Happy Easter everyone...hope you all had an enjoyable day. Shirley started her day with my mom and was there for the doctor...great. I wanted to know if they were going to move my mom or wait until Monday...they did not move her today because her Co2's were at 60 (they should be between 35-45) so no moving today. The reason the numbers had climbed again is because she did not wear her machine - I am not totally convinced that the machine is going to change everything but we will see.
The doctor and Shirley talked very honestly with my mom about the consequences of not wearing it. That this last episode would happen again or even worse. They reminded her of what she told the surgeon when she was being wheeled into the surgery....she told him that she had grand children and not to let her die. My mom doesn't like the noise or the cool air that comes out of it. She did say that it relaxed her a lot - and Shirley said that she fell fast asleep even though when I ask my mom she claims she got no sleep. The nurse said that she had ear plugs to deal with the noise - problem solved. Today she had to wear it 2x for 2 hours each to try to get her used to it before bed time. I felt it and the air does come out quite forcefully and it is cool but it really isn't that noisy - kind of soothing white noise. I got there about 1:15 and she had finished the first 2 hours, ate lunch and was getting ready for the next 2 hours, the nurse asked me to call when I was leaving and they would re-hook her up. I left about 2:15 with a promise to be back after our Easter dinner with the kids.
I returned about 4:30 and hurried the brood up to the 4th floor to find a sign outside that we had to gown up.....WHAT? was I in the right room?? I was just here. SO I asked the nurse what was going on and he said that one of my mom's lung cultures from the ER came back positive for bacterial pneumonia so they had to take precautions. So the kids could wave but not come in....she had really been looking forward to seeing Michael but he didn't come in because he had a cough and cold and his asthma was acting up. So they yelled hello to each other - we only stayed a few minutes. I can not believe it 2 near death experiences and 2 bouts of pneumonia...bummer.
In the parking lot we ran into someone we know from Michael's school. She was there with her mother in law....we got to talking about the skilled nursing homes and they also had a bad experience with Eskaton Greenhaven and she said that they would never go back there. I am hoping that the trick is to show these places that this patients has lots of people watching out for them and they better be on their toes. I know what to look out for but I am still nervous for her to be moved...but that is the next step and we all will just have to take it.
We shall see what tomorrow brings. Happy Monday all
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