It's been an interesting past few days. The Crew was good preparation for the past few days, but I've had more "patient contact" in the past few days than all of what I've done as a First Responder on our various activities. And that patient is my own mother. Mom is nearing the end stages of MSA (Multiple System Atrophy), so at this point her movement is nearly totally compromised - including her speech. It's been difficult because of the patient. I've worn more nitrile gloves in 5 days than ever before. Most of the contact has been cleaning up, and trying to figure out what's going on with mom.
If she's healthy enough, there will be surgery tomorrow to repair a hernia that's been constricting her intestine. We'll see if she continues to respond to the antibiotics for the pneumonia.
Glad I could be here
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