I made the trip down on Sunday and stayed with Grandmother all day in her hospital room- nothing really happens around there on Sundays so not too much to report.
After many phone calls back and forth on Monday, I received the good news that the Roosevelt Rehab Institute in Warm Springs had accepted her into their program. However, she would not be transferred there until Tuesday (we were hoping for Monday). Her blood pressure had been up all day and the doctors had adjusted/changed her meds to remedy the problem.
I decided to make another trip down there early on Tuesday morning for the transfer, the paperwork, etc. I arrived at the hospital that morning around 7am and they finally released her for transfer to Roosevelt right around 12 noon. She napped pretty much all morning as if she did not sleep much the night before... she barely woke even when they moved her onto the stretcher and into the ambulance...
I made the drive to Warm Springs and completed all the paperwork in Admissions. When I was finally escorted to her room and found her in a DEEP sleep. And that is pretty much how she was ALL afternoon... it was kind of scary especially since she had no pain medicine in a day or so... and she had to be practically shaken physically while loudly calling her name just to get her to open her eyes and acknowledge me. It really had me wondering if she possibly had another brain seizure during transport.
After several interviews with different Roosevelt folks on her "rehabilitation team" and a 1000 questions answered later, I left her around 5pm. And I felt like a mother leaving her child to strangers...
I did make a call to her Main Nurse and checked in on her this afternoon- she did finally wake sometime last night and they have been "assessing her condition" all day today- I should get a full report tomorrow... Until then-
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