Moved

Linda has moved to St. Vincent. The room # is now 6008, 6th floor. Select Specialty Hospital allows visitors at any time, but requests that visits are short and limited to only 1-2 visitors at a time because the room is small. Parking in the deck across from St. Vincent is free.

The new nursing staff meticulously removed each bandage, and photographed each of her wounds upon check-in. They were kind to her and treated her gently. She was feeling okay throughout the transfer from UAMS. She maintains a rather positive attitude considering what she's got on her plate!

We brought Casey the dalmation up to her gurney as she exited the ambulance at St. Vincent's Emergency entrance. Unfortunately, he was so nervous due to a lot of noise in the air that he was really too skittish to pay her much attention, but she was glad to see him and initially he turned his head toward her voice in recognition. We believe his body knew she was there and that she's okay. Casey will be just fine, and so will Mom.

Unfortunately, her lungs have still not been Xrayed, and the chest tube is still in. We will miss the staff at UAMS, but we are already getting to know Mom's new caregivers at Select Specialty hospital. Mom was tapping her feet & singing the Merengue tonight after learning that her LPN is from Trinidad!

There was a slight delay when she asked for her medication before bedtime due to the fact they had to take her blood pressure and the new shift's RN & LPN had to first read Mom's chart. She & I wished we had requested it a bit earlier because it took about 30 minutes and she was tired and having the pain in her broken ribs again. She does so well up until the half hour or so before the dose is due.