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Timeline:

Sept 28 -- er visit St P hip pain PA-go to ortho walk in clinic

Sept 29 -- ortho walk in clinic gave her a shot in the hip
Oct 2nd -- er visit st peter -- ct scan of abdomen

Oct 7th -- er Mayo ISJ - 8 hours .. prescribed pain killer

Oct 9th -- ortho back doctor

Oct 11th -- ambulance to er Mayo ISJ -- xrays/ct scan 

                    even though she couldn't bear weight and walk sent home - no beds .. 

                    prescribed oxy

Oct 13th -- video appointment w/dr at St P Clinic -- go to er Mankato 

Oct 13th -- video appointment w/pain clinic dr Mayo Mkto ( the stimulator dude)

                        needs a MRI ..

Oct 15th -- Mayo calls back with MRI appointment for NOVEMBER 7th

Oct 16th -- Rivers edge .. PT OT assessments, conversations w/social worker to find assistance 

                        either skilled nursing or home health care -- bed available for observation

                        hospital doctor wants ct scan of lower back .. radiologist sees hip issue

yes peeps, this has been life for the last 18 days 

next steps:

ortho will review this morning during rounds at the hospital ... 

will still need skilled nursing care and pain management .... 

    not allowed to bear weight on the left hip/leg/foot 

there is still a long way to go in this journey

but we have a diagnosis and some answers

not sure how it fractured .. 

dr b at the hospital isn't a always a favorite and he was a bit perplexed/brusque while admitting but his demeanor changed a bit after the ct scan -- client deb from PT was really interesting to watch while she was doing her thing early on .. 

grateful for the locals and the good concerned care 

by 8:00 last night ... jean ordered pizza from domino's and Lee delivered it ... 

Updates

just because it speaks to me 

well peeps, friends and family ...

It's been another entertaining week of medical bullshit .. 
Saturday - was an ambulance ride to Mankato followed by another 7 hours in er -- when the PA came in and said she could leave - the xrays were "normal" .. we had Mom stand up and attempt to walk -- the PA seemed odd when she couldn't walk or stand .... .. then attempted to find a bed -- no beds in Mankato and St Peter refused ( gee thanks ) so back home 

Since then we've been pushing/pulling her around in her walker -- Monday morning was 2 telemed dr appointments -- one w/local Dr and she needed to "research" called us back and attempted to send us back to er in Mankato.  nope.  2nd was her pain clinic doctor -- he ordered more oxy and MRI ... so

today, Wednesday -- MRI people call with a date of November 7th  WHAT THE F.   seriously, freeking November -- 

Last night, Jean and I got her a shower -- we had to pivot but got her in there and go the job done -- tonight I did it solo .. 

Family friend - Mary Beth has spent the last 2 mornings with her -- she cannot be alone -- cannot get to bathroom or anywhere else without riding -- Rachael has the drug schedule set up with the oxy to control pain -- I'm waking her up at 2:00am and dispensing and then again at 6:00am for more .. we have a rotating schedule of oxy, aleeve and tylenol every 4 hours .. 

I'm working from home as much as possible but lately clients are needy.  Today was the deadline for extended returns .. Kate is off in Ohio for 4H stuff -- Jan has filled in at the office .. and clients are either needy or crabby .. I get it so am I 

Tomorrow is a new day and a new plan ... 

 

tgif -- whew

 

today, was a better day in a week of chaos .. I think I actually finished a couple projects, got supper warmed up and ate, fed those damn cats, chased deer out of the yard and did a HyVee run with a fast stop at ziptrip for bread -- nary a loaf of bread available at HyVee .. seriously, a grocery store without bread?  weird

I was looking for pictures and found the above of Dad disking the garden .. always a project on daisy ln

found this one of Joanne at the first rental cabin -- 

in the picture dump 6 weeks ago .. found this one from a family reunion at the Marysburg Church -- all the classic beer's were available 

family events bring back all the feels and memories -- it's been a week 

all the chaos makes us stronger (and tired) -- tonight is answer emails, surf the internet and veg -- it's actually almost bed time .. and tomorrow we'll start again.

I'm hoping to spend a couple hours at the office -- working in silence is my new obsession in life -- I also hope to hit up the Maker Fair .. time will tell, maybe a spot of lake too .. we'll see how the patient is faring before traveling too far.  Not sure if the pain control measures are working .. she's not comfortable and really bored.  A bad combination.  

life

it has been the week from hell ... i wander around and spend way to much time slipping in my own shit.  Tuesday's adventure:  7 hours in er with Mom -- 7 flipping hours ... I check on her every morning -- I'm generally always at work by 6:00 every day ... she wasn't up when I took a peek at the camera so I ended up driving out there -- she was still in bed -- a lot of hip/leg/lower back pain --- so we've exhausted local options and opted for er at Mankato, which is MAYO and has all of her records.  7 hours after triage ( that included blood work, xray, echo cardiogram, pee test -- iv painkiller and anti nausea drugs) we see a doctor, who told her to take aleve .. WTF ... 

