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Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Consuela - Dec 16, 2016 5:26:31 pm PST #3912 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

So we've been thinking that Dad took a big step downwards this week. Except ... maybe not.

He was reported as sleeping a lot, not eating much, very wobbly, generally out of things. And we were thinking, oy, this is not good.

And then last night I got a call from the hospice company. Turns out that the new hospice nurse, who just took over a few weeks ago, unilaterally decided that what Dad really needed to deal with his desire to leave the building was a regular dose of Haldol. So she wrote the order, and it was filled at least twice, and nobody would have fucking known, except one of the med-techs at the facility saw the order and had the sense to fax it to Dad's primary care physician.

Who, bless her, lost her shit, called the hospice company, insisted they assign another nurse, and generally raised hell. So he's off the Haldol (yay), and hopefully will be recovering his balance and more higher functions by next week. At which point his PCP might write a script for something much milder and less likely to fuck him up, but which would take the edge off.

I just cannot believe how bad communications are. We've got 5 separate parties managing Dad's care (me/family, the personal caregivers I hire from outside, the staff at the facility, the hospice company, and his PCP), and it took six days for anyone to inform me that he'd been given Haldol to "manage" his wandering.

Such a fucking mess. I saw him tonight and he complained about his balance; the best I could do was tell him it should get better over the weekend. I hope to god it does; he apparently nearly fell on his way into lunch.

ARGH.


Connie Neil - Dec 16, 2016 5:27:27 pm PST #3913 of 30002
brillig

Once I got off the mountain at work, the drive home wasn't bad. The roads are even drying out here in the valley. So now I'm home for the weekend or until I get bored. It's going to be cold but sunny, so Sunday I'll probably go to the comics store and decide if I'm going to cancel my holds, because the 2nd iteration of Civil War in Marvel was no less annoying than the first one. Plus Cap is still wrong in the head.


Dana - Dec 16, 2016 5:28:13 pm PST #3914 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Holy shit, Suela.


msbelle - Dec 16, 2016 5:31:10 pm PST #3915 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

oh god Consuela, that "nurse" sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen.


Steph L. - Dec 16, 2016 5:49:33 pm PST #3916 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

oh god Consuela, that "nurse" sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen.

Yeah, that should be malpractice.

ION, we just trimmed the kitty's claws and now I feel like a need a double bourbon and extra therapy appointments. But every claw is trimmed, by god, even the dewclaws.


-t - Dec 16, 2016 5:57:46 pm PST #3917 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's terrible, Consuela! I'm glad someone stepped up to loop in the PCP. What a mess. I hope your dad is more like himself soon.


sarameg - Dec 16, 2016 6:23:40 pm PST #3918 of 30002

Consuela, that's unconscionable. Fuck.


msbelle - Dec 16, 2016 6:25:05 pm PST #3919 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I have put on the Holiday music. Still no tree or decorations, but I think I am getting close.


aurelia - Dec 16, 2016 6:25:59 pm PST #3920 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

OMG, Consuela!

I arrived home to a message that my mom had another ER visit last night. The stomach med she's getting (after her bout with bleeding ulcers) has been causing diarrhea and she's become weak enough that she passed out last night. They sent her home after some IV fluids and some potassium. Today her doc switched her stomach med, but the problem is unlikely to go away quickly.

Any ideas on easily digestible foods with high nutrient content? I suspect I'll be trying to find things that work for her when I get there next week.

I probably also need to re-think parental gifts this time. I usually do tickets to a show of some sort, but she's understandably not wanting to go out much. What tablets are good for newspaper subscriptions?


msbelle - Dec 16, 2016 6:27:27 pm PST #3921 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Ensure is my first thought.