Russell Williams
Well-Known Member
As many of you already know Louise has had her operation and it appears that she is now cancer free. She expects to spend about one week in a nursing home while she rebuilds her strength. She still has two drains in her.
There are two old sayings that apply to her recent nursing home experience.
One.) Be careful what you wish for because you may get it in unexpected ways.
Two) When you go into a medical facility you must keep your wits about you or they will kill you.
Louise does not like to sleep in a room where a TV is playing. Last night in the nursing home the TV of one of her roommates was on all night. Louise asked if it would be possible to turn the TV off after 10 or 11 PM.
The nursing home administration decided to solve the problem by moving Louise to another room. When I arrived at her new room I noticed a red sign at the entrance to the room. The sign was a red and white sign which said STOP. As I read the details it appeared that, although no specific instructions were checked, there was something in that room that was transmissible and bad. Staff assured me that the other person in the room was not infectious and that she never got out of bed and that the staff always washed their hands carefully after touching her or any of her belongings or furnishings. It was pointed out that as long as Louise did not go near her or her bed there was no danger to Louise. Due to medical privacy rules they were, of course, not able to tell either Louise or I exactly what the danger was.
Louise and I went to a nursing home pizza party. During the pizza party a staff member came to tell Louise that she had again been moved and that one of the people in the room that Louise was being moved to was being moved into the room with the stop sign. I asked if the person being moved into the room was in an intellectual state where she would be unable to either read or understand the significance of the sign. The answer was a little bit vague but both Louise and I interpreted the answer as being, yes.
Probably the administration knew that the woman who was moved into the, stop sign room did not have visitors who were as pushingly inquisitive as I am.
There are two old sayings that apply to her recent nursing home experience.
One.) Be careful what you wish for because you may get it in unexpected ways.
Two) When you go into a medical facility you must keep your wits about you or they will kill you.
Louise does not like to sleep in a room where a TV is playing. Last night in the nursing home the TV of one of her roommates was on all night. Louise asked if it would be possible to turn the TV off after 10 or 11 PM.
The nursing home administration decided to solve the problem by moving Louise to another room. When I arrived at her new room I noticed a red sign at the entrance to the room. The sign was a red and white sign which said STOP. As I read the details it appeared that, although no specific instructions were checked, there was something in that room that was transmissible and bad. Staff assured me that the other person in the room was not infectious and that she never got out of bed and that the staff always washed their hands carefully after touching her or any of her belongings or furnishings. It was pointed out that as long as Louise did not go near her or her bed there was no danger to Louise. Due to medical privacy rules they were, of course, not able to tell either Louise or I exactly what the danger was.
Louise and I went to a nursing home pizza party. During the pizza party a staff member came to tell Louise that she had again been moved and that one of the people in the room that Louise was being moved to was being moved into the room with the stop sign. I asked if the person being moved into the room was in an intellectual state where she would be unable to either read or understand the significance of the sign. The answer was a little bit vague but both Louise and I interpreted the answer as being, yes.
Probably the administration knew that the woman who was moved into the, stop sign room did not have visitors who were as pushingly inquisitive as I am.
