Well Wednesday found us spending the night with Arianne and Errol in Hollywood, Florida which is about 30-40 miles north of Miami proper but Miami is so big it hard to tell where one city starts and the other ends. Anyhow we fought the traffic for an hour and half and this was on the toll road as well and after rush hour. Nancy had spent the night in the hospital with her mom as either Betsy, Nancy or Diane have been with her since she was brought in on Sunday a week ago.
We also saw for the first time or I did the total lack of any muscles in both GG's arms and legs. Since she has been flat on her back for 10 days she has lost it all. Betsy and Nancy went down for lunch in the cafeteria when finally a PT person came to assist with getting GG up and out of bed. Well that lack of any success told me she will not need rehab but will need skilled nursing care. She was unable to stand and was so shakey and was soon out of breath as well. I was afraid that little bit of exertion was going to bring on another attack to her already weakened heart. She was on oxygen during this attempt to only stand up as well.
Our whole idea of what to do or where she should go has changed dramatically. The hospital before this attempt to leave the bed was to discharge her and send her to a rehab facility. There was major issues with Humana about them not allowing her to rehab in Miami or having her sent to Seminole. It would all be out of pocket once she was discharged. We did get some encouragement from the social worker on GG's case that maybe Humana would pay for a few selected rehab's in the area, so Nancy and Betsy went to see what they were like. They were discouraged because no one speaks English, so we found a 5 star facility close to Erica and Tom's that are willing to take care if she progresses enough to get there. That would be an out of pocket expense of 12K just to get her in the door for a month. All extras are pay for on a as you need basis. This is all extra to just getting in the door.
There is no way we can handle her even if she got back to Seminole as she is on oxygen, IV's and a catheter. From what I saw yesterday and the doctor report on her heart I doubt very seriously she will ever leave Miami or even this hospital. There is no way they should discharge her today after yesterday's episode with just getting her out of bed. Well its looking dire for GG and her advanced age isn't making any good prognosis available. We will see what happens today, LATER
