July 17
Call from Grace. Aunt Dots leg is pretty swollen and red, felt feverish. They felt like I should get her to the doc or into the emergency. Took her into St Luke's ER. She has cellulitis (I am not sure of the spelling) which is an infection under the skin. Not sure how she got it. Somehow related to when she twisted her ankle a bit ago due to the corn on the bottom of her foot. Hospice felt that she was trying to keep her weight off the corn. Anyway-she got a prescription for pain and an antibiotics. On Monday they called and felt it had gotten worse. No fever but bigger and redder. She went back into Doc and was given a new antibiotic and pain aid.

I don't know where the miscommunication lies when dealing with Nursing Homes. I feel like between Renae, Patty, and myself we are there quite a bit. Yet I still feel unsettled about it. I got an e-mail from Grace about 9pm last night saying Aunt was in a lot of pain and they were doing what they could for her. When I called to check on her I discovered that the new orders for pain and antibiotics were not received so the prescriptions were never filled. WHY NOT? The doc office was faxing it to Grace who would send it to their pharmacy that brings them right to the home. Easy as can be. Only Grace did not have it. Did the doc office not send it? Did Grace not get it to the pharmacy? Did the pharmacy not deliver it? I wont have any answers until they all get up this morning. But I will find out.

Like when Patty took her to the doc office. The doc says they did not know that she had been to the emergency room on Thursday. Grace says they talked to the doc office. Who do you believe? I want to believe Grace as that is who we have trusted to care for Aunt Dot but it does make you wonder. Well, I will get it all straightened out.

Hope everyone is doing fine. Thanks for being interested. Have a great day. Rhonda