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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been saying snf since you posted about back burnering your job.  Where do you live?  Maybe we can recommend places.[/quote]

This is OP- We’re in Ashburn.  Hoping to move her in the next day or two to skilled nursing, asking if Johnson Center at Falcons Landing or Heritage Hall has space.  Heritage Hall is highly recommended for people with her issues but it’s a shared room so that isn’t ideal for her- my grandmother (her MiL) was in a nursing home with a shared room for about 10 years before she passed and it is absolutely my moms worst nightmare.

She was incredibly agitated last night when I had to leave her, I feel so awful for her because I know it’s comforting for her when I'm around, and it’s scary when I'm not.  But I can’t be there 24/7.  And if I’m honest with myself she will have no recollection of this hospitalization.  Although it’s incredibly traumatic for me.

So the current plan is skilled nursing with a sitter/aid/advocate for when I can’t be there.  She’s got such a host of issues though that I’m hoping they’ll be able to help her regain enough strength to be able to be mobile again.  Unfortunately due to the holidays PT has only been by once since Friday and she was only up once,  with the help of two people, for about 10 minutes, then immediately fell asleep from the exertion.

I feel like this road has been so long already but we’re only just beginning (again).  I just want to do right by my mom but man this is the hardest season of my life.  Thanks for the continued support and just being a place where I can let my feelings out.[/quote]

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