John's day was a little better for most of the day. The lady from Home Care came and did an evaluation. Although she says I am doing too much and need help, we could not really come up with many ways they could help me. Because it is a government program there are all sorts of strings attached. I can have someone come and stay with John while I go out but they would not be allowed to give meds by tube feeding - so not a lot of help. They will send in someone once a week to help bath John - and we will try that. But it will cost $25.00 each time they come and I will have to see if it is really worth it.
Her suggestion was that I might try and hire someone privately that would be able to do more things that would be helpful, but I will have to explore that and it's possibilities.
The best thing she could offer was that she will send over a physiotherapist to give me help in transferring John in and out of bed etc. But I don't know when that will happen.
Zeke came over tonight and fixed my car - just a loose connection on the alternator. So I have wheels again. hallelujah.
John has had a lot of saliva today and he has been coping with it by stuffing kleenex in his mouth and chewing on it and soaking up the saliva that way. He is on his second box of kleenex today!
That's all for now.
Not sure how to rate today.
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