Rante Macabre

[TBoneTX 45,654]

Mrs. T-B. was distraught and in tears for much of today, cry she man.

Guayaquil in Ecu, where she up-grew, is devastated by the Covid-Many (2x2x2x2+2+1) virus, sigh man.

A distant cousin of hers plus the father/brother of a classmate have died, croak they man.

Ecu's airports are closed, and Mama-Mrs.-T-B. is staying with us for at least 2 more months, stay senior she man.

She & Mrs. T-B. are both terrified of the "coronaveerus," Spanish pronunciation man.

[TBoneTX 45,654]

Maybe Mrs. T-B. will feel a little better when she sees/learns what we have up-cleaned, potentially appreciate she man.

By the way, we were sweating so much after all of this that we took a second shower, Clean for Gene we man.

[TBoneTX 45,654]

Oh, and earlier on Tues., we ran an errand at Walgreens for Mama T-B., imprisoned-in-casa senior she man.

Store had their casa-brand Oreos & chocolate-cheap cookies on sale, nice $aving$ man.

We bought Many (2+1) of each, out-pig we man.

Never go shopping when you're hungry, no man.

Walgreens' chocolate-cheap cookies have Many chocolate cheaps in them, ingest now we man.

So much for whatever weight we lost while mow-lawning earlier in the day, easy go easy come man.

[TBoneTX 45,654]

Cat prep zzz man.

Mornin', absent/lurking Commie- and other babes with refulgent and unallocated upvote inventories!

[trudi 1,317]

11 hours ago, cdneh said:

Oh but wait, there is more.

I arrived this morning early, and it is a jolly good thing I did. 

 

His entire bed was very low, I mean almost too low for me to bend down to. His head was at 8° when it is never meant to be less than 30° He can't breathe when it is that low. He looked utterly terrified.  I yanked the head of the bed up and he pretty much began to gasp. I hit the call button.

 

I noticed he was shivering hard. Not a usual symptom for him. Why?  I yanked the sheet off. Would you believe some numpty, in an attempt to reduce a fever, had tucked bags of ice under both arms? That had fallen open and half melted? That the rest of the ice was stuck to his skin? The sheets were wet, everything under him was wet, and some idiot had put a gown on him and gone to all the trouble to tie it up in double knots all along under his back.

 

No answer to the call button, so I hit it again. Some bored voice, do you want something? A Nurse. Now.

 

She arrived just ahead of the medical team and the transplant doc. We did have the most wonderful conversation. Most of it mine.

 

We agreed, not that anyone had much chance to say, that all of the above is totally unacceptable. The chart showed a 0300 temp of 99. So when was that ice placed there? Apparently at midnight. 

 

The night nurse gets the credit for this. The nursing supervisor was paged and read her pedigree.

 

I asked today, that they not wake him at night every two hours to turn him. Leave him the heck alone and stop waking him up. No ice. How about instead the use the fever reducer already ordered?

 

And more games with meds. He has three bunches of people following him around. Medicine, palliative care, and the transplant heptologist. So one group thinks dilaudid is the best thing. The other says oh no, that is soooo addictive!  The transplant doc, who by the way is driving this bus, placed orders this morning for morphine and a fentanyl patch. The junior doc had the brass to cancel it. Apparently reinstated when the error of his ways was pointed out to him. Still no sign of that when I had to leave.

 

This is nuts, right? It's not just me with ridiculously high expectations and expecting an impossible standard of care.

It's disgraceful is what it is, do they not understand that the purpose of hospice care is to make the patient comfortable in their final days/weeks?

I am speechless and furious on your behalf 🤬

[Asia 2,498]

11 hours ago, cdneh said:

I noticed he was shivering hard. Not a usual symptom for him. Why?  I yanked the sheet off. Would you believe some numpty, in an attempt to reduce a fever, had tucked bags of ice under both arms? That had fallen open and half melted? That the rest of the ice was stuck to his skin? The sheets were wet, everything under him was wet, and some idiot had put a gown on him and gone to all the trouble to tie it up in double knots all along under his back.

I absolutely have no words. That's beyond my comprehension.

So sorry you both have to go through this

[Ontarkie 14,314]

10 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Mrs. T-B. was distraught and in tears for much of today, cry she man.

