Re: Returning Huggies, Louise to Sally

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Hi Louise:

I don't post very often...But, my neighbor was in kinda the same

situation. She had some pretty heavy duty surgery several mos. ago. She

had an incision in her stomach area (she had a colostomy reversal) &

nurses came a couple times/wk. to dress the incision. It got worse,

ended up being close to an inch deep, infected & not heeling. The dr.

wanted to take her back into the hospital. She said no, she wanted to

try caring for it herself. Turns out none of the nurses were caring for

it properly. After she began to care for it herself, it heeled

completely. The drs. were just amazed. Seems the nurses were never

really cleaning it enough before dressing it. And, this is in

Pennsylvania where the health care is supposed to be pretty good.

So, I'm sure once you begin to care for his holes, they should improve.

Even though it will be a long slow process. Took my neighbor several

mos. to get hers heeled after the infection was eliminated.

Take Care.

Carole Barber

On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:32:24 -0500 " LOUISE JANDEBEUR " jande@...>

writes:

> The handsome big eyed lover boy is watching me at the computer - 5

> steps to

> him and the ever needed suction machine. Jan is quite thin now,

> open

> mouthed and looking quite bewildered and defenseless, much as he

> looked in

> high school years ago. Thanks for writing and remembering me -

> despite

> Spring I am deep in the doldrums. Thanks to you and so many others

> for

> reassurance that there is life after loss.

>

> Hauled Jan's hurting carcass to Drs office in ambulance Friday. Bad

> trip.

> Dr. Looked at horribly inflamed buttock holes and suggested they be

> dressed

> differently. That is, he will instruct nurse who visits weekly but

> is

> unaware that Jan has been bedfast for over a year, then nurse who

> has NEVER

> dressed holes will teach me?

> One hour weekly...including checklist time,

>

> Such is medicine in LA where nursing home care rate is lowest in the

> US -

> $88 per day due to minimum $5.15 hrly part time, no perks, no

> pension.

> Often no care, or very little.

>

> Keep sending Grandma and Kansas news. Don't blow away, we need

> you. LA

> Louise, tired a whole bunch.

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