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susandennisPolly called with her morning report just before 5 and as I'm hearing her give me all of the details (she is quite the talker), I'm also reading all your wonderful comments. Thanks so very much. It's wonderfully comforting to know you are all out there thinking good thoughts for her.
Poor Polly was just beat to a pulp. Apparently Mom spent the entire night trying to escape and remove her oxygen, her catheter, her nightgown. Polly had had not a wink of sleep plus she's stressed to the limit about all this anyway. The doctor had been in to see Mom (actually he was there yesterday afternoon but Polly didn't know it) and changed her pain medication to a patch. But, it will take a few hours yet for the old stuff to get through her system and the patch to take over.
Polly wanted me to call the doctor and see what we needed to do so I told her I would do that and she should go to sleep and I would send email with what was happening (instead of calling and waking her up)... Polly's not totally email comfortable but I think she was grateful for it this morning!
The doctor's office opens at 7:30 and I was talking to them at 7:31. I told the nice lady that I wanted to know if the doctor thought Mom needed a 24/7 sitter. She caught him before he got started in the office and got right back to me with a yes. I asked her how I would go about doing that and she said 'you know, the best place for finding that out is Bishop Gadsden (Mom's 'home') - they will know what to do."
So I called the nurse in charge of Mom's section and by yet another miracle, reached her! She was all over the deal - she had talked to Mom on Saturday, twice and was getting ready to check in on her this morning. I told her I needed help arranging 24/7 care and she immediately said 'Oh, I can do that for you right now. Would you like me to?'
Some days I am the luckiest person I know.
The doctor (through Polly and his nurse) and Theresa (the nurse at 'the home') both said that what needs to be done for the kind of break that Mom has (pelvis, bones in place - don't need to be put back) is to get her started on physical therapy right away. But, they can't do that while she's in so much pain and they can't do that while she's wigged out on the pain medication. But, everyone agrees that's what needs to be done.
Theresa said 'we need to get her back here so we can take care of her properly and get her well.'
Amen to that.
Then I get in to work and the phone rings and it's the woman who handles Mom's bills and Daddy's trust. She reports that the guy who is selling Mom's car has an offer and she wants to know if she should tell him 'do it.'
Months and months ago I was talking to her about Mom's stuff and she said 'you know, if your Mom ever wants to sell her car, I have a retired guy who was in the car biz for years. He sold several of my clients' cars over the years and I know he'd be happy to help out your Mom.' And, it turns out the retired guy owned the place where Mom and Dad bought the car (and a their previous cars) originally!
So, when Mom decided she wanted to sell, I said 'call Torry and she'll get Mr. Hay started'. Mom told me she wanted to get $11,000 for it. I thought at the time she was smoking happy dust because there was no way anyone would pay that for that car. And I toyed with the idea of trying to reset her expectations and then just figured fuck it and kept my mouth shut.
This morning Torry says that Mr. Hay thinks his buyer will pay between $11,000 and $11,500 if that's ok with us. ??!! Doh. Fine by me! Do it. They are sending me the paperwork to sign so when Mom comes 'to' it might all very well be a done deal.
Have I mentioned how grateful I am for all of the wonderful people who look out for Mom? And for all my wonderful LJ friends.
Poor Polly was just beat to a pulp. Apparently Mom spent the entire night trying to escape and remove her oxygen, her catheter, her nightgown. Polly had had not a wink of sleep plus she's stressed to the limit about all this anyway. The doctor had been in to see Mom (actually he was there yesterday afternoon but Polly didn't know it) and changed her pain medication to a patch. But, it will take a few hours yet for the old stuff to get through her system and the patch to take over.
Polly wanted me to call the doctor and see what we needed to do so I told her I would do that and she should go to sleep and I would send email with what was happening (instead of calling and waking her up)... Polly's not totally email comfortable but I think she was grateful for it this morning!
The doctor's office opens at 7:30 and I was talking to them at 7:31. I told the nice lady that I wanted to know if the doctor thought Mom needed a 24/7 sitter. She caught him before he got started in the office and got right back to me with a yes. I asked her how I would go about doing that and she said 'you know, the best place for finding that out is Bishop Gadsden (Mom's 'home') - they will know what to do."
So I called the nurse in charge of Mom's section and by yet another miracle, reached her! She was all over the deal - she had talked to Mom on Saturday, twice and was getting ready to check in on her this morning. I told her I needed help arranging 24/7 care and she immediately said 'Oh, I can do that for you right now. Would you like me to?'
Some days I am the luckiest person I know.
The doctor (through Polly and his nurse) and Theresa (the nurse at 'the home') both said that what needs to be done for the kind of break that Mom has (pelvis, bones in place - don't need to be put back) is to get her started on physical therapy right away. But, they can't do that while she's in so much pain and they can't do that while she's wigged out on the pain medication. But, everyone agrees that's what needs to be done.
Theresa said 'we need to get her back here so we can take care of her properly and get her well.'
Amen to that.
Then I get in to work and the phone rings and it's the woman who handles Mom's bills and Daddy's trust. She reports that the guy who is selling Mom's car has an offer and she wants to know if she should tell him 'do it.'
Months and months ago I was talking to her about Mom's stuff and she said 'you know, if your Mom ever wants to sell her car, I have a retired guy who was in the car biz for years. He sold several of my clients' cars over the years and I know he'd be happy to help out your Mom.' And, it turns out the retired guy owned the place where Mom and Dad bought the car (and a their previous cars) originally!
So, when Mom decided she wanted to sell, I said 'call Torry and she'll get Mr. Hay started'. Mom told me she wanted to get $11,000 for it. I thought at the time she was smoking happy dust because there was no way anyone would pay that for that car. And I toyed with the idea of trying to reset her expectations and then just figured fuck it and kept my mouth shut.
This morning Torry says that Mr. Hay thinks his buyer will pay between $11,000 and $11,500 if that's ok with us. ??!! Doh. Fine by me! Do it. They are sending me the paperwork to sign so when Mom comes 'to' it might all very well be a done deal.
Have I mentioned how grateful I am for all of the wonderful people who look out for Mom? And for all my wonderful LJ friends.
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Date: 2005-05-31 08:25 pm (UTC)I am so glad for you, and for you mom.
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