Guayaquil in Ecu, where she up-grew, is devastated by the Covid-Many (2x2x2x2+2+1) virus, sigh man.

A distant cousin of hers plus the father/brother of a classmate have died, croak they man.

Ecu's airports are closed, and Mama-Mrs.-T-B. is staying with us for at least 2 more months, stay senior she man.

She & Mrs. T-B. are both terrified of the "coronaveerus," Spanish pronunciation man.

I'm so sorry, it's a good thing Mama-Mrs-T-B came to stay when Mr's T-B was going to have her surgery.

[cdneh 3,112]

Well the bed was set not at 8 this morning. It was set at 12. It is meant to be 30.

 

The VA have given us an earlier effective date, 3 years earlier. That is wrong. They are also trying to take his 100 percent away and reduce it to 80. No pension for me.

[TBoneTX 45,654]

3 hours ago, cdneh said:

the bed was set not at Many this morning. It was set at Many. It is meant to be Many.

If the VA were civilized and used P-Math, this wouldn't be a problem, grrrr Eh ma'am.

3 hours ago, cdneh said:

That is wrong. [...]  No pension for me.

It's high time that you contacted your Congressman's office, si Eh ma'am.

Also the consumer reporter at the TV station in town, si Eh ma'am.

And the local newspaper, si Eh ma'am.

The hospital and the VA must be made to pay, in both senses ma'am.

[TBoneTX 45,654]

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man:

 

Sold another Many,000,000 Pre-Owned Toilet Seats, quarantined world residents upgrading their casas man.

 

Went out to 2 Family Dollars and 2 Dollar Generals in search of hand-sanitizer, safari we man.

Saw an unopened box of 1-oz. stuff on the bottom of a cart in the second DG, eagle-eyed we man.

We split open the box and took Many (2+2) little bottles, bought at checkout man.

At checkout, we asked the masked cashier whether we could have more, ask we man.

He said that we could have Many (2+2) more, generous he man.

So in total, we scored Many (2x2x2), score we man.

We rarely get what we don't ask for, truism of life man.

 

We also scored 2 jugs of Purina Tidy Cats Lightweight Litter, each with $2-off coupons stuck to them man.

We scored Many canned vegetables, Green Giant on special 2/$1 and DG brand regular price for the same, $i man.

We go to Dollar General infrequently but invariably leave pleased, pleased by DG we man.

 

Finally, we solved part of our battery inventory problem, from last night's cleanout man.

We had 2 Many-packs ([2x2x2]-packs) of D-cells and a Many-pack ([2x2x2x2]-pack) of AAs, CVS brand man.

None of the Many (2+1) packs were expired, perfectly good man.

Trouble is, CVS isn't accepting returns of products for 2 months, Covid-Many (2x2x2x2+2+1) fears man.

In the evening, a neighborette came over for a favor, oblige she we man.

She asked if she could pay us, honorable she man.

We said no, but would she swap a token sum of her choosing for these batteries, ask we man.

She said that she didn't know what batteries cost and offered us $Many, princely sum man.

We* said, "Too much, si man," and handed her back $Many, generous we man.

       *as the filthiest-rich Business Typhoon in the POTS industry

She left pleased, and we were pleased, Capitalism in Action man.

We rarely get what we don't ask for, truism of life man.

[SAT 9,609]

I'm jumping in mid conversation here...

 

Hang in there everyone. 

Best wishes to all of you. 

I've been under a lot of stress.

 

I've lived through many conflicts and disasters. And I'm tested to my limit here trying to carry my guys through this. 7 people in my office is out, 2 confirmed positive so far. That represents 30%. I've not had to cease operations, but I've taken steps to retire from all of it. Except I feel sad. I wake up and don't know what to do...

 

So I've taken part in the UMN clinical trial for hydroxychloroquine post exposure prophylaxis effects. 

I figured I've taken this medication when I was in the Marines, so why not. I think I got the HCQ and not the placebo. 

 

 

 

 

[Scottish Mernymph 514]

Flitting in to give you all my love, you lot are in my thoughts even if I'm not 'here'....

Sidders I'm continuing to hold a place for you in my heart & pray for strength to find you both. I hate that your current experiences of 'care' have been as they have, it is hard enough going through the emotional & physical demands that come with the situation itself without anything additional like this!

