Gram went 3 rounds with a heating unit Saturday morning. She was in her glider rocker and remembers nothing other than the pain she felt when she fell face first into the ugly metal unit in her room. She looks like she went 5 rounds with Ali! There is a huge goose egg at her hair line, her eye is black and blue, and she has more bruising down that side of her forehead and cheek bone. They have her so hopped up on pain killers she is even more confused than normal, but says nothing hurts.
Her blood pressure was through the roof when they got her to the hospital and they have changed her meds again. Hopefully this will help. I’m really glad Dr. Ann is gone and Gram now sees the new guy, Dr. Rollie. He’s not as apt to medicate her until she is a walking zombie!
I am pissed off because they left a message on my answering machine. By ‘they’ I mean the nursing home. ‘They’ didn’t call right away and then when they did ‘they’ didn’t bother to try my work number. So I didn’t know anything about this for some 12 odd hours! I know ‘they’ are over worked and under paid. I know ‘they’ take good care of my Gram, but some one dropped the ball here and it worries me! Procedure wasn’t followed. Gram is going to be fine but there is all the what the hell ifs, ya know?
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K. Trainor // April 1, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Glad she’s ok. How scary! At least she doesn’t remember the fall. I hope she’s not too uncomfortable.
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