Mom's Home

[fabrisse]

Mom spent all weekend at the hospital in a bed in the emergency room. Blood oxygen issues were just one of the fun problems along with shingles, possible kidney or urinary tract infection, and fluctuating blood pressure.

The ER told us to expect her home yesterday and she felt abandoned because we didn't go into see her. Sis and I are both furious because it was nearly impossible to get updates -- and promises to call us weren't honored at all -- which meant we didn't go in because we kept expecting the call to say "come pick her up."

It didn't help that they didn't tell us that she'd been put on oxygen, not yesterday but SATURDAY. Again, they said they didn't have time to give us information, but would call us back, but never did.

The weekend was frustrating.

Comments

[kathmandu]

Yes, very frustrating--they should hire more people if they can't keep up.

Best wishes to your mom -- that all sounds very concerning.

[fabrisse]

Georgia is losing nurses. We're also having a minor, at this point, COVID resurgence, so I get them being slammed. I don't get them not getting back to us at all for 2 days.

We don't have a wheelchair -- hope to buy one this weekend -- but the drugs are causing Mom some real balance issues. Other than that, she's sleeping alot.

[matildalucet]

So sorry to hear this. Two days is long time for nobody to update you.

Do the Masons near you loan medical equipment? I'm told they do up in the Boston area; no idea if that is an option for you.

[fabrisse]

I don't know if it's an option down here, but Mom's Eastern Star so, maybe. Thank you!