Dad Update XV

Good news!

We are FINISHED with Mercy Hospital!  ESPECIALLY good news, since the transitional vent unit experience was somewhat LESS than ideal.  SERIOUSLY...why do these people still have jobs?  Bad nurses (not all of them...we liked Laura and Treva), miscommunication, neglect...SERIOUSLY how INEPT can "medical professionals" BE???!!! 

Apparently there were TWO patients who needed to be transferred to Mt. Ayr today, and they got the first one (not my dad) out, then didn't realize that there was a SECOND transfer, so didn't get him out until this evening (he was supposed to go around noon).  ARE YOU KIDDING ME???!!!!  MORONS...

Whatever...it's in the past, because, AS I TYPE THIS, dad is in an ambulance, on his way to the "transitional care" unit at the Mt. Ayr hospital (15 minutes from home, instead of 90!).

They took the tracheotomy apparatus off Friday, removed the feeding tube this weekend, took out the catheter, and dad is now going to spend 4-6 weeks in Mt. Ayr, and will then, hopefully, be HOME!

He's still "foggy", can't walk, is experiencing frequent "tremors" (which, we've been told, will dimish over time), and has a really long road ahead, but at least he'll be closer to home, and the "journey" for mom to sit with him will be MUCH better!

Keep praying/thinking good thoughts/offering good vibes!