Gary is on Hospice now. Fell and fractured his left hip socket and pelvis on March 23. Nearly lost him last week after a skilled nursing facility screwed him up badly. He had an infection from catheters they kept putting back in because they wouldn't give him the opportunity to relieve himself...kept trying to get him to go in a urinal, which is not possible with his dementia confusing him along with the pain from the fractures. The facility messed up his medicine...ongoing list of neglect. NEVER detected a fever until I found it the Friday night before I busted him out of there.
As of today, he's rebounding a bit, but in a lot of pain...antibiotics and correct medication dosages have started to kick in. He's back in his safe zone at Vintage Park Memory Care until we can get him home. Couldn't get him back at that wonderful place, though unless he was eligible for Hospice and they could get a Hospice waiver for his care because he is bed-bound. So sad...he's gone downhill so fast. Second fall since January. First one fractured a vertebrae.
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