Well, she is fine. But the surgeon got in an discover
things were more complicated than he thought and he
abandoned his original plan and has decided to just do
the pacemaker. However, he did not get her signed off
for that and she was awake but VERY mellow from the
drugs they were giving her so not able to legitimately
give consent. He didn't call and I finally located her
about 5:30pm. Dr. was in the room and I got to talk to
him. When I told him I had medical power of attorney,
he swore softly. Later my mother told me she had given
my name to the first nurse and also told them that I
had medical POA. She told the next person the same
things. You know the drill in the hospital -- they ask
and then the next person comes and asked the exact same
thing. Apparently they ask and they write down but they
never listen or look at what was written. Don't you
think that someone who went over all that stuff should
actually be present in the operating room. grrrrrr
So instead of being able to go ahead and install the
pacemaker then, they are going to have to reschedule
surgery for about two weeks and do this all over again.
I told my mother that she had better be sure that his
staff actually tells him what they ask.
Anyway, she is home and tired but fine.
Reruns within the month...
And if I have typed this all before, forgive me. I have
been fending auntie calls for two days.
Duckie