02/01/2013 – Friday

Checked on mom and she was doing well. She has had a couple of very good days cognitively. One good day was before her teeth arrived and then one after as well. Maybe that has been the influence? She knew they were coming? Self-esteem? Not sure. We inquired with Joel today as to when the Ritalin was re-started and we found out it was not. I thought that was the reason for the improvement since I spoke to Dr. L. last week and he said he would re-start it on the 25^th…..but now I found out he did not re-start it at all.  We did discover that she is on Meghase which I was told was stopped due to its negative side effects. Dr. L. was going to switch her to Remeron but did not. Why? He did neither thing that we spoke about on the 25^th.

Spoke to Susan N. today 858-495-5731 she said she could put me in touch with the ombudsman David R. if I need the help.  I decided I want mom to stay at Skilled Nursing Facility and get on Hospice however we can make that work. They need to find a bed for her. I won’t file a complaint about the “missed” stroke, pneumonia and oral infection.  So, they can give her another week or so to come back from being so malnourished and see if she can participate in the therapies. If they want her out they will have to give that to me in writing and I will appeal with Medicare.