So, back to the hospital hallucinations/delusions for a minute. I thought, since dad was currently afraid of me, I'd try to enter his new world and tell him we're "hatching a plan for his escape." One of Dad's best friends, Doug was flying down from Indiana so we could "break him out of this hostage situation". And Doug did fly down that evening (Thursday, 11/10). Alas, by the time he got there, Dad had finally come down off his manic run and was so groggy he didn't even realize Doug was there - and so began a longer than 24 hour sleep. (Insert: a part of the story that's important, but don't know where else to put it... during this general timeframe, I'm trying to get medical records released to the New Hope Clinic from the Arlington Hospital... Medical Records Dept can't release until he's been discharged, talk to the doctor...so, I did...he says he can't but will see... later in the day, I happen to pass him as he's talking to a woman in the hall and I hear my situation, so, he points her to me and she says she'll get it taken care of (and also that she's very interested in the homeopathic methods of treatment). Well... I couldn't remember her name, just a position that ended up not being hers, so, nobody knew who I was asking for and nobody would call the dr to ask him who I was trying to find to see if she had sent our records over to Yuma!)
Friday, I had my own annual doctor exam to attend (gotta take care of the caregiver!) and while I was out (almost returned) my family calls in a panic from the hospital that they're talking about discharging him with a potassium* pill that he can't even swallow because he's not awake!! The man is in a deep sleep and they want to kick him to the curb!?!?! AUGH!!!!! (*FYI, low potassium contributes to hallucinations, etc.) I got back to the hospital in quite a heat. This meek child has definitely found her voice during this whole process! As I was practically running through the halls to get back to our floor, (providence of providences!) I ran into the lady from the day before! She said the records should have been sent by now.... turns out she's some big hospital administrator....our doctor's boss! haHA! Okay, so anyway... get upstairs, create a little scene, finally one of the case workers stops me long enough to let me know that the records have been sent... sighhhh...... okay, I can breathe a little easier now....and they finally get in touch with the doctor to learn that he is not discharging dad yet... and he's ordered up a new IV of potassium drip. THANK YOU! To borrow an old friend's expression...Holy cowherd!
In the meantime, Doug is hard at work, trying to find somebody local, and he does! There's a chiropractor in West Fort Worth who specializes in manipulating organs that have gotten themselves all twisted up! Sounds strange, but this apparently contributes to a lot of cancers and other maladies. So, Doug and I drive out and visit with Dr. Jim for awhile and Doug has found a friend for life.
Dr. Jim is like-minded to the belief structure of my dad and all his friends...I believe it too..it's just hard to explain here. Anyway, so that seals the deal that Dr. Jim just HAS to come and work on dad... Doug spares no price to help his friend, "The Leg(endary)" (after famous movie actor, Randolph Scott). ;-) He comes for the next three nights and we see good results, but slow...We have to get him to AZ, get him eating, get him stronger NOW! 
So, after a whirlwind weekend of getting Dad home from the hospital and reacclimating to the home front (he sleeps most of the two days we're home). Sunday, Doug has his wonderful secretary doing some major overtime, finding us flights out for Tuesday morning. Monday I hit the ground running to get all the last details straight for our trip to Mexico for the next two weeks. Thankfully Dad had a CD with me named as a co-signer that was just about the right amount to get him into the program...a couple wire transfers and we're set! WHEW!
No comments:
Post a Comment