Another swallow study for the Striderling has FINALLY been approved by the vampire insurance company which sucks away at his family's lives, time, and emotional energy. Or maybe the insurance company is only a Zombie with no life or will of its on, just a giant bureaucratic with but one imperative: turn the clients into drones through incessant, tedious, mind-numbing, life strangling, time sucking, paperwork, bureaucratic fumbling, poisonous paperwork and tedious telephoning to correct the same errors week after week after week after week after after week afte- wait. That is the good news. The GREAT news. Because we have high hopes that with this study the Striderling will be able to have his G-tube removed or at least work faster toward that goal and get to the point where all his nutritional needs are met by mouth soon, soon, soon.
On the other front- my mom (Granny Tea) has been in California visiting my youngest brother for a few days and she'll be back midweek. My Dad has gone back and forth from nursing home to hospital for a supposed UTI. On Monday he's undergoing exploratory surgery to see what's wrong.
Dementia and Altzheimers patients do not do well on anesthesia. It can make their confusion much worse and take them months to recover and sometimes they never return to the mental state they were in before. Of course Dad's pretty much in a complete fog anyway, so maybe it will stop his incessant wandering which drives the staff nuts, or reduce his aggression.
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So, surgery Monday. I don't even know what to pray for. I think the most important thing is that the ordeal not be frightening and harmful to my dad, and that the doctors know what they're doing (we can you long and scary stories about this hospital), and that the anesthesia not make things worse.
And, oh, ever so hopeful prayers that this is a big, big step toward Striderling getting off the G-tube.
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So exciting about the Striderling! Will be praying for the swallow study and for your Dad as well....and you and the rest of the fam to not get too stressed {;0)
ReplyDeletethoughts and prayers with you all. As for the insurance nightmare, I can relate on only the must surface level--I can only imagine how it wears on the Striderling's poor parents! There have been periods in my life when we have not had insurance (even when my mom was being treated for cancer), and I'm still convinced that most of the time, it would be easier without them, and maybe cheaper (or at least the same cost), without all the hassle. I'm not saying that for your particular situation, just using too many words to agree with your point, I guess!
ReplyDeletePraying for your sweet boy <3
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