I've always heard the expression "hurry up and wait" associated with the Army. But I don't know if the military has anything on hospitals in that regard.
We were told that today's move back to UW would be early enough in the day to ensure that Shirley would get transported and settled in early enough to have all the necessary assessments done before end of day. Yesterday, the social worker who schedules the transport came by to let us know that she was scheduled to be moved at 10 am. Shirley laughed and said "so you mean between twelve and one?" She social worker just smiled.
About 9:30 this morning, her nurse came by and advised that the ambulance company had called and they were backlogged with calls, so our 10 am scheduled move was being pushed back to around 11:30. THEN, about 30 minutes later, she came and said the ambulance company was so backed up that they had passed her transport over to a different company. No idea at this point if this was adding or reducing time to our wait.
Ten minutes later, the transport crew shows up and it's time to pack up. But wait, the Discharge Summary documents are still in transcription and she won't be accepted at UW without them. The ambulance crew leaves without a patient and we go back to waiting.
Finally, around noon, we get word that the summary has been completed, a copy sent to UW and we're back on. The ambulance company is called again and the crew returns around 12:40.
It seems like Shirley has got this whole "hospital time" concept nailed.
I'll post again to recap our first day back at the U.
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Hey Greg!!! We'd love to see some pictures of Shirley up and about. When you have a chance...not that you're busy or anything... :) Love to all, Annie
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