I left the house at 9am this morning to go see my mom and take her the new medication dispensing machine. I talked to her on the phone before I left and told her not to take her morning meds as I will have them dispense her dosage for this morning so she can see how it works.
First I had to find her wi-fi password, LOL. I knew it was on the back of her modem and I didn't think I had changed it from that and I didn't. Then I loaded the rest of her pills and her vitamin and asked her what time she usually takes her morning and evening. She's not really sure...(which is part of the problem!). We decided on 8:30am and 6:30pm. She kept being concerned "what if I'm not in my apartment at that time? I'm like well, you have to be in your apartment at some time every morning and every evening to take your pills, no matter what. If we find those times aren't working for you, I can adjust the times from my phone. Then she was concerned about the noise it makes when pulling out each pill before it dispenses. It's really not that loud and only lasts maybe 20 seconds. She's worried it's going to bother the neighbors. I told her this kitchen wall is next to a storage room and then the elevator on the other side. There is no one that it will bother. Then she's worried if she's not there and it chimes it'll bother someone. I said its no louder than your phone or tv on.
I'm sure she'll get used to it. I'm going to call her this evening just before the 6:30 time so I can be on the phone with her when it notifies her it's time to take. It was a relief to leave there for about the first time and know she's now going to be getting her meds every day. She has missed quite a few and I'm guessing her telling me some Sundays that she filled her pill box, she really hadn't.
I didn't stay long after that. I had groceries to pick up and didn't want to leave dh alone too long. Though he is starting to feel better today and hasn't taken the strong pain med since yesterday afternoon. Still pretty darn sore, from 4 incisions, of course, but manageable pain.
It was the fastest grocery pick up in a very long time. They were on time (usually 10 min before the hour), nothing was out of stock, and the app worked again to check in and after I checked in I only waited a couple minutes. I was home before noon.
So, keep your fingers crossed for me and mom that this new med system works.
I hope the medication system works for your mom. I can understand her anxiety about a new gadget. Older people approach new ideas with a bit of suspicion. Glad your DH is already feeling less pain. Have a relaxing weekend!
ReplyDeleteI tried to be very positive about it and told her it's a super neat machine :)
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ReplyDeleteThe questions she asked show she is still aware of important things, like making too much noise, and her neighbors. Not having heard the alarm, I am sure the word "alarm" or whatever you said makes her thing it might be too loud.
My hysterectomy with cancerous uterus only took minute incisions and no stitches. I would think the gall bladder would be no worse, but what do I know?
That's true, she does still have lots of awareness about things like that. DH has like 3 smallish (like an inch or so) incisions and one bigger one, where they pulled the gallbladder through. Dr. said that one will hurt the most/longest. No stitches, said they use stuff that is basically like super glue, haha.
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