More of the same. Day 3 felt like day 2 - it was a blur. But we got her transferred late that night.
~ Aristotle Sabouni
Created: 2023-02-25 |
2023-02-20 (Monday) Late night transfer (finally).
- Schrödinger's Wife Not the Peanuts piano player, the quantum physics cat. The thought experiment is that you have a cat in a box, and it's either alive or dead, and you'll only know which when you open the box (it will snap to that state when observed). Whatever had happened, had happened. Melissa was in there, or she wasn't. I just had to wait until they took her out of the coma to see whether I had the love of my life or not. They had her in a medical coma, and me in suspended animation. Excuse me Nurse, can I have some of those drugs too? Wake me when I know whether I have my wife or not.
- Richard Poor Richard should have his own almanac. Every night he dealt with idiots that thought the waiting room was theirs to party in, and talk loudly. Saying such things as, "Meh, he's asleep", when really he's over there trying not to start snapping necks of the people that think a somber waiting room, is really a place for playing out family drama and figuring out who was double-cousins with whom.
- Me Sleep is for the weak. Meh. I'm dealing with a bout of prostatitis -- basically it feels like someone left a chip-clip on the back of my scrot. Doesn't hurt much... but it's not helping my sleep deprived mood.
- Sanity Check Theresa was in the grieving room when they brought Melissa in. (One of the few people in my life to see me ugly-cry). I double checked with her -- they were totally writing her off, weren't they? I wasn't reading the signals or words wrong? Nope, I wasn't wrong. She knew they were doing exactly what I thought they were. I need to get her out of here.
- Houston Meth Another day of prodding both sides for the move. I sort of figured out that they didn't want to transfer a veg, so they were waiting and doing more tests to validate she was worth the effort.
- SAT - (Aptitude/Accuity?) - They took her off sedation and validated that she could sqeeze hands, follow directions, and things like that. She did. But in there, Vickie came in and chatted with her, and said, "These two fools (Rich and I) have been driving her nuts, and she laughed. (She's in there).
- SBT - (Breathing) - She had the vent in, but they turned it off to see if she could breathe on her own. She did the first hour. They were going to do the EEG or MRI again, but she was shaking violently. And gagging because the vent was making her throw up into the unconnected feeding tube. After a lot of wretching and me getting more pissed, they finally put her back under. And approved the transfer.
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