Re: Recent projects... Not all sewing. but sewing related!

BEI Design wrote:
Pogonip wrote:
BEI Design wrote:
"Pogonip" <nobody3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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BEI Design wrote:
I am sending good thoughts your way. I know how
stressful a loved one's health issues can be.

Take care,

Beverly
Thanks. It helps to know that people are sending good
vibes. Things are better today, the pain problem
seems to be licked. He still prefers for me to administer the
drops, but I'm sure that given time, he'll get better
at that, too. I wore hard contact lenses for 30 years,
and learned to stick my fingers in my eyes. It wasn't
easy at first. So I'm confident that he'll get a handle on
eyedropping himself.
I also wore contacts (for 40+ years) so I'm also
accustomed to having "stuff" in my eyes. The glaucoma test the
ophthalmologist performs where a little device actually
advances to touch the eye was never a problem for me,
although I like the new "puff of air" one better.

My brother has started having to put eyedrops in his
eyes. I shared with him the method that works best for me:

Instead of tipping the head way back and trying to drop
them into the eye from above (and sometimes missing
completely or at best getting just a small amount in), look into a
mirror, gently pull the lower lid down and put the drops in the
little cup that forms. Then tip the head back just a
little and roll the eyes around to distribute the drops.

Beverly


I think that's what he's doing. The eyedoc talked with
him about "techniques." He uses the mirror. Of course,
it's a lot easier to sit in the recliner, tilt his head
back and have Nurse Pogonip administer the drop. ;-) Know where I could find one of those little white caps?

http://www.cheap-scrubs.com/html/nursing-caps.html

;-)

They remind me of Chinese takeout boxes for some reason.....

I am also scrupulous about washing my hands before doing
his drops. What with cooking (salt, onions, etc.) and
cats, I take no chances. I did walk into the living room
once holding both hands up as if waiting for the rubber
gloves, and cracked him up.

http://www.smartpractice.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/SmartPracticeStore.woa/wa/gotoStyle?styleNumber=G13404S

;->
Have a good supply (box of 100) vinyl gloves that I use when tending litter boxes and doing other things around here I don't want my natcheral hands in. Switched to vinyl when my hands started itching...

For almost six months following DH's ileostomy, I was his "stoma dressings" nurse. We had wonderful instructions from the nurses at our HMO, and all the supplies were provided. He also had a very slow healing surgical wound on his backside, where they removed the coccyx. I changed the dressing on it every day. It was *almost* healed when he was killed.

Beverly


That's icing on the cake in reverse, isn't it? Insult to injury, or injury to insult?

--
Joanne
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