Anne, I put a scare in those caretakers. The head nurse, who is the only official nurse, had the bitchiest attitude and a huge chip on her shoulder this morning. I couldn't believe it. Well, it takes quite a bit for me to really get furious, and this was such a case. I threatened to sue her and the whole home, if I ever should see the slightest case of negligence again. She tried to butt in, but I didn’t give her a breathing chance.

Then I asked a caretaker, who I’ve hired to visit my mom occasionally, to stop be sporadically to just see if my mother is getting the fluids, and is kept warm. Viola. Each time she went, there was a caretaker giving her a drink. Then when I arrived in the afternoon, there were two nurses with her. One was giving her a back rub, while the other one was cleaning off the bed table.

I was planning to camp out in her room if I hadn’t seen the staff do a round about change. Well, they were all overly polite to me, and couldn’t do enough. Actually I really should be consequential and sue, just for the sake for the other residents,…but frankly, I’m so drained. If I had support from siblings or my husband, then yes. But right now, I prefer spending my time with my mother, in maybe her last days, instead of sitting around in an attorney’s office. I wish you were here Anne.