From revkatgreen at gmail.com Mon Dec 4 12:43:07 2023 From: revkatgreen at gmail.com (Kat Hawbaker) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 13:43:07 -0500 Subject: [Caring] Please join CARING (2pm) Zoom meeting now open Message-ID: Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09 Meeting ID: 948 2218 3499 Passcode: fuusm2323 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rrees501 at hotmail.com Sun Dec 10 15:38:16 2023 From: rrees501 at hotmail.com (Ron Rees) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 21:38:16 +0000 Subject: [Caring] Minutes from December meeting Message-ID: Just a reminder that there will be no meeting in January. But I will email you requesting your December activities when I get home from Mexico. Our next Zoom meeting will be Monday, February 5. Happy Holidays, everyone. Cathy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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He has a horrendous-looking black eye that was swollen shut yesterday but there was no concussion or more concerning/long-term injuries. --also Maggie heard (to our shock and amazement) that Dad's insurance had reversed itself, granted their appeal, and will extend coverage for WVP another 30 days, till 12/29 (I think. Will check w/social worker Bridget in the AM.) I will try to move back Dad's assessment for assisted living to sometime closer to the end of coverage. --I got in to town yesterday afternoon and was really encouraged by how well Dad seems to have progressed (aside from looking like he lost a fight.) He seems cognitively back to normal and was very present and oriented. --Around 10:30 last night, Maggie was complaining of chest/back pains, nausea and chills. We had hoped it was heartburn from a glass of wine, but Mylanta didn't help, and we called the MMH nurseline, which after some triage questions, recommended that we call 911 and that she go to the ER in an ambulance. They said her EKG looked abnormal and "weird," and did a cardiac cath. The cardiologist told me that it exactly matched the pictures they'd gotten just prior to her heart surgery in August '22, and that the two arteries he'd been concerned about from the EKG were "pristine." No signs of blockage and she didn't have a heart attack. They admitted her for observation while they wait for test results. --I got back to Glenwood around 4am and caught a few hours of sleep. Went to WVP after to tell Dad what had happened with Maggie, and we had a long good talk where I could fill him in about how Maggie had been doing. He agreed to do will/power of attorney/etc paperwork and sign it; I'll call lawyers tomorrow, after we know more about when Maggie might get out. --Dad had slept through the night (without Ambien) and looked good, sitting up when I arrived. He was tired when I left 45mins to an hour later, and I helped him to bed. --i went over to the hospital to see Maggie, and she feels pretty lousy - very weak. She had chest and abdominal CT scans that were unremarkable - no masses or embolisms or clots. They did an echocardiogram and we're waiting on those results - cardiologist should be seeing those tomorrow and she can probably get out then. She continued to have nausea but meds are helping with that. She's scared to eat but I got her to have a cup of applesauce which she's kept down. She's also very anxious about some vivid dreams when she napped for an hour this afternoon ,and was worried that she might be psychotic. The nurse didn't seem worried and suggested that since that by all indications her heart is fine, this whole thing might be some combination of anxiety and maybe acid reflux. I'm going to try to convince her to build up her strength by eating dinner and I hope she gets more rest, as she's been having so much trouble sleeping. --I'm slated to go to Atlanta Tuesday (need to leave Mtta around 8:30am to catch a 12:47 flight from Columbus) for a work anniversary celebration on Wednesday, and then I had been slated to fly from Atlanta to Raleigh Wednesday night to see my mom for a few days. Depending on how Maggie is doing, when she gets out of the hospital, and her needs, I may have to cancel part or all of that. I'm trying to figure out if I can go to Atlanta and back to Columbus, or if I should just stay in Marietta and extend my rental car and fly back to NYC next weekend. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hokeca72 at gmail.com Sun Dec 10 22:14:00 2023 From: hokeca72 at gmail.com (Chris Hoke) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 23:14:00 -0500 Subject: [Caring] Steve and Maggie In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <003401da2be8$7b2b6720$71823560$@gmail.com> Thank you, so much, for this email. I will contact Anita via phone or card. Sam is quite an amazing son . He, too, can certainly use some of our prayers and words of encouragement. Chris From: Caring On Behalf Of Ron Rees via Caring Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2023 9:45 PM To: Kat Hawbaker via Caring Cc: Ron Rees Subject: [Caring] Steve and Maggie I received (and others) the following email from Sam, Steve Meyer's son today. Also, Anita Newhart is home from the hospital after knee surgery. She lives alone, so, think of her if you make a pot of soup or make some frozen meals that she may like. Cathy Hello all, Some updates: --Friday night around 11pm, Dad had a fall at Waterview Pointe. He hadn't been sleeping well and they put him on Ambien to help him sleep. They think he may have sleepwalked or wandered (Ambien is wacky stuff). They took him to the ER where he got four stitches above his left eye. He has a horrendous-looking black eye that was swollen shut yesterday but there was no concussion or more concerning/long-term injuries. --also Maggie heard (to our shock and amazement) that Dad's insurance had reversed itself, granted their appeal, and will extend coverage for WVP another 30 days, till 12/29 (I think. Will check w/social worker Bridget in