Nothing but competence on their part............................ something terrible. Hope you all feel better soon. And God bless!!!
On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Lori Michaelson <[email protected]> wrote: > I have known Nancy for a couple of decades also and if you get this > Nancy... you are definitely in my thoughts! Because of a sore I spent that > many months in bed and then a total of, statistically speaking, 3 years in > bed by only being able to get up 3 to 5 hours a day because it was a Stage > III wound and any pressure or bumps or any type of "internal shearing" > would open it back up. > > I thank everyone else who has responded to my inquiry! starting this past > Monday I began to be UTIs symptomatic and the pain has gotten worse. My > doctors office keeps claiming they can't get the results from the > laboratory or the home health agency who took the urine specimen over 3 > weeks ago! I have been calling them every single week but they keep saying > they can't find the results. My home health agency nurse who got the > results finally had to call my doctor's office yesterday but now I need to > wait for my doctors office to call me to get on an antibiotic of some type > because my bladder pain and my flank pain is so very bad. No fever but I do > not want it to get to that stage [systemic] which he could easily do if not > treated. And here we are going into a weekend! > > Incompetence is running rampant in this country. > > ~Lori > C4/5 complete quad, 36 1/2 years post > Tucson Arizona > > On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 5:54 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks for the update on Nancy. I've known her since the early 90's when >> we would chat in AOL disAbility Chats. >> >> Best Wishes >> >> In a message dated 5/5/2016 10:29:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> >> [image: https://www.facebook.com/nancy.davisgillen] >> <https://www.facebook.com/nancy.davisgillen> >> Nancy Davis Gillen <https://www.facebook.com/nancy.davisgillen> 8:06am >> May 5 >> I'm feeling much better, but im going on 7 months in bed because of a >> sore. I'm going crazy! Please pass on to the quad list. Thanks for keeping >> me in your thoughts. >> >> View Conversation on Facebook >> <https://www.facebook.com/n/?messages%2F&action=read&tid=100000356803640&medium=email&mid=53218248e42d4G3127d423G0G0G7c090b17&bcode=1.1462455392.AbmMgfHXUzxks3eU&n_m=daanoo2003%40yahoo.com> >> This message was sent to [email protected]. If you don't want to >> receive these emails from Facebook in the future, please unsubscribe >> <https://www.facebook.com/o.php?k=AS3JH33Dz_PpGGkF&u=824693795&mid=53218248e42d4G3127d423G0G0G7c090b17> >> . >> Facebook, Inc., Attention: Community Support, Menlo Park, CA 94025Sent >> from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 30, 2016, at 4:33 PM, Lori Michaelson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Greetings my quad list friends and friends [since 1995 for me], >> >> Sometimes after so much time goes by and either we are kept busy doing >> happy things or are stuck in bed with a wound... we often lose track of >> each other and exactly who is who and what is about that person. >> >> I know we have lost one of the most wonderful contributors here [Dave >> Kelmer] and I believe that Bill Jenkins (in Florida) was the one who told >> us of his wishes. This was back in 2009. >> >> Having said that, here is what I would like from each one of you to >> refresh my old lady mind. I feel like I have aged a lifetime over the last >> 4 years after losing my husband and unable to live with family any longer. >> >> ** Name * >> >> >> ** Age* >> >> ** Date of injury* >> >> ** Town and state where you are from (unless you would just like to state >> the state you are living in).* >> >> ** Are you a quad or a para? If you are a quad ... what level of injury >> are you? * >> >> ** Complete or incomplete injury? * >> >> *And any other information you would like to offer. Thanks a bunch in >> advance!* >> >> Best to you all! >> >> Lori Michaelson - age 51. How did that happen?!?!!! >> C4/5 complete quad, 36 1/2 years post. Unable to drive. >> >> I can feed myself if prepared and placed in front of me. Food needs to be >> cut up if necessary. >> >> Grew up in a small town in New York State and lived there for 36 years >> but after meeting my husband he got transferred a couple times which first >> took us to Virginia and then to Tucson Arizona. >> I was devastated with his unexpected passing at only 63 years old on June >> 11, 2012 and over 90% of me went with him. >> Went to live with sister and brother-in-law in northeastern Pennsylvania >> for 3 years but, despite hiring morning and evening caregivers ... my >> sister and brother-in-law wanted me to move on for a myriad of reasons but >> primarily because my sister began having venous stasis and my >> brother-in-law wanted his house back without people coming and going. >> >> Needless to say I am very disappointed in them because they very well >> could have taken me on longer. I had I known it was only going to be for 3 >> years (even though was an emergency situation as I had nowhere to go) I >> wish I had found a live-in caregiver in Tucson where my husband and I have >> been living for 11 years. >> >> Landed back in Tucson Arizona with a live-in caregiver in January 2016. >> >> My story is a long one but I will stop there. >> >> -- >> "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and >> heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean >> Koontz >> >> = >> >> > > > -- > "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and > heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean > Koontz >
