It has been a tough week here. On Monday Bettyjo was in a lot of pain , felt very ill (flu like) and selpt. On Tuesday, she sneezed and air came out the wound in her neck. Her color was very bad and she still felt ill, so she went to our family Dr., and he ordered some blood work to see if she was getting all the nourishment she should be getting. I am not certain why, but as of today our family Dr. has not returned two calls to his office for the results! We'll try again on Monday.
Yesterday she went to see the ENT about the hole in her neck, and he is not hopeful it will heal on it's own. He told her to go back on 5mg of Prednizone and to get more fluid in her. He said we could do this at home using her feeding tube, or go to hospital ER and have an IV. We went to Riverside for the IV arriving at about 7:30pm. At 10pm Bettyjo still had not seen a doctor. I realize that to them an IV infusion is not high on the priority list, but she was in bad shape and the entire ER filled up and emptied with folks no worse off that she was. At 10:pm she could not set in the waiting room any longer so we left. I gave her a predinzone at home and will put some Gatorade as the ENT had suggested in her tube later this morning. This will take more time, but at least she is comfortable.
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