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update on Nase

Thanks to everyone for your prayers. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of good news to report at this time. However, since it's easier to write it here than to report it to numerous people separately, I'll write a little. :-)

Nase is still in the hospital. LAC-USC is a nightmare, as any trauma center in the heart of L.A. might be. The doctors seem very nice and extremely competant, but getting to see them is a bit of a chore. They are obviously overworked and understaffed, and since Nase is "stable" it's hard to get them worked up about getting her seen when there might be a gunshot victim or a stroke victim waiting for the OR. As such, her second surgery--the first was a minor thing to get her laceration sewn up and to take an initial look at the injury--has been delayed. They had hoped to get to it on Tuesday (11/25) but failed, then had wanted to operate today (11/28) but failed. (More on today's problems in a bit.) At this point the next likely date will be Tuesday, 12/2... so once again, we're praying for a quiet night in L.A. on that night.

The nurses continue to be a complete nuisance. Nase had been moved to an ortho-only floor to make it easier for the ortho doctors to get to see her. For a while, it seemed like the nurses were going to be a little better, but as time went on they showed their true colors. Waiting two hours (after she had asked) to give her pain medication, changing her bedsheets (well, removing the old ones BUT NOT PUTTING NEW ONES ON) after she had requested her 4-day-old sheets be changed, and failing to take her to x-ray to get her foot scanned again (which is why she didn't get to go to surgery today!) are just a couple of the fun snafus they have pulled in the last couple of days. We desperately tried to get her transferred to another hospital, especially since the other insurance company said they would pay for it, but trying to get a hold of a doctor to get her treated is a little tricky on the holidays. So at least for the weekend, she will be staying at LAC-USC.

However, she is still in quite good spirits. (Anyone who knows Nase probably wouldn't be surprised to read that.) She has great roommates, she has been introducing one in particular to Jesus, and she's getting around (on her broken foot!) more each day with a combination of a wheelchair, a walker, and crutches. Nonetheless, come Monday, we hope to have her moved to a private facility and scheduled for a firm (!) surgery date... God willing...

Posted by pcg at November 28, 2003 9:52 PM