Frustration

I wen to see Edna today. Most of the time she was OK but we had one or two dodgy moments . She insisted that one of the hospital staff was 'from Alma's' i.e. Fosters where she lives. When he said he didn'tknow Alma she got huffy with me. Then she asked me for some money. The 5.00 that vanished on Monday is still missing. She INSISTTED she had had to miss out on a shopping trip becasuse she didn't have any money. With some trepidation I have left her another 5.00 - and told the sister on duty what I had done. I just hope to goodness she doesn't lose it.

She still hasn't started treatment, The patches have been ordered form the company. the expectation is that they will get to QE tomorrow. Which means they shoudl get to Selly Oak on Friday at the latest. But it has been a week since she was diagnosed and the psychaotrist reccomended the treatment. That is a week lost to see how well she will react to it. A week when I could have been spared Mrs Hyde,

The sytem shouldn't be that slow. What I don't know is whether Pharmacy hace cocked up or whether the medical staff ignored the proper protocol. I may contact PALS about this - but its tricky as I'm challenging freinds and former colleagues about their work - just as I am about to start work back with them.

I feel very annoyed, frustrated and upset. I am not exactly over the moon about having come home with more laundry for her. My washing machine is lut of action at the moment due to the renovations in the downstairs cloakroom so I can't do anything for a couple od days anyway. I am really hoping I can accymulate anough for a half load so I can do hers on their own.

I still don't have a clue how to talk deal with her when she is clearly 'surmising' (her word for getting things wrong) .

I was also very worried about how she coped with completeing the menu card. She was going to have cottsage cheese salad with brussel sprouts. Certainly the last time I saw her complete a menu card she was much more with it.Also it we presented with one of the 3 meal selctions (Friday breakfast) folded over so she ignored it , Then when I pointed it out to her she said she she never normally filled in a menu for breakfast.

I get the impression she is worse than she was last week.