Well, we were told that she's going home today . . . but if you have had the misfortune of being hospitalized, or have had a loved one hospitalized, you know that they'll tell you at 9am that you're going home, but it won't be until sometime around or after 3pm that you actually get to go home. It is like reverse hotel check-in and check-out time.
They drew blood this morning and are waiting for the labwork to come back. If all is good, she's going home today.
Needless to say, different doctors and nurses have been parading thru the room; some I've never seen before, who claim to be on her case. Each will check-off and authorize her discharge.
She has been out of bed since around 9am and sitting on that not so comfortable chair and whining about her flat butt being sore, so she is now sitting w/her legs down and not reclined, to shift the butt pressure around a bit. I also asked the nurse to walk her out the hallway for a bit because she feels unsteady and a bit groggy when she stands up. She did OK.
Doctors (I'm not sure which one or two or whichever) are Rx'ing home health care, physical therapy and occupational help to help her the first few days, or possibly first week. I will be there with her until Monday (since I'm still technically on vacation - originally scheduled to have returned from LV tonight around 11pm) but back to work on Monday and will feel better if someone stops by to check in on her thru the day.
She cannot bathe for a week (P-U), only cat-baths; no driving for two weeks; no raising her arm/hand above her shoulder/head for six weeks. So if she has to pee, she has to shout . . . if she knows the answer to the question, she has to shout it out . . . no raising her hand.
She didn't like that I took her picture . . . and told her "Yeah baby! And I'm posting it to the Internet." . . . and then told her, "hey mom, you've got a messload of folks throughout the world praying for you, loving folks that we know and so many we don't know or haven't met." She smiled gently, nodded her head, and said a quiet "Gracias".
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