My Mother wants to sleep in her own bed

Jamál (Beauty), 11 Nur (Light), 165 B.E. – Sunday, June 15, 2008 about 4:02 PM PDT

One week ago, I took my mother to the urgent care and then to the hospital. The doctor removed the infection from her leg and she now has a hole in her leg. She is sleeping in the hospital bed, which is in the dining room because it is easier to elevate her leg. It is also easier for the nurses who come in each day to change the dressing on her leg if she is in the hospital bed. Anyway Mom wants to sleep in her own bed but she cannot until the leg is healed.

She is doing well most of the time. When the nurse changes the dressing it hurts when the old bandage is removed. Mom is especially sensitive to pain. She cries when they remove the bandage. The doctor prescribed a pain pill, which I give her about a half hour before they remove the bandage. The pill helps a little, but it does not eliminate the pain entirely.

She is doing well. Today the nurse said that there is no infection and that the pain means the wound is healing. Mom misses sleeping in her own bed. She misses doing the housework she did just a week ago. I miss hearing her gripe when she is folding sheets. I know that sounds weird, that she gripes folding sheets even though she likes to do housework. The fitted sheets that are the problem, they do not fold properly.

I will be glad when she can go back to her own bed. She would rather take a nap in her bed then n the hospital bed. This time when she is finished with the bed, I am going to call them and have them take it away.