I just had a few days away with friends. The holiday was booked at the beginning of this year and if Ray had still been at home he would have gone into respite for a week or so. I left several contact numbers with the nursing home staff and also advised my son would pass on a message if they needed me.
Apparently Ray had a seizure on Monday, now one a week for four weeks, and then a "turn" on Wednesday which is when the staff started leaving messages on my answering machine. No calls to my son at all.
So today I went in to the nursing home to try and sort it out. The staff nurse said the doctor said the "turn" may have been a slight heart attack and so the doctor wants Ray to have a heart monitor for a 24 hour test. I am not sure he will leave all the wires attached as when he was in hospital he pulled out both the catheter and the canula.
I didn't feel up to arguing after a three hour drive so said I would think about it over the weekend and discuss it on Monday. He is not a candidate for a defibrillator or pacemaker so I don't know what the monitoring will achieve apart from confusion and frustration on his part and probaby mine if I have to sit by his bed for 24 hours!
Wonderful how quickly the holiday feeling vanishes!
Sue.
Apparently Ray had a seizure on Monday, now one a week for four weeks, and then a "turn" on Wednesday which is when the staff started leaving messages on my answering machine. No calls to my son at all.
So today I went in to the nursing home to try and sort it out. The staff nurse said the doctor said the "turn" may have been a slight heart attack and so the doctor wants Ray to have a heart monitor for a 24 hour test. I am not sure he will leave all the wires attached as when he was in hospital he pulled out both the catheter and the canula.
I didn't feel up to arguing after a three hour drive so said I would think about it over the weekend and discuss it on Monday. He is not a candidate for a defibrillator or pacemaker so I don't know what the monitoring will achieve apart from confusion and frustration on his part and probaby mine if I have to sit by his bed for 24 hours!
Wonderful how quickly the holiday feeling vanishes!
Sue.
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