Bill, Saturday August 10

Today I faxed the "Complaint Intake Form" to Oregon regulators (Oregon Health Care Regulation & Quality Improvement) for our July 22-23 issues at the acute care facility. I fully described the issues, but in a nutshell they were 1) medical neglect for not following the discharge orders from OHSU, 2) failure to follow standards of care (not repositioning a patient who wasn't able to move himself), and 3) failure to keep accurate records (not charting the administration of medications).

We're hoping the complaint gets somebody's attention and prevents another family from the same stress. But it is behind us.

Bill got to have a real shower finally, albeit in a shower chair and not standing.  Bill weighs about 60 pounds less than at the time of The Event ; half that weight loss was probably from water weight.

We had a bit of a worry from today's lab tests: the white blood count is up. But nothing else indicates an active infection. Temperature is fine. Lungs sound clear. A chest x-ray was clear. No pain. We were given the option to transport him to E.R. just to have an IV put in for antibiotics -- they don't put in IV's at the nursing facility -- so we opted 'no.'

I found out who some of my stalker-readers are, so hello to you all! Oh, and several people have said they tried to post comments which didn't "stick." I don't moderate comments (i.e., I don't have to approve your comments before they appear), and you don't even have to do the 'prove you're not a robot' routine. You should be able to post Anonymously at least, and several people have -- it's nice when they tag the end with their name. So Sylvia, Rhonda, Sunnye, and whomever else: we have felt your good vibes, sorry I don't know what to suggest, and maybe some geekier readers can tell us what causes comment-posting-failures.