Today the 3 of us went to visit mom. Heading down to her room, I started to enter and the smell was bad. Linda was there and said she just had an accident in her new chair. She said she needed time to clean up and change moms clothes. We went to the dining room to wait.
Soon Linda brought her down in a wheelchair. We sat at the table and visited. She was in good spirits and said she was feeling better. She held molly and gave her love. After some time, she decided to go back to her room. John had taken molly outside. I went down to her room, grabbing her roku remote, put on Dr Quinn 2nd season. She wanted to lay down, and Hannah had stopped in and helped her. She was so gentle taking moms shoes off. And I said so. Hannah said those are nice, they fit her so good. I said I’ve never figured out how she got them. Linda was in the hallway and heard us. Those shoes came from her! I’ve wondered for 2 months where they came from! Linda was given them by her daughter but she couldn’t use them so thought of mom. Brand new. Angel on earth.
I talked several times throughout the day with Janette. Problems. Moms doctor moved as of 6/30. I knew this and changed her records to Community Health’s Dr. Wasson. Well, since mom hasn’t seen her in person yet, she cannot get a scrip for a wheelchair and PT. Complicating things further, Dr. Wasson is now moving as well. And the earliest any doctor can see her is the end of September.
So what next. I decided to call Dr. Lovko’s new office in Brandon since she’s also my doctor, to appeal to her good senses. The nurse i spoke to was very patient with me explaining everything. After i was done, she said ok, well you’ve called community health in Brandon, not Dr. Lovko’s new office. Her new office is UVM Porter. I said oh no I can’t believe i went through the whole story with my frustration, but she interrupted me saying no, she was going to try to help me. An Angel on earth. She said she’d get back to me asap. We waited a couple hours, and decided to go to to Keene Medical where we’d gotten moms chair, because Janette said she really needs that wheelchair. After waiting a while we found out we could rent one for about $80 for a month. We said let’s do it. Then another monkey wrench - we couldn’t get it until Wednesday morning. Taryn will call us when it’s ready,
Janette also told me that cleaning upholstery - mattress and chairs - they do the best they can. So I will hire a professional service to give moms stuff a thorough cleaning sometime soon. In the meantime, she gave me info to buy waterproof/ protective pads for chairs and mattresses. Also a different type of undergarment to more fully protect against accidents. Found it all on Amazon, and ordered, also another mattress pad because her other one apparently needed to be thrown away.
The CH nurse called me back and said while true that a new doc can’t prescribe without seeing her, she was able to get her in Friday at noon with Dr. Lisa Graves-Austin. Ok good maybe we can get the PT to happen. Next up, calling Janette to see if mom can get transported by Luis back and forth. Janette checked and said yes. Next up, calling Kenny to see if he could meet mom at the doctors. Vista will transport, but someone needs to meet the resident and stay with them until Luis comes back for her when the appointment is over. Kenny said it will work. Thank God for Kenny, he’s another Angel in my life. (I’m babysitting miles thurs & fri this week, staying overnight.)
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