Rough Day

Today was a tough day. I arrived at the hospital this morning and the nurse was feeding Mom breakfast. She had eaten almost all of it so I started the day thinking things were looking up. It only took me a few minutes to realize that Mom was not being herself. She was talking load, clear and fast. Speech therapy had been trying for months to get mom to do this. She was talking about random off the wall things. This went on for most of the day. I decided to leave in the afternoon to get something to eat and say hi to my wife. I spent about an hour at home and the hospital called. They wanted me to come back to try to get Mom under control. She had taken her clothes off, pulled the IV rack over onto herself, and would not calm down. My wife drove us back down. Mom was now hallucinating and just not being herself at all. The nurses moved her to a new room directly across from the nurse station to watch her closer. I just cant understand what is causing her to act so crazy. I kept asking the nurse about her meds. They tell me this happens a lot and it's normal. This was not normal. At 7:00PM they had a "Sitter" come in. This was a person to literally sit there all night and watch mom to make sure she stays in bed and doesn't hurt herself. I came home to rest for a while. I hope tomorrow is a better day.