Dad went back up north again this afternoon after accompanying mom. He will be back down here again on Thursday evening as Doctor needs to re-evaluate mom's situation after her one and half week long of medication. To see if she has any positive reaction towards the dosage given. She seemed better than she first arrived here last week Saturday. It has to be the medication and enough sleep she is getting in the ward. Puts her mind off things and separates her from her usual dealing with those that contributed to her illness. Doctor had us to go to make an appointment with the radiology unit for her CTG brain scan. Just to be safe, as it might be the cause to her illness. Just to be safe...
Mom made friends with some patient inside the ward. She tells me that they eat together, they chit chat when its not visiting hours, they invited her to play UNO together with them in the ward... that explains why she was not feeling that lonely when dad and I weren't there 24/7 with her. Anyways the visiting hours at the psychiatric ward is strictly 3pm-7pm only.
Doc met up with dad and I this morning to discuss about mom. Just to cross-check our story with hers, so as to see if she is hallucinating or just plainly sane enough to differentiate now and then. Doc then informed us about the medication she has to take daily, I asked about side-effects, he told us about the price that is going to cost us monthly and when we could actually notice the medicine takes for a better reaction. Fair enough... dad is going to pay for her medication monthly, while Hubby and I are going to take care of her in our home from now onwards. At least with me, she will listen and take her medication. If left with my father, confirmed she would miss her medication and then we will be back into square one. Dad promised to visit her twice monthly as he has his work to do up north.
Mom did mention a few times that she wish to go back Penang at least for a few days to see to the house, to make sure that everything that can go rotten gets thrown out and wants to pack more clothes down here. BUT for now, I am going to make her stay until her CTG scan, then allow her to go back only during the weekend and make darn sure that my dad is with her 24/7 and that he makes sure that she takes her medication without fail.
Life is going to be a challenge in this house now... wish all of us luck!
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