i previously found out i had a isolated PCL tear, and that to recover i would just go to physical therapy, my knee cant bend straight but it will be able to after rehab, think ill be able to skateboard after rehab?
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My dad is 65 years old and has been on dialysis for nine years. He recently received a kidney transplant and had been weak from the surgery. He tripped and fell on tile floor and cracked his head open. He spent a few days in ICU at the hospital and was discharged to my elderly and disabled mother. She was instructed to watch him 24 hours a day, which he slept most of. He was using a walker to get to the bathroom and back to bed. He was alert and able to communicate as normal. Just tired and no appetite.
By the following Monday (he was sent home Friday) he couldn’t walk and was “out of it” mentally. He was readmitted to the hospital and the diagnosis was that he was dehydrated and his calcium levels were high which was causing the dimentia and confusion. At this point when he was in ICU, there was just CT scans done, which were “fine” and the hospital told my mom he could discharge to a rehab facility/nursing home to begin physical therapy, etc…My dad could not even feed himself and now was bedridden, didnt know my mom or the day, he was holding his hand to his chest like he had cerebral palsy or bad arthritis, his eyes were blank, and he was rambling on about nonsense. He was being treated for the calcium and dehydration at this point for several days and should have been getting better, not worse. He lasted two days in the “nursing home” and between the nurses there, my family, and my dad’s own doctors we all agreed they were not equipped to take care of him there. He hadnt eaten in over a week, now was in diapers and looked like a strung out drug user! My dad was completely functional, brilliant and “normal” a few weeks ago and now he is this person who thinks dreams are real and paranoid, confused, and slowly getting worse.
Back to the hospital and now they do MRI and EEG, not just a CT scan, Found fluid in the brain (doctor said image of my dad’s head was unlike any he had ever seen) and they found a tumor on his parathyroid (which explains the high calcium and PTH levels) Now he is so frail and weak nobody wants to take responsibilty for another surgery and there is the new kidney to keep in mind when trying to do anything because he is on all the immunosuppressant meds. He had a transplant a long time ago but the kidney had to be removed due to BK virus. My dad was prepared for the anti-rejection meds and knows he gets a bit “manic” but this is something unlike anything the meds would cause.
Now he is back at the hospital where he got his kidney tranplant two months ago and they drained the fluid (and blood) that was in his brain. He appeared to be trying to find words and made some sense of things but then just complete nonsense rambling of weird things, and he was very scared and paranoid the hospital staff was going to kill him. He thinks he already ate so he turns away all food usually. He will show small improvements and will do or say things that are like my dad used to be which gives me hope. But then he takes two steps backwards for every small step forward. The hospital is already buzzing about discharging him to a rehab again for PT! He is near vegetable state and they are scooting him out the door. Worse yet, the tumor is still there and nobody can tell us what is going on in his head and why, They say the tests are normal. Are there any other tests they can do for my dad? I know if he goes to the nursing home again he will worsen and die there. There are too many unknowns and my mom and I dont have anyone to turn to for help. Shouldnt the hospital offer a psych evaluation so they can see how he is completely delirious despite the brain drain they did? If that didnt work why would they release him? Shouldnt they keep going until they find out why he is the way he is and if it is reversable or permanent? Calcium levels have been stable for a while now and they are working with the transplant doctors to make sure all the labs for the kidney are being analyzed (or so they say…its like pulling teeth to get anyone to answer any questions) I am so frusterated and need answers as to why if the brain is “fine” is my dad the way he is all of a sudden? Please any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Saucy
Extra Fees For College?
Feb 28
Next semester is my last before I graduate with a degree in Physical Therapy. My final semester is going to be entirely clinicals, and I will never be on campus at all. In fact, the entire semester I will be at a rehab hospital 200 miles from my college.
Why the hell am I being billed for student activities, parking, a school gym membership, and the price of a new parking permit?
Would this be something I could raise hell about and get it taken off my bill?
My dad is 65 years old and has been on dialysis for nine years. He recently received a kidney transplant and had been weak from the surgery. He tripped and fell on tile floor and cracked his head open. He spent a few days in ICU at the hospital and was discharged to my elderly and disabled mother. She was instructed to watch him 24 hours a day, which he slept most of. He was using a walker to get to the bathroom and back to bed. He was alert and able to communicate as normal. Just tired and no appetite.
By the following Monday (he was sent home Friday) he couldn’t walk and was “out of it” mentally. He was readmitted to the hospital and the diagnosis was that he was dehydrated and his calcium levels were high which was causing the dimentia and confusion. At this point when he was in ICU, there was just CT scans done, which were “fine” and the hospital told my mom he could discharge to a rehab facility/nursing home to begin physical therapy, etc…My dad could not even feed himself and now was bedridden, didnt know my mom or the day, he was holding his hand to his chest like he had cerebral palsy or bad arthritis, his eyes were blank, and he was rambling on about nonsense. He was being treated for the calcium and dehydration at this point for several days and should have been getting better, not worse. He lasted two days in the “nursing home” and between the nurses there, my family, and my dad’s own doctors we all agreed they were not equipped to take care of him there. He hadnt eaten in over a week, now was in diapers and looked like a strung out drug user! My dad was completely functional, brilliant and “normal” a few weeks ago and now he is this person who thinks dreams are real and paranoid, confused, and slowly getting worse.
