Saturday, November 5, 2011
One step back...
Bit of a setback today... dad was back in a wheelchair following yesterday's movements with the wheelie walker. He had fallen twice... again... didn't break anything. In his determination to get up and moving, he does not have the insight to realize his limitations. Just wants to get a move on. Not sure I entirely understand this determination to get moving... as when he was on his own at home, he spent hours sitting in his blue La-Z-Boy chair. No doubt the whole experience from falling, to the hospital, to the plane trip to the new facilty has been very unsettling for him. Unsettling for anyone, let alone someone living with Parkinson's disease.
I had to sign a form giving the go-ahead for him to be restrained in his chair. It is for his own good, but not something you want to do. They just cannot have eyes on him all the time, and he is so quick, he can bail out of his chair before anyone can get over to assist him.
Before when he was having falls, I panicked as the pressure was all on me to take care of him. Plus I was worried we'd never get out of BC. This time when I heard about the falls, I just laughed. He is a monkey to keep on insisting that he is ok on his own. I know he is in good hands now and I can breathe easy(ier).
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