The attending physician had every intention of discharging her today, but he forgot to confirm with the infections disease guru. Mom has more staff than the President of The United States!
The infectious disease guru came by to remove the drainage tube that he sutured in after her CTI aspiration. He said that there was still more fluid draining that what he would like to see, so he would not sign off to let mom go home. I know she was disappointed, but we explained to her the importance of making sure everything was cleared up before we took her home. As a matter of fact, I thought for sure she would have been much more upset about the mix-up, but she took it in stride.
She looked well today and she is able to do so much more for herself. She gets in and out of bed with minimal assistance and she seems much stronger with each day that passes…and that’s GREAT news.
Pop spent the morning with her and Andy stopped by for the mid-morning visit. I take the lunch and mid-afternoon visit.
As I unpacked her non-institutional sustenance today, (thank you Jason’s Deli) mom told me that there had been a new nurse in to take care of her. She proceeded to tell me that when the nurse introduced herself, she asked mom what her name was and mom had replied, “Momisan.” For those of you that don’t know, that is what my husband calls my mom. I just found it so funny to hear strangers enter the room and say, “How are you, momisan.” Tomorrow, it would not surprise me to see her staff backing out to leave the room, bowing and saying, “Arigato, Momisan”!
Just goes to show that even mom can keep her sense of humor in difficult times.
Hopefully, we will be able to take her home tomorrow. But as I finished making her a turkey from a latex glove (spending so much time in hospitals, one learns to entertain themselves), she said it had been a good day…and you know what…tomorrow will be even better!
Val
