Yesterday I went with Mother to Charlottesville (with a transport service on a gurney) for a follow-up visit to her surgeon, Dr. Justin Smith. First she had X-rays. He said everything is looking as it should - it hasn't even been 6 weeks since her surgery. I was amazed at how well her scar, which is on her spine from her tailbone to above her waist, has healed. He showed me the X-rays of the steel (?) rods and screws - sort of like a kid's erector set.
When we returned and started in the front door of the rehab center, there was a technician there with a portable X-ray machine who had been to Mother's room. She said maybe she'd wait till morning for the X-ray. I wondered if this was a routine to X-ray all residents? No, it isn't.
Mother has pneumonia. Now she's on an antiobiotic for the pneumonia and on her 3rd type antibiotic for her bladder infection (perhaps her body is resistant after so many illnesses?). The nurse gave her a breathing treatment this morning and she is on oxygen. She is really confused, which is par for the course for older folks - for some reason bladder infections often cause confusion and the pneumonia added isn't helping at all
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