K's Home

K came home from St Jo tonight. My estimate was way off. Last night I was thinking that I'd have her out of there by 3pm today, with just dialysis to do in the morning. But with the confusion with the antibiotics, and other general hospital slowdowns, I didn't get her out of there until after 8pm. The antibiotic question was resolved in favor of having DaVita administer them during dialysis, but that's only every other day, so it's a poor compromise at best. She had a 100 degree temp just before checking out, but the tech was creative, and had her drink some water and measure again, which of course brought it down. So now we're watching her temp very carefully, and it does seem to be going down.The last thing they messed up was her prescription for pain meds on the way out. They forgot the pharmacy had closed, and sent the hard copy down in the pneumatic tube, so there was no way to get it back. It took nearly an hour to get everyone to understand what needed to be done, and to get a doc to sign a new prescription, and get it back to us. By that time, we were so tired, we just came home anyway - maybe she'll get it filled at Kaiser. She's on a no-walk no-drive order, and wearing a big unwieldy boot on her right foot, so it will be interesting getting her to the follow up appointment on the morning of the 21st, especially since that's her dialysis day. We'll be asking around to see if someone can take her. The good news is that the DaVita center was willing to slide her dialysis appointment back from 1pm to 5pm that day. Sigh. Another long day. I just got back from walking Mandy one last time before bed, and now it's time to get these tired eyes closed.