Upper radiator hose blew-2002 Ford Windstar SEL

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I used the adult pull up diapers on my mom. She didn't know any better. She too had a difficulty getting squared up on the seat. I more afraid she would fall. I got one of those toilet seat risers with the handle bars on the side. Worked pretty good. Ohh..and let me tell yall my favorite medical aid was the automatic pill dispenser. Holy sh*t that was great ! It was locked and I could put two weeks worth of pills in there for two times a day. It has a little timer and beeper alarm. When it was time to take her meds the thing automatically rotated to the only open hole. The alarm would go off when you turned it upside down. I kept it in my room on a high shelf then set my alarms on my cell phone to coordinate with her meds. And then set the two week alarm to refill the dispenser. Best $35 spent during that time. If you don't have one ...get one from Amazon. I'll give you the link if you need it. I was blessed for about two years to have an x-gf help me take care of her so I could work a little bit here and there. I couldn't afford to pay her unless I worked that day (I got paid hourly plus $130/day per diem). But she would only watch her during the daytime. Never overnight. Then my best friends mother would come after xgf got new job out of town. That was great too until she needed two knee replacements. She was same age as my mother. So then when I ran out of money we sold her house and moved her to my brothers. That lasted about one year and my brother and sis in law couldn't do it anymore either (Who btw only came to visit mom maybe once a twice a year while I had her..they only lived an hour away). Now she in nursing home and I have plenty of people go by there for an hour or more fro a little cash and check on her and visit. They give me the truth..good or bad. That's what I want. So I am back on the road working. I've gotten to spend very little time with my mom since being "home" at my dads due to this whole bus engine b.s. ...FML <--Fk My Life. LOL Just living best I can since thats what I know my mother would want. No one ever wants to be a burden on anyone else intentionally if they got any heart. I would just try to stay as healthy as possible . If your health declines more than your wife's. "Who would take care of her for you if you were not able?" You don't have to answer that. I just asked myself that question so many times. David