Oh it could have been a disaster. I was out with my Mother the other day. I was happy she was feeling up to going out. The past month has really been a time of tribulation. Her health has hit rock bottom and I was just thankful it was a nice day and she was incredulously feeling up to going out.
Incredibly, she even had the strength to get herself together for the day. Her skin looked great. Her hair looked great. She told me she just wanted to get out the house to go anywhere she just wanted to get out.
Her medical caregiver was able to help get her completely together and assist her with getting in the car. She let her roll out to my car in her wheel chair. And then she helped her get in the car from there. My mother was able to assist with getting herself in the car just find by using the strength in her arms.
I first took her to go visit my brothers. She is wheel chair bound and not able to walk at all anymore. She sat in the car while I went inside and let them know there was someone outside to see the both of them.
They came out to the car and when they saw it was her they were just as happily surprised as I was that she felt up to being out and about. It's been tough this past month and it was good to see a smile on both their faces. I think one of my brothers leaped into the air as he walked away.
Well from there I had to complete a couple of errands and she went along and sat in the car for a brief moment while I got all done what I needed to do. My taking her out for the afternoon completely caught me off guard. She didn't care what I had to do she was ready to go out and I was going to be the one taking her.
After I finished my errands she reminded me she wanted to go to a credit union for an account she had opened back during her working days. I knew she was having a senior moment but to appease her I did exactly as she instructed me to do.
Well we had her walker in the trunk because her riding wheel chair that she rolled out to my car in earlier was definitely not fitting in my car. Her wheel chair we normally travel with was locked up in my brother's SUV.
When we got to the credit union I pulled the walker with the seat that we had brought along out the trunk. Mind you she cannot walk at all. I have taken her other places with her wheel chair but this was the first time ever I had to try and sit her on her walker to roll her around.
Well after I opened the car door and rolled the walker with the seat apparatus on it up to position to get ready to lift her, oh my goodness. Normally when I lift her she is light as a feather weighing less than 100 pounds. This particular day when I went to lift her she was so heavy we both ended up bent down to our knees. I went to lift her from the car and the weight overcame me. I looked up and by the grace of God there was a young man there who helped me keep her from falling and avoid the potential disaster of us both really splattering on the concrete pavement.
I say by the grace of God because I was attempting this on my own and as we were falling I was praying and this man literally out of nowhere and totally unexpected help lift her to the seat. I was so overwhelmed by the vision of how tragically that event was about to end up I don't even think I said thank you until a man in the parking lot hollered to tell the guy it was great what he did. Thankfully, if I hadn't said it before I said thank you then.
Well I was trying to convince my mother that maybe we should just call the credit union or go online and attempt to do what she was trying to transact. She was very adamant that no she wanted to go inside the credit union. I rolled her over to one of the columns. She wanted me to roll her right in. I told her I needed to park the car and then I would roll her inside so I could be with her.
I am realizing no matter how small in size someone is, it pays to be extra careful when handling people when they are ill. As the old saying goes "dead weight is heavy weight". When someone is really ill it seems like they are ten times heavier than what you expected if you're used to assisting them. You can help them position their limbs and all but be really careful when handling lifting their body from one location to another.
I haven't been able to rest peacefully the last two nights now due to the pain in my upper arm. My gut reaction for the pending fall was to cover her.
Well, the incident didn't end our day. We were out late into the night. She wanted to go out to eat which we did and my oldest two granddaughters went along with us. We were a lot more cautious with the ins and outs and ups and downs after the incident earlier in the day which could have ended very badly. I do give praise to Almighty God that it didn't. I truly thank the man who reached in and helped.
Incredibly, she even had the strength to get herself together for the day. Her skin looked great. Her hair looked great. She told me she just wanted to get out the house to go anywhere she just wanted to get out.
Her medical caregiver was able to help get her completely together and assist her with getting in the car. She let her roll out to my car in her wheel chair. And then she helped her get in the car from there. My mother was able to assist with getting herself in the car just find by using the strength in her arms.
I first took her to go visit my brothers. She is wheel chair bound and not able to walk at all anymore. She sat in the car while I went inside and let them know there was someone outside to see the both of them.
They came out to the car and when they saw it was her they were just as happily surprised as I was that she felt up to being out and about. It's been tough this past month and it was good to see a smile on both their faces. I think one of my brothers leaped into the air as he walked away.
Well from there I had to complete a couple of errands and she went along and sat in the car for a brief moment while I got all done what I needed to do. My taking her out for the afternoon completely caught me off guard. She didn't care what I had to do she was ready to go out and I was going to be the one taking her.
After I finished my errands she reminded me she wanted to go to a credit union for an account she had opened back during her working days. I knew she was having a senior moment but to appease her I did exactly as she instructed me to do.
Well we had her walker in the trunk because her riding wheel chair that she rolled out to my car in earlier was definitely not fitting in my car. Her wheel chair we normally travel with was locked up in my brother's SUV.
When we got to the credit union I pulled the walker with the seat that we had brought along out the trunk. Mind you she cannot walk at all. I have taken her other places with her wheel chair but this was the first time ever I had to try and sit her on her walker to roll her around.
Well after I opened the car door and rolled the walker with the seat apparatus on it up to position to get ready to lift her, oh my goodness. Normally when I lift her she is light as a feather weighing less than 100 pounds. This particular day when I went to lift her she was so heavy we both ended up bent down to our knees. I went to lift her from the car and the weight overcame me. I looked up and by the grace of God there was a young man there who helped me keep her from falling and avoid the potential disaster of us both really splattering on the concrete pavement.
I say by the grace of God because I was attempting this on my own and as we were falling I was praying and this man literally out of nowhere and totally unexpected help lift her to the seat. I was so overwhelmed by the vision of how tragically that event was about to end up I don't even think I said thank you until a man in the parking lot hollered to tell the guy it was great what he did. Thankfully, if I hadn't said it before I said thank you then.
Well I was trying to convince my mother that maybe we should just call the credit union or go online and attempt to do what she was trying to transact. She was very adamant that no she wanted to go inside the credit union. I rolled her over to one of the columns. She wanted me to roll her right in. I told her I needed to park the car and then I would roll her inside so I could be with her.
I am realizing no matter how small in size someone is, it pays to be extra careful when handling people when they are ill. As the old saying goes "dead weight is heavy weight". When someone is really ill it seems like they are ten times heavier than what you expected if you're used to assisting them. You can help them position their limbs and all but be really careful when handling lifting their body from one location to another.
I haven't been able to rest peacefully the last two nights now due to the pain in my upper arm. My gut reaction for the pending fall was to cover her.
Well, the incident didn't end our day. We were out late into the night. She wanted to go out to eat which we did and my oldest two granddaughters went along with us. We were a lot more cautious with the ins and outs and ups and downs after the incident earlier in the day which could have ended very badly. I do give praise to Almighty God that it didn't. I truly thank the man who reached in and helped.
