Book Board Chat

Hi all, I'm home for the night. Visit went well, she really perked up when I told her I brought Tasha. The facility has a really nice patio with flowers and umbrella's at the table so I got her in a wheelchair and took her outside for the visit. She wanted a cigarette so gave her one and she was happy. She is not her old self, but at least she is not seeing monsters or other imaginary things today. She wants to come home but seemed to understand that she needs to stay a little while longer. I brought her several small bottles of water and told her I expect her to drink 3 a day, that she needs to flush all that awful medicine out of her system. Right now she is only getting her regular medication from before the surgery and they gave her 2 shots of an anti-clotting medicine, most likely because of just laying around and also that huge bruise on her side from falling into the shower while in the hospital.

I did speak to the surgeon every day while she was at the hospital but he never adressed my concern about her mental state. I will request her records though to find out exactly who ordered all that strong medicine she didn't even need. Like I said, she wasn't even in pain when I left for the night.

Diane - I DID raise hell when the discharge nurse came in yesterday, admitted to not having met her before or knowing anything about her, then told her the doc wanted her to go to rehab for a little while. Mom said "absolutely NOT", she then asked well what do you want to do and mother said "go home". The nurse then looked at me and said she has the right to make her own decissions and we can't force her into rehab, that's considered kidnapping. NEVER once looked at her chart or tried to really talk to her to assess her mental conditon when mother had been completely dillusional for @36 hours.

I am very disappointed in her primary physician, that he didn't even have the curtesy to return a phone call.

Anyway, I am MUCH more hopeful today than I was yesterday, I knew I could count on you all to give me insights and advice. THANK YOU!!!