Despite pleas by her roommate for her to stay another day at Beaumont so they could continue their conversations about pierogi and other things Hamtramck, Mother slipped out of her lovely hospital gown, got dressed (even though we brought the wrong shoes), and was discharged from Beaumont Hospital this afternoon.
Dave successfully loaded her into his Buick and ferried her to Heartland Health Care Center (in Timbuktu). They were met there by Byron and the two boys got her settled in. Understandably she is apprehensive about being someplace where she's never been, so far from home (a little over 15 miles via highway, 12 miles via surface streets), not having control over things, etc. Who wouldn't be? However, Colleen's mother stayed at this facility not long ago and they were quite pleased with how it is managed and her mother's outcome and recommended it. It's a newer facility, quite clean, and as Dave observed, by this time next week she'll be running the place. (Plus, I just discovered Heartland is fairly close to Nino Salvaggio. Added bonus!)
I am so proud of her, too. Yesterday the gastroenterologist stopped by her room and recommended she have an upper G.I. to see if they could uncover the cause of her bleeding (what I've termed a slow leak), and she refused. I've often told her medical procedures are optional--they're not going to arrest her for not agreeing to have something done (although I did sign the consent form for the hip surgery as she was too loopy from the pain meds, and she really needed to get that fixed). Let's get through this hip thing and then we'll deal with the other stuff, if needed.
She's in room 103, 2nd bed. I tried calling her shortly after 9 p.m. but apparently they don't answer the phone at that time. So if you talk to her before I do, tell her I tried!
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