Rogue-Nation Family

[senona]

That is really grim.

My husband and I wonder how many people hospitals are killing without relatives there to check up on them.  It was bad before; it has to be worse now.

The hospital is to blame for Jim's inability to walk now.


They denied me access due to covid, even tho I am his legal caretaker (besides his wife)


I took them at their word each time I called to check up on Jim -- 'Oh he's fine' ....'Yes, he ate all his food' .... 'He's doing good, just resting'


So when the time came to pick him up --(14 day quarantine before he could go back to the nursing home & I was furloughed at that time)-- to say I was shocked when the nurse called down to the lobby to speak to me, to tell me that Jim was IMM0BILE. That he could not even straighten out his legs. And he was so weak, he was not able to push himself up off the bad.


Oh yeah, I did an ugly cry that day (one of many)


They kept him for a few more days, which allowed me to get mentally prepared and then they brought him home in an ambulance.



The whole 2 weeks I had him, he never gained enough strength to move himself. 
He was able to move his arms and feed himself after 3 days. 

I spent every waking minute massaging his legs/arms and flexing them. But it was not enough.

My sister helped me out, until the paperwork for the home healthcare workers went through.



After the 14 days, they sent an ambulance to come pick Jim up and back to the nursing home he went.

Shortly after that, I ended up going back to work ( I myself had to do 14 quarantine before I could go back to work) 




So yes, sadly without family members there to watch out for them, hospitals are neglecting many patients due to "coronavirus" , using that as an excuse.

Or at least that is what they told me once I started raising hell, questioning the care my husband received --rather the lack of.
And being as I was literally denied access to watch over him being as he cannot speak up for himself, that they were responsible for him being de-conditioned.


They fed me a line of bullshit, but I kept on at them. Nothing ever happened tho and I have since been told that hospitals are being protected since this is an "unprecedented pandemic" 


Pandemic my azz!!









**These were taken a few days before the shutdown.... we went to town, went by McD's and to the park 


















Jim when they brought him home from the hospital..... April 29 
The last time he would be able to walk 








The nursing home is a very nice one and they do all they can to help him. I really cannot complain. They themselves have their hands tied in this pandemic mess.
And are under new kinds of stress, being dictated by the State Health Dept on the do's and don'ts


But until the new year kicks in for Medicare, Jim cannot get any more skilled physical therapy.