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Ugggg! This am while giving Mom a shower (on the toilet) I hit myself in the lower lip with the metal bar of the hoyer lift. Thought I knocked my teeth out. I didn't...just have a big lower lip. I am sick of hurting myself. It has gotten so difficult showering Mom. I only do it once a week...

Oh man, I just need to vent. I know I need to be thankful and grateful for every day and I am really. And I am so grateful for the help I have already gotten...thank you Stu! But.....so the office of the aging has decided that they want to help keep seniors in their homes as opposed to a nursing...

So how do you do it when it is you and your PALS and no one else during the day. I am having a difficult time . I have started to use a hoyer lift to get Mom to the commode but I have to pull her pants down then wipe then pants back up. I am so sore and so tired. I have been crying all day. The...

I'm sorry, I know this is probably not the right spot for this. I did post it in the equipment spot but I didn't get any responses. I am giving away my used vitamix. It still works, liquifies anything (even pizza). Great for peg tube feedings. I want to give it to someone here rather then sell...

Ok, I'm not finding anything on this anywhere. The Flu is going around our house. Yes, we had our shots...so much for that. I am afraid Mom is now sick with it. She keeps saying her stomach hurts. She is on a vent and has a feeding tube. I am afraid of what will happen if she vomits. I am not...

Mom lead her team, Maryann's Maniacs across the Railroad Walkway Bridge in Poughkeepsie on Sunday! It was so awesome. Our local paper captured a photo of her from behind with her vent and suction machine. We raised over $55,000. Great time! Just wanted to share.

Mom fell again. Going just about 7 steps from the toilet to her bed. Legs just wouldn't move. She fell on the side of her leg and her knee is swollen. Spent the day in bed yesterday. She is up today but I had to do a sponge bath and she cannot stand up at all. God give me strength to do this. I...

Not sure where I should put this thread but here is what happened..... I am so so aggreviated and frustrated. Mom's Dynoavox got a virus. We have a friend who is a computer tech for a living and so he tried to fix it. He tried contacting the Dynavox people many times by phone and email. He...

Mom had another fall today. Of course it was when I decided NOT to follow behind her in her wheelchair to the bathroom. Her left leg is really weak even with her braces on. I keep wondering if a different kind of brace might help. Of course I was alone with her. I got her up to a seated position...

We finally got to get away for 3 days. We had a family member who is a nurse's tech and has sat with Mom when she first came home a few days a week for a couple of hours each day. She knows the routine. She has suctioned, was trained by our resp therapist, has fed Mom. I tried to make it as...