I decided I would start a new thread for this, so everyone would see it.
I had a very upsetting conversation with Jeanie. She is exactly the way she was when I last talked to her. They still have not done the surgery she needs so that she can get the physical therapy on that leg that she needs to go home. I was shocked that absolutely nothing had been done. They cancelled the surgery again, for what reason I don't know. She is scheduled for Tuesday now. It was for Monday and they cancelled that and now it is Tuesday.
No one has talked to the Doctor. I asked if her daughter-in-law could go to his office and just ask them what is going on. She seemed to not want to go there, so I didn't press it. She just keeps saying the Doctor will not return calls to any of them. She said she was going to talk to him Tuesday when she saw him.
She doesn't go out of the room she is in. The physical therapy room is closed due to COVID. So, they come to her. She seldom even gets in a wheel chair anymore because she is afraid they will drop her getting her back in bed. I got the impression it was not in getting up, but in getting back in the bed that frightened her.
They have put in for her to get Medicaid, but she gets $130.00 too much so she is not sure of that.
I asked about a social worker or someone to act on her behalf that they might have there in the building. She has not talked to them since I talked to her the last time. She kind of feels like they are not interested in helping her at this point.
It has crossed my mind that Jeanie's sons may be allowing her to be placed in a nursing home and no one has told her. They have not deserted her but I wonder if things at home got to be too much. Any thoughts on that? That was just something that crossed my mind.
She asked me to post on here to everyone for her and I told her I would. It is a sad situation. Next time I talk to her I will ask again if she thinks she could use an Ipad. I would be willing to get one for her if she felt she would use it. Today the physical therapist came in and I immediately said goodbye to her and hung up, so there was no opportunity.
She is trying to give up the pain medication she has been on since the shingles hit her. They were causing her bathroom problems. I asked if the shingles were gone. Still some scabs there, but no open ones. She still hurts around the left side of her stomach from the shingles. Giving up the pain pills may be one of the reasons she was so frustrated today. This is only the 2nd day, so she might be suffering the affects of coming off them.
That is all I can think of right now.