Dad had to call the "top supervisor" number AGAIN at 2am last night, as no one was responding to his "emergency" button. Unbelievable to think that someone could truly need immediate attention, and they just don't seem to bother checking on them. Really scary. Sad thing is, this is not uncommon in a lot of rehab and other types of recovery hospitals (based on what people have been telling us).
Today he had Occupational therapy again, and asked to do lots of "extra stuff" that impressed the therapist, like dumb bells. He also lifted one of his legs up about 3 inches when they were moving him, which everyone was happy to see. Seems to be feeling well, and ate ALL of his lunch too.
Please pray that Mom and Sis get to talk with the appropriate supervisor on Monday regarding the horrible lack of response. While I sort-of want to be there for it, I'd probably end up going ballistic as I have low patience for bull-hockey and bureaucratic explanations of why things are "different" than they should be...I deal with enough of it on a daily basis, and am used to "my way or the highway." Probably not a good idea when my dad's health care is at stake. "A man's got to know his limitations," so I'll let the cooler heads have the discussion, and come in as the bad guy later on if needed.
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Rehab is generally a place where people are expected to do as much for themselves (or their family is geared to learning to help them) as possible. It is not the same level of care as hospital even if it has an ICU.
You might want to recommend that he get his pain med routinely every 4 hours for the next few days then try to wean to 5 then 6 and so on till he gets stronger and less sore. That way, the pain does not get the upper hand and if staffing is short at night, he still gets what he needs.
I strongly doubt that any rehab facility will have sufficient staff to be with him as often as you all have become accustomed to at Methodist.
He might almost be better in the near future at home with visiting nurses as soon as he has a bit of strength in his legs and has the trach out.
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