wewillbeatthis
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Hello,
Ok my ALS family I once again need some advice and a session to vent...
Dad had a weekend full of back pain due to him really doing things that he should not have done on Friday.. In any case this meant that he was tired and in pain on Sunday Fathers Day :-(... Well this morning he awoke and his back was fine and he was in a good mood of course something had to go wrong. My little cousin took a bath in the tub and I forgot to wash it out and therefore the tub became an ice skating rink. I am sooo smart I could hit myself...
In any case this on top of dad being hard headed he decided to hang onto the bar get down on one knee and get the bar of soap (instead of washing with shampoo and waiting for one of us to get it later) So he his foot slid on the slippery tub right ot from behind the other and down he went. No blood thank goodness. However, he did have a red mark on his arm and a little bump on his forehead. He refused to go see the doctor or goto the ER and said he was fine and did not go down hard or very far.
I am worried that he should go see the doctor cause he fell and his head was involved. Is it necessary each and everytime one falls to go to the doctor and or ER? Espcially when the head is involved?
Also, what can we do about this tub, we have bars, treads, and he refuses to use anything else. Mabye he is right perhaps baby soap on the bottom of the tub does make it much to slippery. For this then I am an ass for not thinking of washing it out better.
Each and everytime something like this happens I begin to think right away it is not a normal fall it means it is getting worse... I need help on dealing with all of this and helping him to speak out what is going on.
For instance yesterday he would not do things he normally would do. He would not walk on the stone driveway, to the car without holding onto someone, or on the grass. You ask why and he says cause it is dark and can't feel the ground. What does this mean?
What do we look for to understand if things are getting harder for him?
Jen
Ok my ALS family I once again need some advice and a session to vent...
Dad had a weekend full of back pain due to him really doing things that he should not have done on Friday.. In any case this meant that he was tired and in pain on Sunday Fathers Day :-(... Well this morning he awoke and his back was fine and he was in a good mood of course something had to go wrong. My little cousin took a bath in the tub and I forgot to wash it out and therefore the tub became an ice skating rink. I am sooo smart I could hit myself...
In any case this on top of dad being hard headed he decided to hang onto the bar get down on one knee and get the bar of soap (instead of washing with shampoo and waiting for one of us to get it later) So he his foot slid on the slippery tub right ot from behind the other and down he went. No blood thank goodness. However, he did have a red mark on his arm and a little bump on his forehead. He refused to go see the doctor or goto the ER and said he was fine and did not go down hard or very far.
I am worried that he should go see the doctor cause he fell and his head was involved. Is it necessary each and everytime one falls to go to the doctor and or ER? Espcially when the head is involved?
Also, what can we do about this tub, we have bars, treads, and he refuses to use anything else. Mabye he is right perhaps baby soap on the bottom of the tub does make it much to slippery. For this then I am an ass for not thinking of washing it out better.
Each and everytime something like this happens I begin to think right away it is not a normal fall it means it is getting worse... I need help on dealing with all of this and helping him to speak out what is going on.
For instance yesterday he would not do things he normally would do. He would not walk on the stone driveway, to the car without holding onto someone, or on the grass. You ask why and he says cause it is dark and can't feel the ground. What does this mean?
What do we look for to understand if things are getting harder for him?
Jen