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She's coming around
Jun. 10th, 2013 01:31 pmMom's doing MUCH better. She's got the bulk of her memories back and she's got her motor skills back (she feeds herself, cuts her food, can walk to the bathroom with help from me and the nurses).
However, the Dr.'s want to ship her out from the rehab center to a neurological rehab place on the west side. The dr.'s want to help her refine her speech and fine motor skills (like signing her name) and at that new place, she'll be in 8-hour therapy sessions instead of a few hour long sessions she currently has now.
We're still under a bit of stress. Dad and Rene still swap shifts staying with Mom day and night respectively. The people with the cancer insurance are being dicks-- according to Dad, they threw out a claim since he took too long to get all of the necessary paperwork in on time so he's resubmitting it. In addition, he's having a hard time with the bills -- just actually paying them-- since Mom had her own system which only made sense to her. And there's also $$$. Rene said that he spotted an itemized bill for the rehab center and Mom's room and board is about $550/night. I'm not sure if that excludes services and meds, but with the way things are, I think that's just the price tag on her bed and room alone.
I've just divvied up my time between the house, visiting Mom, and getting take-out. No one cooks...we don't have the time to be prepping dishes or cleaning between visits. I'll make oatmeal or canned food for breakfast and lunch means a trip to Golden Corral for a to-go box. I don't want to be gorging on hamburgers, hot dogs, and fried chicken and G.C. is the only place where I can hit up the salad bar for fresh broccoli, cauliflower, cranberries, and a meat item like pot roast, roasted chicken, or fish. I've actually managed to estimate getting enough food without raising my bill as they charge $5.29/pound. That and veggies are lighter than mashed potatoes and rice so I'm able to get more with raw veg and not pay as much.
And Rene wants us to go on the Paleo-Diet once Mom's out of the hospital. I'm all for it as it allows us to still eat meat and I happen to already eat a lot of the vegetables that are Paleo-kosher. But the real bitch is giving up Chinese food, starches like potatoes, rice, and corn. In addition, we're to eat no salt (or as little as possible). The reason for it is since Mom's diet landed her into this mess we can't afford for anyone to get sick like this again.
In between visits and in-services and jury duty, I'd kill to go camping/hiking. I feel bad though leaving Dad and Rene and Mom. On the other hand, I've even spent less time on FaceBook because it depresses me when I see my friends going to Disneyland or Ruidoso while I'm trapped here. Crazy Lyzeth and her BF helped me move out of my classroom last week and then we went for soup and sandwiches. Tomorrow I've got a training but Araina invited me over for a BBQ and swim.
However, the Dr.'s want to ship her out from the rehab center to a neurological rehab place on the west side. The dr.'s want to help her refine her speech and fine motor skills (like signing her name) and at that new place, she'll be in 8-hour therapy sessions instead of a few hour long sessions she currently has now.
We're still under a bit of stress. Dad and Rene still swap shifts staying with Mom day and night respectively. The people with the cancer insurance are being dicks-- according to Dad, they threw out a claim since he took too long to get all of the necessary paperwork in on time so he's resubmitting it. In addition, he's having a hard time with the bills -- just actually paying them-- since Mom had her own system which only made sense to her. And there's also $$$. Rene said that he spotted an itemized bill for the rehab center and Mom's room and board is about $550/night. I'm not sure if that excludes services and meds, but with the way things are, I think that's just the price tag on her bed and room alone.
I've just divvied up my time between the house, visiting Mom, and getting take-out. No one cooks...we don't have the time to be prepping dishes or cleaning between visits. I'll make oatmeal or canned food for breakfast and lunch means a trip to Golden Corral for a to-go box. I don't want to be gorging on hamburgers, hot dogs, and fried chicken and G.C. is the only place where I can hit up the salad bar for fresh broccoli, cauliflower, cranberries, and a meat item like pot roast, roasted chicken, or fish. I've actually managed to estimate getting enough food without raising my bill as they charge $5.29/pound. That and veggies are lighter than mashed potatoes and rice so I'm able to get more with raw veg and not pay as much.
And Rene wants us to go on the Paleo-Diet once Mom's out of the hospital. I'm all for it as it allows us to still eat meat and I happen to already eat a lot of the vegetables that are Paleo-kosher. But the real bitch is giving up Chinese food, starches like potatoes, rice, and corn. In addition, we're to eat no salt (or as little as possible). The reason for it is since Mom's diet landed her into this mess we can't afford for anyone to get sick like this again.
In between visits and in-services and jury duty, I'd kill to go camping/hiking. I feel bad though leaving Dad and Rene and Mom. On the other hand, I've even spent less time on FaceBook because it depresses me when I see my friends going to Disneyland or Ruidoso while I'm trapped here. Crazy Lyzeth and her BF helped me move out of my classroom last week and then we went for soup and sandwiches. Tomorrow I've got a training but Araina invited me over for a BBQ and swim.
