Here's what we accomplished today:
We removed all the towering bins from Peggy's room (Peggy agreed to this for the comfort and safety of the caregivers!)
Peggy began sorting through all of it with Lisa and Marvel
We reorganized the corner where the wheelchair goes - by the way, I forgot that I removed the private hire drawer and have the time sheets in the office - I know I have to print more, sorry, I'll take care of it tomorrow! I will be finding a new place for the time sheets...maybe we should have cubbies for the private hires! :) Also, Eric installed a lamp in that corner...
Karen and Judy cleaned A LOT in Peggy's room and did the floors. We put in a new rug under Peggy's bed!
Eric installed new wonderful speakers on both sides of Peggy's bed so that Peggy will be able to hear the TV! This was Pat Gamble's fabulous idea and she generously donated towards the cause for Peggy's birthday. Thank you Pat! So awesome! Eric is also setting up the receiver to control Peggy's itunes so that everything will be controlled by one receiver - he's so handy :)
We organized the DVDs/CDs and shelves below the TV.
Also as part of the household improvements, we installed some solar lights along the pathway so that it won't be so dark when caregivers leave at night...
Last, but not least, Eric and his friends Casey and Ari trimmed the lychee tree in the backyard - it has so much fruit!!! See photos below. Please help yourself to lychee - we have lychee coming out of our ears!
I know that there is more, but that's all my tired brain can think of right now. Tomorrow we are going to bug bomb Peggy's room, tackle Peggy's "half-room" and bathroom, and try to organize the CHAOS in the living room that we created today. Ugh.
A few other things...
We have a PM gel delivery tomorrow. I know we've been running low and thankfully our hero, Recky, went out and bought some last night to get us through until our order arrives. I have a few things to say about our PM issue:
First of all, we have a theory on Peggy's eyes - they have been red a lot lately and it seems to have started when the fan was moved over to the hoyer side of the room (this is actually Lolo's brilliant theory!). So I have moved the fan, let's try it and see if it helps.
Second, we need to be a bit more conservative with the PM. At the risk of sounding like Elroy (ha ha), we have been going through over a tube a day of the stuff and it doesn't grow on trees!!! The thing is, when her eyes are so red and irritated that it just falls right out of her eye, it is useless. Please be sure to patch Peggy's eye as soon as it looks red (if she says OK). Perhaps we can also use more of the Refresh liqui-gel to flush her eyes instead of just lubing her up with PM all the time. Let's just be conscious of the cost of the PM when we're using it. I know it is a Catch 22, since her eyes NEED it, but we need to find the balance.
Also, I will try next time to order the PM more in advance. Please try to let me know when we are running low - let me know when we have about 10 or 15 tubes left since it could take up to a week for the order to come in. Also, if I have already put the order in to Pacific Health Pharmacy, please DO NOT call them to check on the order - I will do this. This can cause confusion and delay the order delivery. There was some confusion this time because they thought that they heard that she only needed some to get by and not the full order. Long story short, I will be their main contact for the over the counter meds like PM gel. Thanks guys!
One more thing - today a mystery was solved! Lisa told us that she knows how Peggy's trach balloon got stained! She said that Nurse Eric accidentally squirted the peridium (UTI med) all over Peggy - it is yellow and it went everywhere, including the balloon!
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