Hello again
I arrived at mom's place early today, so I can spend more time with her. Instead of just feeding her and then getting her into bed. I wanted to sit and talk, joke around.
When I arrived, mom's hair was looking pretty hard and it seems that there was allot of hair spray in it. I walk up to her, and while telling her that I need to brush her hair. One of the staff told me that, while down getting her hair done, mom hit one of the hair dressers. So they brought her back up stairs.
This is another reason I need to be closer to mom, so I can go with her to these things and have mom remain calm. Or not hit them.
Actually, the staff can stop mom's roommate from having her TV on past 8 pm and all night long. And take the remote away from her. So mom can get some sleep. Proper sleep. Tonight, she had her TV so loud, I had to turn mom's stereo up past 12, it is never more than 7 or 8.
This is gone on long enough. What will happen is mom will become weaker and weaker and than not even want to eat. Because she is so tired. Then she dies.
And I will sue the home for negligence and undo harm. Abuse is what this is called. They just refuse to do anything about it. And it has been since this women moved in and that is about 6 months now. I told the manager then and she said that she would do something about it.
6 months latter and nothing. Take the f... in remote away. Tell her daughters that she needs to have the TV off at night so other's, mom, can get the proper sleep she needs.
Now I got mom to eat as much as she could. Most of the avocado and the papaya, a mango, most of her dinner. But she was very tired and wanted to go to bed. Towards the end, mom started to hit me again. She just wanted to go to bed.
This is Al Hoggs fault, the manager, the care aids, the social worker, the occupational worker, and the nurses. It is all their fault. They are, in my opinion, the management that is. Worthless at keeping any sort of promise. Just as the PGT is.
The both are infamous for abuse of their clients. Seniors abuse is a huge issue that needs to be addressed.
Anyway, mom was aggressive, until I started on her spa treatment and then became extremely calm after I finished her foot massage. I did extra tonight for her.
By the time I left mom was completely relaxed and ready for sleep. I told her about my day, and it was not a very good day for me. I asked her to stop hitting me in the face. But because of the disease. I know better.
She is aggressive to the one's she loves.
But today, which made me cry, mom said my name. It is the first time, mom, Mary, has clearly said my name in many years. It was so touching. I needed to cry.
But I was emotional anyways today.
I had an appointment to have my hearing tested. The doctor wanted to find out if my hearing has/had something to do with my vertigo (dizziness). As I get dizzy and fall over. So it is one of the first things to see if this is the cause of the problem.
I get their thinking that just a hearing test and maybe it is a inner ear problem that is causing my falling over.
I had the test done, when finished the doctor told me to sit down. I thought OK, I have a inner ear problem and now we can do something about this falling.
Well, to my surprise, the doctor tells me that I am loosing my hearing. I said, pardon me, as I looked at him in a stunned manner.
He repeated himself, saying that I am loosing my hearing and I need hearing aids. Again I said, pardon me, you said aids, as in plural. My right ear, correct, just for my right ear.
No, he said, both ears. I need them right away, as my hearing is getting worse.
I am, at this point, stunned. I go into the office to find out why I am falling over and getting dizzy. Not to be told that I am loosing my hearing and need hearing aids.
He tells me do I want to proceed and get the hearing aids. I say, How Much.
Now this is a huge shock for me, when he tells me the price. $5000. - $6000. yes thousand of dollars. I don't have any kind of medical plan. And what I am on, does not cover the cost of the hearing aids.
If I were on disability, I would be covered. But I am not and I don't have that kind of money.
I now, not only need to raise money to move to White Rock, but I need to get money to purchase hearing aids. Yes, again, plural. Both ears.
Where the hell I am going to come up with $10,000.00 to move to White Rock and get the hearing aids.
This hearing loss has only happened in the last three months. I noticed when it started. What kind of crap is this.
I am a game to GOD, HE must be laughing extremely hard today. I am not.
I was on the phone, right away, trying to find out if I am covered for hearing aids. Not by social services. Then I phone to find out if fair pharmacare would cover this cost. They tell me that if anything it would be only a small percent of it. As in 20 - 30 %, if they will cover the cost.
I went into find out about my falling over, and came out finding out I am loosing my hearing, and need hearing aids.
So I was in White Rock during this. And went to see mom, right after my appointment and all the calls I made.
So I was a little bit in shock, and emotional. You see I have nobody I can talk to about this. No one at all.
Now I went to see mom, to find out she is in distress today and aggressive. When she started to hit me, I tired to explain to her that I am loosing my hearing and today, please try or not hit me. I understand the disease, but today, it hurt emotionally and the slap across the face actually hurt me physically.
I don't even have a dollar to my name right now, let alone what I need to move and get the hearing aids.
This place, I saw, yesterday, is perfect. Extremely close, and the landlord likes me and wants me to move in. I need to come up with everything I need, now, not in a week or two. I need to move. The house I live in is sold and the new owners don't want someone living downstairs. They want to rent it out to one of their relatives. My roommate has no problem with a new place. He actually found a place and will be living by himself.
This leaves me and my falling apart body.
It has been a very different day.
I need to fix this situation for mom. Mom needs to get proper sleep, to keep healthy.
I need to go now. I need some sleep. I am very stressed out right now.
Well I am going to try crowd funding again on Indigogo. Maybe this time it might work. Maybe I could get the helf I need to get the hearing aids.
GOD Bless and good night.
Kris Schmuland.
