Lost job today
Hi guys I just need to get this off of my chest. I work with an alzheimers patient and this past week she has been really bad. One of her favorite things to do is to have a BM then mess in it and just be nasty. Well earlier this week she came out of her room very nasty like so I called her son who live about 2 miles from her and told them that I had thrown up 3x's and that she was in a bad mess and someone needed to come clean her up, since she gets violent when she is put in the shower and I didn't want to be hit or for her to fall and hurt herself. Well his wife chewed me out for not being willing to clean her up myself and berated me for being heavy and for having this surgery well I told her it was none of her da*@ business what I did to myself for me and to mind her own business. Well today the son gets a back bone and calls to tell me they don't want me there anymore so I asked if it had anything to do with me not being able to clean his mother this week and he says no, but she ( the mother ) is afraid of obese people so they don't need me anymore and have made other arrangements. So here I am this close to Christmas with no job or money and 3 boys who deserve to have things that now I won't be able to get for them. I hadn't expressed it to my employer yet but I intended on having another job by the end of the month and not working with this lady anymore due to her violence. I went back to work 1 week post op and due to her violence she ha**** me and it has made me sick sometimes. Oh well sorry to vent just depressed and hurting for my boys.
Anita
Anita
Oh sweetie, I am so sorry to hear this. Could you draw unemployment? I know it doesnt equal what a paycheck would but maybe it would be something until you got another job. I am sorry to hear they done this to you. It always amazes me what a family with a sick loved expect someone they hire to do.That they themself wouldnt do for blood/family. Please know you in my prayers and I am believeing in something so much better for you!!
God Bless
Melissa Russell
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I am sorry to hear about your job. For the past 13 years I have worked with Alzheimers patients too. I have had my hair pulled, bitten,spit on, slapped and kicked. I know what you are talking about. Sometimes, when a pt would have an accident........I wouldnt know rather to laugh or cry. You just dont know where to start to clean them up. I have found most of the families to be pretty much out of touch with what our jobs entail. They buzz in for 5 minutes on Mothers Day and that eases their conscience until the next holiday. I guess they think money helps everything. My last pt had sundown syndrome. As soon as the sun went down, she became very agitated and confused. I knew what the problem was, but dealing with it was another story. I would literally walk the house all night long behind her making sure she didnt get hurt or fall. Sometimes I cried, and sometimes I laughed. She died in September of 2003. I wont be doing that line of work anymore. My patience is gone. I still love old people though.
Well, after all that rambling.........just wanted to say I know where youre coming from. And sorry about your situation.
take care
willby
I'm sorry to hear this. Ya know I have always heard, when God closes one door he opens another. Sometimes it is hard to believe that, but never have I experienced the hand of God more since Katrina hit us. I've been out of work since. I pray that you will find another job and that you and the boys can have a pleasant Christmas. I can't do much for my girls either, but they are very understanding. However, we always celebrate it more as Jesus' birthday and they know it is not about them. Yes, I still get them some things, but they get more excited over the birthday cake we have for Jesus than their own presents. Mind you, you may have a different faith and that is fine. But once upon a time I use to spend a fortune on my kids at Christmas, when I cut that down to about a fifth of what I use to spend, honestly, they didn't know the difference. Infact, when I use to spend so much, they didn't play with half the stuff I got them. Good luck and God bless.
Huggs,
Ruth 
Anita, I'm so sorry this is happening for you. And right at Christmas always makes it so much worse. From the sounds of it, though, it wasn't a job you needed to be working at right now ... it was making you sick too much. I'll keep you and your family in my prayers and thoughts ... Christmas is about loving ... and sounds like you've plenty of that with your boys.
((hugs))
Myra
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