David Falls for a Fourth Time

Got a call at 8:30 tomight. Unbelievable. The caregiver was putting him in bed when she had to leave the room for a second to turn off some other tenant's fan. He got out of the wheelchair and fell. They are calling 9-1-1 to have him taken to the emergency room to get x-rayed to see if he rebroke the hip. This is becoming so "normal", I just went back to the Emmy's.

The alarm on his bed is attached to his shirt. Last night he was in bed, took off his shirt (to bypass the alarm), climbed down to where the rails part from the foot of the bed and went into the bathroom.

Just got another call. He refused to go with the paramedics. Was slurring his words. Told the paramedics I was not the power of attorney and didn't make decisions for him. So what's this thing he signed?? I spoke to him on the phone and he said it was a light fall and he didn't think he hurt himself. Again, no connection between breaks and rebreaks and the declining possibility of an ambulatory future.

Anybody out there looking for a low maintenance elderly father figure to dote on in his declining years? Don't forget to check out hobbyperweek.blogspot.com. Good stuff this week.