I have also been away and am glad that things are moving in the right direction, if not steadily ... Positive vibes from Scotland.

It will surely come as comfort to you to know that your mother's care at the hands of social workers and their ilk will be immeasurably improved once the whole libertarian program gets under way since business practices such as these will not survive, in the long run...

Sorry for the slip into sarcasm. I'm having challenges this week.

Glad to hear things are improving, if incrementally.

hings had been going fairly well as far as my mother's healing, however, this week there has been a setback related to the healing of her wound. The wound on her abdomen had been left open to heal from the inside out, which is apparently common in cases where there was a lot of internal infection. The wound began widening a bit last week, and now there is increased drainage, although no pus, and there is a possibility of infection. I spent today accompanying her to an appointment with a surgeon ... not the one who did her procedure, but rather one who was nearer to the nursing home. He was a good guy, and I have reports from folks at work that he's a good doctor. He made some changes to her medications, and my mom will be watched carefully for any changes. The nurse that cares for her is very spunky and effective, and is keeping a good eye on things.

I have a feeling that your Mom is quite spunky herself, and is keeping tabs on the nurse...... one can never be too careful... :)

Wound infections are nasty, but manageable. Good job keeping Mom on the path to healing, Wolf.

The nurse that cares for her is very spunky and effective, and is keeping a good eye on things.

Good they are the BEST kind !!!!

I spent another night in the emergency room, interestingly in the same exam area where all of this started ... Curtain 10 at Chestnut Hill. Spunky nurse wanted my mom seen by doctors that had done her surgery and made it so.

All is well, the original doctors think the nurse is an idiot, nothing wrong with the wound ... but I'll tell you what, it looked entirely different last night versus the day before. Last night it was clean and dry, and the right colors of reddish pink, the day before it was bright right, dripping with blood, and with yellow bits poking out in wrong places.

Ah, the mysteries of medicine. It was nice to see Doctor Wong, though. He's a funny guy.

In an interesting coincidence ... the driver of the ambulance that took my mom to the hospital was the best man at my other boss' wedding ... I had told my mom to ask if he was on the truck and she would be treated like a princess ... and so she was. A different crew took my mom back to the nursing home. Somehow my mom found out on the way that the one fellow was the brother of a guy I worked with, and the other was a friend of another of my coworkers.

I'm not surprised that everybody at least knows of, everybody, in that tight knit medical movers society.

Sounds like things are looking up. :thumb:

If she weren't still weak, shaky, and occasionally confuddled, I'd agree.

Still rooting for you and your mum ...

Um...*I'm* that way more often than not, so no worries. :)

Hope you are still taking good kind care of yourself Wolf, you do deserve more treats you know..

In the time that I haven't been posting there has been yet another trip to the emergency room, but things now appear to be proceeding much better in terms of my mom's progress.

In a moment of true wonderment ... while I was visiting with my mom yesterday, she had another, very unexpected visitor. My mom's old doctor (the one before the DO she goes to see now) showed up out of the blue.

Well, not quite out of the blue. I got the story out of him. Somehow, despite him no longer being my mom's doctor of record, and having left the practice he was in when he was last her doctor, somehow got mailed a copy of my mother's hospital discharge summary. And so, he decided to track her down. He was my/our family doctor for about ... (counts on fingers, toes, and ends up having to strip ammo out of mags to complete) 32 or so years.

If I hadn't been there when he showed up, I would have accused my mother of hallucinating.

Wolf, That's touching and funny. (the last part)

Wow. Good guy. I can't imagine a relationship with a doc lasting that long anymore.