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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thinking of you and your dad![/quote]

Thank You! So, this past week was exhausting, but-he was released from the hospital on Wed and transported to a different rehab. I had a better (but not great) first impression of this one. They put these inflatable 'bumpers' on his bed, kind of like what you see in bowling allies, and he's not fallen out. He's on Seroquel which may be helping too. We see him daily and Mom is keeping him stocked with m&m's and Dr Pepper, his favorites.

Mom still wants him to come home after rehab. I don't think he is going to improve much if at all...but if that's what she wants then I'll try to help make it happen. We'll have a care meeting at the rehab week after next and see what they say. I think he should stay permanently in a skilled nursing facility, for his safety and my mom's. I did get Mom to agree for us (me and her) to meet with an elder care atty to plan for medicaid/spend down and how that works.

Even though both folks signed Living Wills back years ago when dad was cognizant (same atty that we're seeing soon) Mom really struggled with signing the DNR...I guess it feels so real now. I and the medical staff did  explain what resusitation would look like-broken ribs and intubation. She did sign it, and feels better now after, but she hesitated. I gently said that if Dad's heart stops, then it's a natural peaceful death, and we don't want him to suffer crushed ribs, ect.

Mom has the needle biopsy of the nodule in her lung in 2 weeks. She's hardly had time to worry and think about it with all this going on. I'll be glad to get it behind her and hopefully (dr was positive about it) cleared. I'd love a days-long nap at this point, but that'll never happen LOL[/quote]

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