get on him about eating something so his insulin shot has something to work with. And he needs to tell the doctor he is VERY depressed, that he just doesn't make any attempt to take care of himself. 

Trying NOT to think about where I'd end up living or how I would support myself on just my SS check....can't help wondering how all this is going to land. At least right now I don't have to do anything, but I believe it would behoove me to start getting more info about the various "what if's" so I don't end up living in an appliance box under a highway. Guess I shoulda started getting paid for my labor here waaaaaay long time ago. Oh well, shoulda. coulda, woulda. Way to bum myself out. Boooo-hooo ! 

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