March 18, 2013 Monday

I went to see mom at 3:30 today and asked about her eye again. Gregg had asked Caesar (LVN) to get something down about it yesterday. This time Martias (LVN) called Jeanette the Hospice nurse and I spoke with her and said I want to stop screwing around with this I want an eye specialist. Dr. L has been treating it unsuccessfully for months. 

At 9:30 PM I get a call from Leslie from the SNF and she said Dr. L was stopping the drops, that she was allergic to them, and he was starting something else. I said NO, have him call me, I want an eye specialist. WTF do I have to do to get this accomplished?

She did take her meds and some vitamins. Not sure which ones.

I left at 5:00. She did not want dinner again.

It is 9:40 PM as I write this and I did not hear from the director. I know, shocking! 

BREAKING NEWS:

I was reading the March 2013 issue of AARP magazine and on page 4 there is a brief article that states it is no longer a REQUIREMENT for people with degenerative diseases such as MS or Lymes or the like to SHOW IMPROVEMENT or lose their Medicare Rehab days. Thanks to Glenn Slowick and his wife Kate Mealing in Connecticut.  Great breakthrough, too late for my mom but at least my fight was on the right track!!!!