UPDATE ON MY MOM--KEEP IN MIND SHE IS 89 AND TODAY IS DAY 27 IN THE HOSPITAL---2 SURGERIES==1 TO PUT IN A DRAIN TUBE IN HER BELLY[DRAINED FOR 11 DAYS] /WHICH NOW SERVES AS A FEEDING TUBE...AND A 2ND SURGERY 11 DAYS LATER TO FIX A BOWEL OBSTRUCTION.....SHE WAS IN SEVERE PAIN AND THE PAIN MEDS WERE MAKING HER IRRATE--CONFUSED--AND UNSURE OF WHERE SHE WAS--AS OF NOW HER PAIN IS MORE CONTROLLED WITH LESS PAIN MEDS AND A SOUND MIND...SHE IS BEING FED BY TUBE AND TRYING TO EAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ENSURE/ICE CREAM TYPE SHAKES...STILL HAS IVS...BED/BOTTOM SORES FROM FRONT TO UP HER LOWER BACK...AND WE WERE TOLD SHE NEEDED TO GO TO A LONG TERM HOSPITAL[FOR 3-8 WEEKS] TO GET THE CARE SHE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO WHERE SHE NEEDS TO BE TO LIVE AT BLAIR HOUSE....WE DO NOT HAVE SUCH A FACILITY IN TOWN --THE CHOICES R DAVENPORT OR CEDAR RAPIDS---SHE WAS NOT GOING--NO WAY--NOT LEAVING ME. SCARED..AND ON AND ON-----AS I DO NOT BLAME HER FOR FEELING THAT WAY--AS OF TODAY==DR PHILLIPS SPOKE WITH HER AND MUST HAVE SAID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS--SHE SAYS SHE WILL GO AND REALIZES I WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO VISIT 1 DAY A WEEK DUE TO MY WORK SCHEDULE AND IS OK WITH IT...WANT TO GET BETTER AND I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER TODAY THAT THAT WAS HER DESCISION NOT MINE--ALTHO I REALLY DO NOT SEE ANY OTHER CHOICE AS THERE IS NO FACILITY THAT WILL TAKE HER IN TOWN DUE TO THE CARE SHE NEEDS-DavidandRaina Tedrow..Vikki Christy..Shanna Baker..Ashley Hull..Matt Christy..Harley Thornton..Danielle Marie Stevens..Cindy Stevens..Robbie N Terry Kilbride..Denise E Davis..Brett Jay Metcalf......AND TO ALL OF THE REST OF U WHO HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE AND FOLLOWING MY MOMS JOURNEY WITH HER HEALTH---THE PART THE MAKES ME MOST UPSET ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING IS==SHE WORKED TIL SHE WAS 79 YEARS OLD--AND MOST OF THE LAST 20 OF THOSE YEARS SHE WORKED 2 JOBS..IT IS ALL A INSURANCE/MEDICARE/MEDICAID ISSUE THAT DECIDES HOW THINGS GO......I FEEL SHE HAS MORE THAN EARNED THE RIGHT TO BENEFIT FROM THESE FOR SERVICES SHE NEEDS
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 00:53:54 +0000
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