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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Lynn, nothing that was told to you, regarding her confusion, is unreasonable. 
 I am hoping , for you, that is is one of their reasons, rather than another 
stroke .  You will need to monitor her in rehab, as much as you did in the 
hospital.  She will have less skilled care in the step 
facility.....................

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--- On Thu, 1/22/09, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:


> An update; I went to see my mother yesterday, after her
> surgery on Tuesday 
> afternoon. She wasn't doing well; total mental
> confusion. She couldn't say 
> anything that I could understand...she often has trouble
> finding the right 
> word, but usually could describe the thing she was refering
> to. Not this 
> time...random words were coming out. At first she
> didn't know who I was (I'm 
> not sure she ever did...I think she thought I was my
> sister). I spoke to the 
> nurses (their attitude is that she's a "confused
> older woman"), she was 
> eating well, so I guess they didn't care what she was
> babbling. I also spoke 
> to her GP who visited her. He said that "older people
> get like that when 
> they are taken from familiar surroundings"...but
> she's been there since 
> Sunday and was normal up until the surgery. It was a night
> and day 
> difference before and after the surgery, but I seem to be
> the only one who 
> sees that.
> 
> I finally contacted the hospital administration with my
> concern that she's 
> had another stroke...she's acting exactly the way she
> did when she had her 
> stroke. The head of nursing called me back and said that
> she would "look 
> into it" and call me before they transferred my mother
> to the rehab center. 
> She thinks it's just the lingering side effects from
> the anesthesia. If is 
> IS another stroke, rehab might be better than the hospital
> for her anyway.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>
> To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Anti-hospital Rant
> 
> 
> > By-pass the floor and go straight to administration. 
> Tell them that you 
> > are
> > fully aware of how the Medicare system works and that
> if they don't
> > straighten up and give your mother the appropriate
> care you will be making 
> > a
> > demand for a FULL (important word to use) Medicare
> review of the WHOLE
> > hospital and its care of patients.  Further, you want
> to know when the 
> > next
> > QA Committee (Quality Assurance) meeting is and that
> you demand to be put 
> > on
> > the agenda.
> >
> > Inform the head of the medical staff, they should have
> a medical director,
> > that you will be filing a complaint with the state
> medical board if care
> > does not improve immediately.
> >
> > And, you are correct about clots, etc.  Further, every
> P & P (policy and
> > procedure manual and all hospitals have them) that
> I've ever seen calls 
> > for
> > *immediate* treatment of a compound fracture!  That
> doesn't mean wait two
> > days, that means getting an orth surgeon called in to
> do emergency 
> > surgery!
> > This is particularly important in the elder when blood
> flow is a problem 
> > and
> > the longer you wait the more likely you are to further
> compromise their
> > circulation.
> >
> > Lynda
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Lynn Wigglesworth"
> <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> >
> >
> >> Since the list is slow this morning, it's time
> for a rant. My mother, 92
> >> years old, fell on Sunday morning and broke her
> arm. I saw the xray in 
> >> the
> >> ER, and it's a bad break, jagged, and open,
> with a large chunk of bone
> >> detached and off to the side.
> >>
> >> She was admitted to the hospital from the ER
> Sunday afternoon, and they
> >> have
> >> done NOTHING for her yet. I watched the nursed
> change her sheets and roll
> >> her over on the broken arm...my mother was
> screaming in pain, and they
> >> just
> >> say "I know it hurts, but we have to get this
> sheet out from under you".
> >> They wouldn't feed her in case the specialist
> wanted to rush her to
> >> surgery.
> >> As far as I know, she's had one or two meals
> since breakfast on Sunday.
> >> The
> >> specialist didn't even look at her until
> Monday evening, and they didn't
> >> schedule surgery until 3:00 today. She could
> starve by then.
> >>
> >> Isn't there a serious danger of a clot causing
> embolisms or aneurisms 
> >> with
> >> an open break? She's been trapped in bed since
> Sunday morning, so her 
> >> poor
> >> circulation is further challenged.  Is that any
> way to treat an old lady?
> >> Why I hate doctors and hospitals. I call/show up
> and throw a hissy fit 
> >> for
> >> them to do something for her, but no one pays
> attention to me...I'm just
> >> "that crazy daughter".
> >>
> >> Lynn Wigglesworth
> >> Tioga Co. PA
> >>
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