Everyone keep safe, & as sane as possible, granted Teebs in your case you are already far beyond anything resembling sanity 🙃 

My sister told me she isn't going to have anything to do with me whilst I'm not in a good place, nice one sis! I'm already down & alone, go ahead & explain to me how it's so difficult for you seeing someone you care about having a sh!t time......it's not like I have anything to compare that to is it.......

Life is hard, I appreciate those who are able to be there for me, & allow me the space to 'be' where I am, especially when many of those folks are suffering themselves.....for those who are unable to stand to be with me at my worst they wont have me at my best-it's a boundaries thing.

Wishing you all the best & I'm thankful as always for this amazing bunch of supportive, caring, understanding souls who are so very much more than names on a screen. Much love to all ❤️

[NikLR 13,228]

Literally cried after a grocery store run this morning.  I made a face mask to wear, just so other people feel better.  I feel closed in and am not enjoying wearing the damn thing. (I will only wear it getting groceries.) There are directional aisles and despite 3 pages in the 45 mins I was there about following this, people are still walking down aisles willy nilly. If this was Canada I'd say something, but here someone will shoot you for looking at them. I can't afford hospital bills. 

 

Hubs decided to get a different car.  Turned in his beloved Focus RS for a GT350.  Now I knew before this was going to be a bad idea. We already have a Mach 1 in the garage that does nothing.  Partially because it has ZERO net nannys beyond ABS so it doesn't turn, and the tires are shot too so she's not keen on going straight either.  But if you want a big thing with power, we already had it.  He really loved driving his RS.  He literally cried (don't tell him I said that) when he had to leave it there.  He felt better a day later, and another 1/2 day after that decided he no longer wanted the GT350 and wanted his old car and hates it all for being impulsive about this. I don't know what to do. So now we're keeping it for the summer and making a decision then.  He can learn to drive it better.  Regardless in the fall he either needs to trade it in, or find a FWD or AWD vehicle for winter.  

 

I firmly decided I couldn't afford his RS payments and kept my car even though 1 year and 12k miles later, it's worth more than I paid for it. 

 

@cdneh I hope you can get all this sorted out.  I don't think you should be having to deal with these issues WHILE your husband is in hospice. If anything it's becoming inhumane and cruel.  You should be spending your time with him, not trying to fix paperwork issues!!!

@SAT You work so very hard.  Give yourself a break!

@Scottish Mernymph Oh lady you've done so well. I'm sorry your sister is being a #######. I'm glad you have boundaries. Keep up with all you do. 

@TBoneTX Glad that mama-mrs tb is here so that mrs tb won't be worried sick about her. 

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

Between Friday and Wednesday, I work 96 hours.  All 96 of those hours, my face has to be covered. 

 

And this is how I feel about Covid and PPE at the moment:

 

 

Edited April 10, 2020 by N-o-l-a

[cdneh 3,112]

Himself had a nurse last night who used to be his favorite in past stays. Miss Lucy. Army nurse from Vietnam and 76 years old. She's hard case, and I will tell you he was ship shape this morning.

 

At the request of our chap assisting with the claim, I went cap in hand this morning to the Doc, the transplant heptologist. As a result of all the nonsense between different teams, he has got rid of the lot, and he is now the attending.

 

What ends up as the cause of death on the certificate can make all this low balling with the rating nonsense go away. He is the one who signs it as it happens. I was to ask him to please consider making the cause related to the things he is service connected for. I felt a bit odd having to ask, I mean it isn't like this doc isn't a totally stand up guy. 

 

I never got the chance. He read the ratings, and thought it was pretty much nonsense. Of course everything relates to the conditions connected, if he hadn't had the hepC resulting in the transplant in the first place he wouldn't be where he is now. So without having to plead our case, he told me he certainly would do. And he sent our representative an excellent letter stating the time line, which he can take to the  BVA  if they won't see sense.

So that is looking up.

 

Himself is about where you would think. Not even minimally conscious today. Getting the right meds, calm and sleeping. Looking very drawn. Not so long to go now.

 

Thanks to everyone here. Your support means a great deal to me, not having any family in the country, having lost Aud who would be a total rock under the circumstances.