Tag Archives: compliance
Vicissitudes, redemption, celebration, persistence
Another week, another chance to experience the vicissitudes of the caregiving life: examples follow. Monday: Mom suffered another incident of the mysterious coughing syndrome she’s developed in recent years. Often associated with eating or drinking and accompanied by sneezing, the syndrome has gone undiagnosed by medical professionals. She reported that Monday’s siege was the worst […]
Pushing Mom around: In a good way
It was my mother who introduced me to the idea that she and I had reversed roles. That was many years ago, when my father was still alive, and before I thought of myself as a caregiver. We were on an errand–going to a medical appointment. I drove, then helped her into her transport chair. As […]
Cape Cod caregiver 