Albert Rodney & Victoria Jeanette
Saturday, November 15, 2003
Mom is in the Hospital
It's 4:45 am. Mom's in the hospital, Rm. 6B7A:
nurst station 610.402.1902 & 402.0202
her room 402.6277
She had an xray of back and bowel. May be badley constipated due to meds.
You can call nurse station in am to get a report. Im going to sleep.
VL
Friday, November 14, 2003
Phoebe Home Social Worker Called Today
Rebecca called to let us know that because Dad is not responding to therapy, he will be taken off therapy by next week. She asked if we intended to move him to NewSeasons. I said we needed to exhaust all Medicare benefits first.
Fortunately, she said Medicare would continue to pay for Dad since he still requires management of his biliary drain. He will stay at Phoebe for the time being. Good!
Lin's Lumpectomy on Thursday
Lin's sentinel node was positive. They had to take out several nodes. We'll find out more about the pathology report in a couple of days. She has a wound drain which will be removed at the follow-up visit on Tuesday. We were at the hospital from 7:30am until 6pm. She's not in too much pain yet, but is very nauseous. She's been throwing up. Needless to say, we're pretty depressed.
The good news was that the pre-op tests, blood, chest x-ray and bone scan were all negative. At least that's good news.
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Conference Call with Phoebe Home Staff re Dad's Care Plan
Just got off phone with staff: Rebecca Shook (social worker), Jill (head nurse for unit), OT, PT, speech therapist, and dietician.
OT/PT: Dad is progressing very slowly; needs 1-2 staff to get him into chair; not walking with walker; may never walk again; requires "hand on hand" instructions to have him do tasks.
Dad has bad days and good days. Not related to drugs. He has told staff about his hobbies, golf and "child of the Internet".
He's on pureed diet with honey-thickened liquid and protein supplements. Trying to move him to soft food, which will lessen his need for oxygen.
I gave them some of his medical and life history: JustBorn, National Licrorice, Wescosville and Philadelphia.
Impressive group. Very nice. Have their act together, unlike NS.
Rebecca said that Tina (NS) would take him back if we paid for 24 hour nursing care. We'll see.
Sunday, November 09, 2003
Thanks for the prayers, Vicki.
It occured to me too that Dad looked a bit more yellow, but it was hard to say because of the lighting.
Dad's care plan will be discussed on Tuesday between 9 to 12. The social worker, Rebecca Shook, will be present. If we wanted to attend, we are supposed to call Marianne Johnson at 610-794-5270. The post card I got with this info stated "remember that the discussion time is limited to 15 minutes"! Sure, we'll drive for over an hour for a 15 minute talk.
I'll call tomorrow morning to see if I can get in on a conference call.
-Rod
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vicki Lynne Morgan"
To:
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 2:04 PM
Subject: Dad
> Forgot to mention that he looked more yellow last night.
>
> Hope Lin's doing OK. The congregation prayed for her today.
>
> vl
