Ma has muscle pain in her left leg. It started yesterday, as I expected. She's taking Darvocet for the pain.
Her mouth sores are back. She used lidocaine before eating to take away the pain. She also rinses with the cocktail of Nystatin, lidocaine, Benadryl, and Maalox that Dr. Irwin prescribed a couple of weeks ago.
I gave Ma a printout on cystitis. If she's not going to drink enough water, she should at least know what symptoms to expect when her bladder gets affected. Blood in the urine and painful urination just don't sound good to me.
I ordered the lightweight wheelchair. It's about 8 lbs. lighter than the one Tita Belen has. The main difference is that Tita Belen's chair has 12" wheels in the back, nice for rough terrain. But the one Ma has is fine for light use. I wanted something really light. It's about 19 lbs. with the footrests and 15 lbs. without. The back folds down in addition to the seat, so it doesn't take up that much room in the trunk. Ate Eva lent me Kuya Rey's wheelchair (probably from Kaiser), but it's about 43 lbs. with the footrests and 35 lbs. without. Plus it's too bulky.
Here's Ma in the wheelchair.
She also likes the rocking chair we got last week at Costco.
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