I was back at Atria today and found her in the community room, no splint on. I got her back into her apartment and, with great pain, put her splint back on. The swelling in her wrist is worse, and it's more painful to try to slip the splint over her arm. I tried to impress upon her that it would not hurt if she would not keep taking the damn splint off! She said she understood and then, as I sat down, she started to remove it again. I know she can't remember and I just don't know what to do to help her.

I was back at Atria today and found her in the community room, no splint on.  I got her back into her apartment and, with great pain, put her splint back on.  The swelling in her wrist is worse, and it's more painful to try to slip the splint over her arm.  I tried to impress upon her that it would not hurt if she would not keep taking the damn splint off!  She said she understood and then, as I sat down, she started to remove it again.  I know she can't remember and I just don't know what to do to help her.

I don't know if the orthopedist is going to put her in a plaster cast (and don't know if she can remove that or not) but nobody can do anything until the swelling goes down...and it is more swollen and bruised now than it was 2 days ago.

I came home and, as usual, took a long post-Atria nap.  I seem to need that to come down after the frustration of visiting her these days.