Today was my respite day but by 12:00 when the support worker came, I had just managed to get John up and into his chair. No sooner had I left, than he began to have a really bad attack.
By the time I got back, 4 hours later, the worker was quite upset. John had been rigid and sliding out of his chair and she had tried to get his repositioned but found it too hard. She says she will not attempt that again. She had also changed his t shirt because it was so wet from the sweat. She was very concerned. I wouldn't be surprised if we have a different worker next week.
The only positive today was that John began to feel better about 8:00pm
One of my main tasks for today was to return a commode to the Red Cross as we could only have it on loan for 3 months which was up today. I have since bought a second hand one. The Langley Red Cross is way up at the north end of the city. It is quite a distance from where we live. I headed there first, only to discover they are only open in the morning (I did know that but had forgotten). So I will have to make another trip tomorrow to return it. Otherwise I got all my other errands done.
The company returned John's suction machine today and it seems to be working fine.
Margie came over to help me put some stuff in storage She went home about 8:30pm and was just in the door when she received a call saying that her Uncle Jack had been hit and killed by a car. He was in his late 80's - a bachelor, and she is his nearest next of kin. He often came over to be with her for any special events, and has been with us for the last two Christmas' He lived in Port Coquitlam. We were all very fond of him. He was a wonderful Christian man and will be greatly missed by his many friends in his church and community. I am hoping I can get respite to enable me to go to the funeral once we know when it is.
Two thumbs down for today.
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