Back to the hospital and now they do MRI and EEG, not just a CT scan, Found fluid in the brain (doctor said image of my dad’s head was unlike any he had ever seen) and they found a tumor on his parathyroid (which explains the high calcium and PTH levels) Now he is so frail and weak nobody wants to take responsibilty for another surgery and there is the new kidney to keep in mind when trying to do anything because he is on all the immunosuppressant meds. He had a transplant a long time ago but the kidney had to be removed due to BK virus. My dad was prepared for the anti-rejection meds and knows he gets a bit “manic” but this is something unlike anything the meds would cause.
Now he is back at the hospital where he got his kidney tranplant two months ago and they drained the fluid (and blood) that was in his brain. He appeared to be trying to find words and made some sense of things but then just complete nonsense rambling of weird things, and he was very scared and paranoid the hospital staff was going to kill him. He thinks he already ate so he turns away all food usually. He will show small improvements and will do or say things that are like my dad used to be which gives me hope. But then he takes two steps backwards for every small step forward. The hospital is already buzzing about discharging him to a rehab again for PT! He is near vegetable state and they are scooting him out the door. Worse yet, the tumor is still there and nobody can tell us what is going on in his head and why, They say the tests are normal. Are there any other tests they can do for my dad? I know if he goes to the nursing home again he will worsen and die there. There are too many unknowns and my mom and I dont have anyone to turn to for help. Shouldnt the hospital offer a psych evaluation so they can see how he is completely delirious despite the brain drain they did? If that didnt work why would they release him? Shouldnt they keep going until they find out why he is the way he is and if it is reversable or permanent? Calcium levels have been stable for a while now and they are working with the transplant doctors to make sure all the labs for the kidney are being analyzed (or so they say…its like pulling teeth to get anyone to answer any questions) I am so frusterated and need answers as to why if the brain is “fine” is my dad the way he is all of a sudden? Please any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Saucy
My mom who was 74 died last wednesday..She had empysema for about 10 yrs and for the last 6 yrs she had been on oxygen 24/7….She had been sick on and off since january and had been in the hospital in january for a week with pneumonia and then in a nursing home/rehab center for 6 weeks for physical therapy to get stronger so she could come home…She had been home for about 3 weeks when she went back in the hospital on april 1 cause she was sick again and week and could not eat…They took tests and found out that everything she ate and drank was going to her lungs..When she was in rehab she was getting her food soften in a food processer to make it easier for her to eat cause for months everytime she would eat she would start coughing…When she got home my sister who had always lived with her along with my brother in-law and my sisters daughter who also live there they would also put her food in a food processer…2 days before my mom died they put a feeding tube in her…
My mom who was 74 died last wednesday..She had empysema for about 10 yrs and for the last 6 yrs she had been on oxygen 24/7….She had been sick on and off since january and had been in the hospital in january for a week with pneumonia and then in a nursing home/rehab center for 6 weeks for physical therapy to get stronger so she could come home…She had been home for about 3 weeks when she went back in the hospital on april 1 cause she was sick again and week and could not eat…They took tests and found out that everything she ate and drank was going to her lungs..When she was in rehab she was getting her food soften in a food processer to make it easier for her to eat cause for months everytime she would eat she would start coughing…When she got home my sister who had always lived with her along with my brother in-law and my sisters daughter who also live there they would also put her food in a food processer…2 days before my mom died they put a feeding tube in her…
What Is Your Preference?
Feb 27
I don’t know if this is ‘appropriate’ or not, but my friend and I are doing a survey on this. On which of the five senses do you get off on more? Like sight, sound, smell, taste, or feeling?
Background: We were watching Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew (ha, right?) and they aren’t allowed to hug or have any physical contact, even if it is a handshake. My friend didn’t understand that they, being sex addicts, could get off on just barely touching. Am I correct in assuming this?
do occupational therapists work in settings like sport rehab or with athletes??? I haven’t heard of it yet but I know they work in a variety of settings. Just wondering if anyone knows of any OT who does or if you do work in something like sport rehab!
(and I already know about Physical Therapists….. only talking about OT’s!!! thanks!!)
Hey Bush! How About Some Of Those Hundreds Of Billions To Take Better Care Of Wounded U.s.troops?
Feb 27
If nothing else, it seems to me that the Democrats, instead of looking for ways to cut funding for the troops, would be looking for ways to direct more of those billions towards VA-facilities woes; there are tens of thousands of US troops who need continuous care, (both mental & physical),as well as more hospitals. For God’s sake, some of our troops are having tremendous difficulties returning home after being in that hellhole called Iraq. “Suck it up” you say? Well it might be a little different than when wars meant the use of more conventional weapons. These troops are seeing people cut in half, body parts strewn throughout markets’, or being sucked though buildings or grotesquely burned, not to mention their returning to Walter Reed for ‘rehab’ because of the loss of arms, legs, feet, or having had part of their heads blown off. Not to mention the number of suicides relative to this war. Not to mention troops being asked to pay for ‘uniforms’ or boots that may have blood on them.
Your husband is a physical therapist and is contracted out to work in a business where his job is to rehab patients. One day you show up at his job to take him out for lunch and you walk into his office and he’s giving a younger girl a massage and has his hands inside of her pants rubbing her lower back and hips. This girl is an employee not a rehab patient. Then you overhear talk from other people that he works with that there may be a sexual harrasment suit filed against him because he has a problem keeping his hands to himself. What would you say to him, what would your reaction be? Please, serious replies only.