Eye: Talked to Maggie this morning. She took Mom to eye doctor today. Since Mom's eye is not clearing up, Dr has referred her back to Dr. Ballinger, the specialist who saw Mom earlier this year. He has also taken her off all drops but one until Dr. Ballinger gets a chance to review her case - concerned about "additives" and/or Mom's reaction to meds. Maggie will be taking Mom to Dr. Ballinger tomorrow at 9:30 so we'll have more info then. I'll plan to call Dr. Ballinger after the appt to get direct input.
Cardio: Mom's legs are less swollen, bleeding has stopped and sore is healing, per Maggie. I spoke to Dr. Gaucher's assistant this morning. She gave me the same information re: echo that Maggie had rec'd last week. Mom's heart muscle is weak but stable, essentially the same as the last echo done on 6/07/06 at 20 - 25% (45 - 60% is normal, not 100%).
Also, passed on the info re: swelling, oozing and bleeding legs as well as new dosage for metalactone (not on Mom's chart as of today). Nurse said with all the diuretics (I think 3 of Mom's meds are such) she would expect Mom to be "worn out" and running to the bathroom a lot. She recommended monitoring Mom's fluid intake and not let her "drink sweet tea all day" (a Southern thing). Also monitor her sodium intake (I told her that is not possible). She said just do the best we can. She will pass this info on to Dr. Gaucher and let us know if he wants to see Mom before her Sept pacemaker appt (she didn't expect he would, particularly since her legs look better today).
Cemetery Plot: Lastly, Jamie Westbrooks called this morning and said he found a "very nice spot, right next to a tree", which is hard to find in the area we were looking at. From the comments I have received, I don't think there are any objections to moving forward with the cemetery plot and I'm also assuming we will only consider the one spot for Mom. I am going to go ahead with the arrangements unless there are any objections so please let me know if you have any.
All for now.
3 comments:
I have no objection, but I'd like to know how we plan on paying for it. Out of Mom's income?
The payments for the cemetery expenses can be paid over time. We would pay about $650 now and then $95.64 per month for 5 years. The full balance would be due if Mom were to pass prior to the 5 years. There are no finance charges incurred.
I would think we would be able to pay with Mom's funds with this payment schedule. What do you all think?
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