So if there were any doubt the title of my blog rings true...

Being Guardian for your mother is always a challenge.  No way to make it easy.  It isn't something that you just fit in here and there as you have time.  It's pretty much a full time job.  Thankfully I have my younger sister to share the responsibility, but still it's difficult.

Today was one of those difficult days.  

It was a good day for my mom. She was mentally alert and able to understand directions and answer questions.  She saw her eye doctor this morning and she seemed to really understand what was going on.  Those have been rare so I really love the days where she is truly present.

Of course things must be equaled out by administrative garbage.  Because of the assisted living center's rules I must provide a prescription for everything a doctor wants to have them do.  Artificial Tears, Tylenol, antibiotic ointment, lip balm you name it requires a prescription.  This has been a challenge because many of the doctors are moving to electronic prescriptions.  I now have to get them to write out scripts to give to the assisted living.  Just an extra step.  Mom has one doctor who consistently refuses to sign things because he feels a print out should be good enough.  And it isn't so I have to deal with it all when I get mom back to the facility.  

Well today I was informed after 3 months of her living there that the doctor not only needs to write a prescription for any drug changes the doctors also have to write what condition they are giving the drug for on the prescription.  Since the doctors don't routinely do it, despite the medical director claiming it was regulations, I had to hear about how they should know this.  Like I can do anything about the knowledge contents of their brains.  And I hear this over and over from BOTH SIDES!  What crazy conflicting regulations are they citing? Oh, yeah, that's right.  I'm in Virginia.  Of course it's a mess!  

They must just think everyone is psychic.  Well, sorry guys.  My psychic ability is in the shop.  I don't think it will be fixed anytime soon.  

Plus I've been hearing about for months how the doctors also have to sign their med order sheets.  I don't know why a prescription with his/her signature isn't good enough, but apparently it isn't.  And I was hearing about how she's been faxing it off for months to try to get my mom's doctor to sign it.  Well the doctor was the one she saw in the hospital and doesn't see her anymore.  And didn't prescribe half the drugs on the sheet.  Of course he's not going to sign it.  She tried mom's other doctors.  The primary doctor won't sign it because the list includes medications from the psychiatrist and the psychiatrist won't sign it because it includes medications he didn't prescribe.  It all makes me want to scream!   Is it really that hard?  I don't blame the doctors.  I get why they won't sign it, but geez y'all need to get it together and make something work!

So if you ever doubted why I named my blog "Everyone's a Little Bit Crazy" doubt no more.  Although I'm starting to think I should rename it "Everyone's a Whole Heap of Crazy."  

Well, maybe someone in the world is completely sane.  If I find him or her I'll let you know.  Don't hold your breath.