During the errand running for repair supplies I also had to stop for some Medical supplies. They are so expensive. But Mama is getting bedsores. The treatments for bedsores that the doctor offers just do not work at all. They seem to have the attitude that she doesn't have much longer to live anyway, so just let the Bedsore take it's course and give her lots of pain medications to keep the edge off. So I researched it online and found several alternatives.
First, there's an Ointment called "Wound Be Gone," but it's $25 for a very small tube. If it works, it's worth it. I can't stand listening to Mama cry because her bottom hurts all night in bed and again all day sitting in the chair. She has one small bedsore about the size of a half dollar, that is red with maybe one layer or two of skin off it, right in the center top of her buttocks. I ordered the ointment ($25) and some bedsore Foam Bandages (another $25) online. I then went to the Medical Supply store for some necessities and other bedsore helpers. I purchased some lambskin to go under her on the bed and chairs ($30 for a small piece), a rubber sheet incase she messes up her bed again ($30), cloth panties that go over the pull ups diapers so she doesn't squirt out the leg again ($23), a bed pan (plastic because that was only $13 while the metal one was $100), foam bandages (just two singles because they were $7 each, and I cut them into pieces to go further), a long plastic body length bib ($13, because she spills water and Food all over her when she eats and the laundry is killing me), and some small items. All together it was nearly $200. Looks like we'll be scrimping on food again this month.
Scrimping on food doesn't hurt us that much, because my mother being at the end of her hospice care barely eats anything. Her foods are mostly things she is willing to eat which are few and far. They consist of a fried potato for breakfast, a couple puddings during the day, another fired potato for dinner, and lots of water. I don't know how a person can hold on eating so little and losing so much weight.
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