An addendum to the story of my mother…well, they operated on her hip on Monday afternoon. She had also received a blood transfusion because she was a little anemic. I spoke with a friend of hers last night and he told me that she wasn’t eating, and still had an IV in. I also spoke with her PCP, who said that depending on how she was doing, she would be discharged to rehab on Thurs or Friday.

Well, my favorite caseworker called me this am to tell me that my mother was being discharged from the hospital today and going to rehab. She was her usual abrupt pseudo-friendly self. I can’t tell if she’s just overworked/underpaid (the usual drill) or if she really just hates her job. Maybe a combination. She couldn’t answer any questions, of course.

I’m at least glad that they waited for her anesthesia to wear off before discharging her. On one hand, its good to get out of the hospital asap, so you don’t catch something there. And a somewhat debilitated old woman, who just had surgery, is a likely candidate for the infection of the day. But on the other, it doesn’t sound like she is ready to go out into the world yet. I would think they would keep her at least one more day, just to make sure she is eating and drinking, and everything stable.

But as the world turns…of course we don’t need healthcare reform. Everything is just so peachy cool as is.

Grrr….