At the ER they wanted Mom to see a normal doctor. They gave her enough calming meds to last till the appointment. There is a niggle in my brain that we have been down this road before.
Day of appointment the phone wakes me up. The doctor she is to see is out of the office. They wanted us to wait till next week. Uh....no. She found us an appointment in the afternoon in Orchards. That is fine.
While Mom is in this state getting her ready and going some place is a bit of work. But Cami and I got her ready and we went. Cami told me to ask about more antibiotics due to she thinks the UTI is not totally gone. Okay. So the doc comes in and asks a couple of questions. I ask about antibiotics and she tells me they will need a new urine sample for that. Yeah like that is going to happen. And then she is heading out the door. I'm like can we at least get some more calming meds. Oh you have to see your primary doctor for that but she would give us a small amount. And out the door she went. No talk about the agitation which is why we were there in the first place.
We did go to the lab and Mom tried. She could not give a sample. After so long we gave up and will hope for the best. We went to the pharmacy and got ten more tabs of the calming medicine.
Once home I made an appointment with the primary doctor in a week and a half. Then I made a phone appointment for Tuesday as that is when the meds will run out. Hopefully we can just take care of it over the phone and if not maybe we can get enough meds to last to the appt. It is very frustrating. And it made me remember...we have done this before. Why make an appt with just anybody if you still need to follow up with the primary. Makes no sense to waste every one's time like that. And in our case it is an ordeal now to get Mom ready to go somewhere.
One day at a time. And I am remembering to breathe.
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