TAMMY & SHANA and all on this great Forum: Today's medical treatment is hard to believe.....and Aida and I are so happy for your speedy recovery......and now I will add Aida's adventure in this never-never land...as I sent it to our relatives and friends to keep everyone posted......as requested:
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GREETINGS: Medicine and Medical treatment sure has
taken a Giant Step forward, these past number of
years.
My wife, Aida, barring complications, should be coming
home shortly, and be her old self, once more....her
Double-By-Pass and her Heart Valve Replacement
operation(s), a thing of the past.....for shortly
after all of the above, rather than send the patient
home as an invalid for the rest of her days, the
KAISER HMO, had her transferred to Scripps Torrey
Pines Convalescent and Therapy Center....for rest, and
properly supervised exercise, and get her ready to
return home as a New Woman...Glad to be Alive and
active as before.
When I phoned her this morning, she was located in the
GYM.....imagine....walking up and down stairs, playing
"catch" with the nurse, using a huge beach ball. The
nurse would throw the ball straight to her and also to
each side, forcing her to stretch ever so slightly,
but still retain her balance...the desired result.
Her occupational nurse had her get dressed in street
clothes in order to get her used to "being back to
normal", instead of her thinking of herself as a "just
operated-upon patient". This is really
wonderful....and I only wish I had the same fortitude
and nerve and guts to go ahead with my needed Hip
Replacement....but since it is not life-threatening, I
will try to ride out the storm...for my last 25 years,
or so. <grin>
The other day, sitting alongside her bed, as she was
paying our bills, the nurses all gathered around and
remarked that she had her office there...and only on
second day....Remarkable!
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There is one thing, though, that I must warn you
about. As Aida was about to be discharged from the
Scripps Hospital, and transferred to the Convalescent
Center, I offered to drive her there, or else she
could have gone in our daughter's van....as long as
the nurse would help her to the car and a nurse at the
Center, help her out.
Over the years, as a Licensed Real Estate Broker in
Forest Hills, New York, I would insist on "Hand
Delivering title reports and bank and mortgage
statements, in order to make sure they got to their
destination without a problem....and it worked just
fine all those years. This is why I wanted to do the
same with Aida, and drive her to the Center, which was
only about 10 minutes drive away.....but when it came
time for her actual discharge, the head nurse decided
that since Aida might still need some Oxygen for the
trip...bed to bed....she would have to go by the
Shuttle service that they use. ....And this almost
proved to be a DISASTER!
Rather than argue the point, I went along with the
idea and soon the Shuttle driver appeared....but minus
an Air Tank....and our nurses at the hospital had to
loan the driver a tank of oxygen for the trip. I then
went to retrieve my car from the garage and drive to
the Convalescent Center....and when I arrived
....there was no sign of Aida....for she had not
arrived as yet.
I was amazed for they left before I did....and sorry
to say, I had to wait at the center for about an hour
before Aida finally arrived via the shuttle.
Ironically, the driver was rather new on the job and
got lost and instead of going due West to the
facility, he went North and they ended up in Del
Mar....a half hour out of their way....asking
directions and finally phoning into the Center, the
driver finally arrived. By this time, poor Aida was
"all in"....frustrated, no end, for not only was the
ride so long and tiring, but the driver seemed to pick
out all the rough roads, and Aida kept bouncing in the
Shuttle.....It was just very fortunate that she still
did have the Oxygen attached, otherwise....God knows
what could have happened to her.
Whatever could possibly have gone wrong, certainly did
on that fateful drive.....so now I vow to do my own
thing should a similar situation ever arise, again.
We are just lucky today, that she shows no sign of
that terrible trip...and is recuperating under the
wonderful care and attention at the Center.
.....And this story would not be complete, without
telling you that our grandchildren continue having a
most wonderful time visiting Grandma Aida and driving
Grandpa's motorized scooter in the huge patio with
curving walkways, statues and fountains.
Their visits always cheer up Grandma Aida....and I
love to see them, too....I mean three! (Eric, Dee and
William)<G>
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL....AIDA & MITCH MENSCHEL
PS: Although San Diego is supposed to be the 7th largest City in the U.S.A., to us it still is a "hick-town"....for none of the nurses were able to tell us what the ROSS PROCEDURE IS.....AND THEY ALSO NEVER HEARD OF A "NEW ADHESIVE".
Can anyone tell us what the two items above really are, in detail, as much as you might know.
THANK YOU ALL......MITCH MENSCHEL
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