07.26.08
Marilyn Visit 8-26-08
Visited Marilyn today. As soon as I went on she asked for scissors, I asked her what for she said to cut away this plastic, I told her there was no plastic around her other than her tubing from her ventilator. She got very upset and said she has asked for scissors and no one will give her any, she said I just want to cut something. She said she felt she was tied down, I assured her that she wasn’t tied down. Marilyn said the left side of her neck was bothering her and asked me to get the strings out of the way. I rubbed her neck for a little while and she said it felt better, I got a little piece of gauze to put under the band on her neck and she said it felt better. She asked for her right arm and shoulder to be rubbed. Marilyn then asked to get her shoes off, I told her she was not wearing any, she would not believe me and said the laces were to tight. Her nurse Mandy (believe that was her name) came in and told Marilyn that she was not tied down, she told her she has asked several times today for scissors and she could not have any. Marilyn asked her to take her shoes off and she told her she didn’t have any on. When she left Marilyn said she lies all the time I do have shoes on, take them off for me.
Marilyn then said she could use a big stiff drink right now, asked her what kind she wanted and she said a Margarita sounded good. We laughed for a while over that one. She asked me to take the coins out of her hands and take them to the front desk, I tried to tell her she had no coins in her hand, she got frustrated and I motioned that I took them out of her hand and told her I would take care of them later. She then told me I was getting some grey in my hair, I agreed with her on that one, told her she put a few in there and she laughed and said oh bull.
Aide cane in to change out her bottle of food and I told Marilyn what she was doing, she asked how many calories was in the bottle, aide told her 1200, Marilyn said that is to much to have. I explained that was for the whole day, and she was OK with that.
Marilyn finally did settle down and we were watching the movie Monster in Law, she said she liked this movie. I told her that she needed to try and rest some, she told me she slept good last night.
Jim and Jane Martin, Barbara and her daughter had been to visit Marilyn today.
When I told her bye this evening I told her to try and get some rest and she said yes mother and smiled.
Chris Roberts