Tim's been at the hospital with his dad all day (and is still there) -- my understanding is that they do think it's a stroke. He was transferred from the ER to a room, and I'm not sure how long they'll need to keep him. I guess that depends on how his recovery goes. Tim said that his left arm is doing better, but he still can't lift his left leg.
I suspect he's going to need more advanced nursing care when he leaves the hospital, and while his current assisted living facility has that capability (they offer different levels of care based on residents' needs), I really don't want him going back to the place that fucking ignored his stroke symptoms and sent him to breakfast instead of the hospital. I have zero faith that a higher level of care would be any better, given that the baseline level of care seems to be fucking negligent.
Holy shit, Steph. I would be livid.
Holy shit, Steph. I would be livid.
Particularly with stroke, there's a small window after symptoms start (I want to say 5 hours?) where administering tPA is extremely helpful, so literally every minute counts. But instead of getting him treatment they fucking put him in a wheelchair and took him to breakfast.
I don't want to jump immediately to yelling "LAWSUIT," but I kind of am. Because that is horrifically negligent.
I just heard from my EMT friend that the window is much larger than it used to be, but it's surely not days.
That is some bullshit "care" Steph.
I'm so sorry that happened to Tim's Dad Steph. I mean, one reason he is in a nursing home is so that someone will be there for when things like that happen and you don't have to worry about your parents' questionable judgement about when to go to the hospital. I mean, if the parents have questionable judgement (like mine).
yeah that is bullshit care.
I just don't understand how caregivers in a nursing home wouldn't know such obvious symptoms of a stroke. Strokes and heart attacks have to be relatively common events with an aged, infirm population.
That really seems negligent. I am so tangential to healthcare, but because if accreditation need to be able to articulate stroke symptoms and treatment on demand.
That's ...really negligent Steph. I'd be livid too. Best of luck with recovery and finding a different place for him to land that can take real care of him.
Steph that is awful. Love to you snd Tim and his Dad. I too would be screaming lawsuit.
58 degrees in my office this CB morning. Heating systems were supposed to be turned on 10/18, but it seems our boiler had other ideas.
Kinda hope it has given up the ghost and we all get sent home. Would necessitate major mechanical improvements in the building that are long overdue.