Yesterday, Wednesday -- was Aunty Joanne's funeral -- I go home to get her at 9:45 and she's still in bed -- up, shower and at the funeral home by 10:45 was a pretty good feat --- used her walker like a wheel chair to get her into the building -- and back out to the Jeep ... at the burial -- she didn't leave the vehicle .. back to Redmen for lunch -- again a process -- but she got there --- got her home and back to bed with the flipping aleve ... rousted her out at 4:30 -- I had to be in Mankato for meeting at 5:15 -- she moved on her own to chair and ate ...

Today she had ortho appointment -- inflamed nerves in her lower spine -- a flair up of some kind -- prescription pain killers, rest and eventually physical therapy ..  she's not happy with more physical therapy ..  Jean took her to this appointment 

I started my day at 4:00 am in the cave -- our extended tax returns are due 10/15  6 to go .. plus payroll taxes etc .. it's chaos at the office, utter chaos .. and lately, we people -- all of us are just plain nuts ... goofy nuts ..  so .. at 5:00 I picked up the drugs and Chinese from HyVee ... fed her damn cats, watered the plants, loaded up the recycling, ran the dishwasher .. 

it's my birthday --- today -- working since 4:00, chaos, drug run, takeout Chinese and laundry is perking and I have a pile of projects ... it could be worse .. it can always be worse

my pity party needs to end 

it might be time for my book 

I follow a wastebook group that is geared toward Quilting and Sewing room organization -- this industrious woman wins the prize -- wowzer -- more fabric and thread than most quilt shops and damn it's organized ... holy smokes.

and that long arm is way too cool .. and large ... 

 

bird

64 years and 362 days to purchase my first whole roasted chicken -- can't spell rotisserie  tonight.  on the homebound i stopped a ziptrip for milk ( on sale for $2.99 this week ).. perused the chick strips and well, the whole roasted bird was cheeper ... 

and it tasted pretty damn good for a GAS STATION BIRD .. 

$6.99 for the WHOLE BIRD

slam the door the world is going to hell -- who knew a gas station bird would be that tasty

my second trip to ziptrip today -- milk and iced coffee this morning, milk and bird this afternoon -- the credit card company must think i'm nuts 

so, we had roast chicken, rice blend and salad for supper .. all of my grandmothers, great grandmothers are looking down from above and frowning ... except they'd appreciate the $6.99 -- 

and leftovers for a small batch of chix soup and/or chix hotdish .. 

so #2 is really not walking well now -- ortho appointment is Thursday ( soonest available ) she's not moving well at all .. digging out the walker when I get back upstairs .. it's that bad .. 

 

birthday week musings

seriously -- sitting in the porch at the cabin, listening to the pitter patter of rain, a rumble of thunder and the leaves falling (wind assisted) .. it's been a quiet weekend out here -- fall is the best time at the lake -- the wake boats, wave runners and water skiers have moved on ...

the culinary efforts for the weekend have included left over chicken noodle hotdish ( with crushed potato chips), broccoli salad ( broccoli, bacon, cashews - mayo dressing) on top of lettuce blend with some turkey tossed in, 4 meat pizza with leftover broccoli salad -- Friday night I baked up some " ready to bake" choc chip cookies .. they are about the size of a 50cent piece but pretty tasty for a $2 investment ... snarfing on one every time I walk by the dish.

did a little homework yesterday before we came out ( nothing better than uploaded quarterly payroll reports at 5:30am on a Saturday) .. a tax return while here and literally nothing else of any importance -- I'm on book #2 -- a spot of surfing and shopping this morning since Kohls feels the need to coupon me at 40% off and I had $40 Kohls cash burning holes in my pocket.  more shoes .. can't have too many pairs of shoes ... 

pondering the need to vacuum before we leave

Saturday night sunset .. always the best

 

random shots from the week

because sleeping in my yard is a fun thing ... enlarge and look beyond her -- there's another one

darkness comes early on 3rd street these days 

ditto at the happy place

a client posted this on wastebook this week .. she's one of my hero's (heroes) .. young widower with children -- raising beautiful children .. 

"no one's going to hand you a better life. you've got to earn it  ....... " 

We were back at the er yesterday -- the on call PA decided that some testing to rule out a few things might be an okay thing to do, so it's not a hernia, it's not a fractured / cracked / splintered hip, pelvis or leg, it's not kidney stones and blood work did not indicate any weird infections .. 

he thinks the meds still need to kick in -- prescribed a mild steroid ... and "oh, by the way -- your colon seems quite full "  .. translation -- you're full of shit or shit is backing up ... but that's probably not responsible for your pain .. I cannot make this shit up .. :)))))

so, I found the missing file this evening ... in the cave on the desk, and I found my purse .. it too was in the cave -- laundry is perking and it must be time to a) read my book, b) keep cleaning the sewing zone or c) take a mini drive ... to the car wash !