Tuesday - An Update

I slept in this morning and didn't arrive at Beaumont until after 11:00 a.m. As a result of that I missed seeing the cardio people as well as the physician. I guess it's true, you snooze you loose.
C'est la vie.
The report I received from nurse Colleen was cardio was here just to make sure there were no complications for yesterdays event. The physician was here to discuss having PT come for an evaluation before she could be discharged to the sub-acute facility (aka Heartland). The order has been placed for that to take place, but it may not be until tomorrow.
The Reverend Miller was visiting when I called about when I would be arriving. He called me afterwards and talked about his visit sharing with me that when asked, mother rated her pain at a 1. She hadn't been up and moving around so that makes sense. He also expressed that her attitude was good.
When I arrived mom was indisposed, she was up on the bedside throne but was unable to sit up in the chair due to the pain. When I returned to the room, she was back in bed and obviously in pain. She told me that she was sure the nurses and staff felt she was being a nuisance because she couldn't do anything for herself and she was a nuisance to her children because she couldn't do anything for herself. If this sounds familiar to anyone reading this, you can imagine the rest of the conversation and tears. My people refer to this as a pity party. Wish I had an appropriate hat.
Prior to lunch, because the pain was so bad, a .5 mg dose of dilantin was administered to help alleviate the pain. At that time, I asked nurse Colleen if it might be prudent to persue the cause of the pain, rather than continue to treat the pain. She sent a text for the doctor to call the room while I stepped out to return a couple of calls. When I returned I believe I missed the Dr's call since we haven't received a call, or mom ignored the phone.
After sitting in the room for 4 hours, I stepped out to get my computer out of my car. Upon my return mom said there were two visits from Drs. One from the gastro folks to let her know they weren't going to do the endoscopy - same information we received last night. She couldn't remember who the other one was. Damn my luck!
At this point we know nothing more than we did yesterday. Pain continues, PT has been ordered for an evaluation and we are waiting on that. Since I have been unable to contact the Dr regarding cause of the pain, I plan on being here early in the morning to catch all these wonderful professionals before they go into hiding.
Thanks for listening.