I have carer for my old man through alzheimers till his passing four years ago and last year my old dear went right downhill with frequent urine infections that make her confused and deluded .

I am downstairs at 2 AM watching forensic detectives or whatever it is and hear an almighty crash


Race up to where my old dear lives and she fallen and banged her head

Got her up onto bed , egg sized lump already on her forehead

Phoned out of hours gp service , they advised she comes into hospital , she doesnt want to go so they phone back in an hour and a nurse assesses her as ok but tells me to phone gp in morning

I get to bed at half four

Up at 8 to phone gp , ite 1254 now and she's just been , checked her over and reckons another urine infection

She gets one every other month and if it isn't that its the shits or she wets herself

Very sad for her , bloody exhausting for me

I had a date tonight too