Pack Up

 Well im afraid its time to pack up early for xmas. lifes throwing us curveballs im afraid . Mommy Dearest had a stroke on Sunday night , we fpund out that the nightstaff at the home dont speak much english so it was fun trying to figure out what was happening until they put the paramedic on the phone , mother is DNR and on end of life care, she has detiorated greatly over the last month i was having to deal with hysterical night staff and  a paramedic who didnt want to take responsibility and intended to take it up the food chain because they couldnt find the correct green form . it was eventually decided to get the on call doctor to come to her , not a big problem as the hospital is just across the car park .  Eventually the english speaking manager and the doctor got back to me, the doctor said he didnt see  the point in her going to the hospital as it would involve a 12 hour wait on a trolley in a corridor before she was even seen , by this time mother had perked up enough to be shouting abuse in the background , the home manager was happy for her to stay there as the missing green form had now been found . The doctor said he was going to sedate her for a couple of days and now we are at the point where despite the stroke shes more alert than she has been for a few weeks and very irate because she has to have a cup of tea in a sippy cup . Who knows ? will she make xmas ? or will her temper kill her . So long as shes safe and well cared for i dont see what else we can do