Thank you my friends - I really appreciate you sharing your stories and taking the time to post. Mum is still weak, but does seem brighter these past few days and the cut to her head is healing well.
I do still feel bad about what happened and it was certainly avoidable. But equally, we are looking after Mum in her own home, and that brings with it an element of amateur care (ie: in the hands of Dad and me) from time to time. Though she does have 'proper' Carers too, who are excellent.
I'm processing still, but generally doing okay and I am just so relieved that she wasn't more badly hurt from the fall. As HaWho said - I think we did dodge a bullet there and I am glad for her and for us that she didn't suffer more as a result of the tumble.
Oh well, difficult lessons learned and we had full refresher training from the 'proper' Carers and agreed some new groundrules for care sessions too....we move forwards...
Thanks once again - I really appreciated your input in what was a difficult week. Today, I have been for an outing with some friends. One of them had an unfaithful spouse who was getting remarried this week and she wanted to do something nice with friends, so we had a lovely day out and I was pleased to see her happy and laughing. I actually think she is in a much better place than her XH and his (possibly unsuspecting) new spouse. I sometimes wonder if these cheating spouses even tell their new partners the full story and if they don't you are 'in a lie' from the very start. It is hard to feel pleased and excited for him/them given all circumstances..
Anyway, have a lovely weekend everyone xxx
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We receive & we lose, and must try to achieve gratitude & embrace with whole hearts whatever of life that remains after the losses - Dubus