the AM.) I will try to move back Dad's assessment for assisted living to sometime closer to the end of coverage. --I got in to town yesterday afternoon and was really encouraged by how well Dad seems to have progressed (aside from looking like he lost a fight.) He seems cognitively back to normal and was very present and oriented. --Around 10:30 last night, Maggie was complaining of chest/back pains, nausea and chills. We had hoped it was heartburn from a glass of wine, but Mylanta didn't help, and we called the MMH nurseline, which after some triage questions, recommended that we call 911 and that she go to the ER in an ambulance. They said her EKG looked abnormal and "weird," and did a cardiac cath. The cardiologist told me that it exactly matched the pictures they'd gotten just prior to her heart surgery in August '22, and that the two arteries he'd been concerned about from the EKG were "pristine." No signs of blockage and she didn't have a heart attack. They admitted her for observation while they wait for test results. --I got back to Glenwood around 4am and caught a few hours of sleep. Went to WVP after to tell Dad what had happened with Maggie, and we had a long good talk where I could fill him in about how Maggie had been doing. He agreed to do will/power of attorney/etc paperwork and sign it; I'll call lawyers tomorrow, after we know more about when Maggie might get out. --Dad had slept through the night (without Ambien) and looked good, sitting up when I arrived. He was tired when I left 45mins to an hour later, and I helped him to bed. --i went over to the hospital to see Maggie, and she feels pretty lousy - very weak. She had chest and abdominal CT scans that were unremarkable - no masses or embolisms or clots. They did an echocardiogram and we're waiting on those results - cardiologist should be seeing those tomorrow and she can probably get out then. She continued to have nausea but meds are helping with that. She's scared to eat but I got her to have a cup of applesauce which she's kept down. She's also very anxious about some vivid dreams when she napped for an hour this afternoon ,and was worried that she might be psychotic. The nurse didn't seem worried and suggested that since that by all indications her heart is fine, this whole thing might be some combination of anxiety and maybe acid reflux. I'm going to try to convince her to build up her strength by eating dinner and I hope she gets more rest, as she's been having so much trouble sleeping. --I'm slated to go to Atlanta Tuesday (need to leave Mtta around 8:30am to catch a 12:47 flight from Columbus) for a work anniversary celebration on Wednesday, and then I had been slated to fly from Atlanta to Raleigh Wednesday night to see my mom for a few days. Depending on how Maggie is doing, when she gets out of the hospital, and her needs, I may have to cancel part or all of that. I'm trying to figure out if I can go to Atlanta and back to Columbus, or if I should just stay in Marietta and extend my rental car and fly back to NYC next weekend. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pdickeytroisi at aol.com Mon Dec 11 07:01:09 2023 From: pdickeytroisi at aol.com (PATRICIA TROISI) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 08:01:09 -0500 Subject: [Caring] Steve and Maggie In-Reply-To: <003401da2be8$7b2b6720$71823560$@gmail.com> References: <003401da2be8$7b2b6720$71823560$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <49A71B0E-D213-46DD-8B9B-059D6C270444@aol.com> I?m glad Sam is in town. What a hard time for Maggie and Steve. I?ll send cards. Not sure what else I?ll be able to do. Keep us posted when you can. Thanks. > On Dec 10, 2023, at 11:14?PM, Chris Hoke via Caring wrote: > > ? > Thank you, so much, for this email. I will contact Anita via phone or card. > Sam is quite an amazing son . He, too, can certainly use some of our prayers and words of encouragement. > > Chris > > From: Caring On Behalf Of Ron Rees via Caring > Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2023 9:45 PM > To: Kat Hawbaker via Caring > Cc: Ron Rees > Subject: [Caring] Steve and Maggie > > I received (and others) the following email from Sam, Steve Meyer's son today. Also, Anita Newhart is home from the hospital after knee surgery. She lives alone, so, think of her if you make a pot of soup or make some frozen meals that she may like. Cathy > > Hello all, > Some updates: > --Friday night around 11pm, Dad had a fall at Waterview Pointe. He hadn't been sleeping well and they put him on Ambien to help him sleep. They think he may have sleepwalked or wandered (Ambien is wacky stuff). They took him to the ER where he got four stitches above his left eye. He has a horrendous-looking black eye that was swollen shut yesterday but there was no concussion or more concerning/long-term injuries. > --also Maggie heard (to our shock and amazement) that Dad's insurance had reversed itself, granted their appeal, and will extend coverage for WVP another 30 days, till 12/29 (I think. Will check w/social worker Bridget in the AM.) I will try to move back Dad's assessment for assisted living to sometime closer to the end of coverage. > --I got in to town yesterday afternoon and was really encouraged by how well Dad seems to have progressed (aside from looking like he lost a fight.) He seems cognitively back to normal and was very present and oriented. > --Around 10:30 last night, Maggie was complaining of chest/back pains, nausea and chills. We had hoped it was heartburn from a glass of wine, but Mylanta didn't help, and we called the MMH nurseline, which after some triage questions, recommended that we call 911 and that she go to the ER in an ambulance. They said her EKG looked abnormal and "weird," and did a cardiac cath. The cardiologist told me that it exactly matched the pictures they'd gotten just prior to her heart surgery in August '22, and that the two arteries he'd been concerned about from the EKG were "pristine." No signs of blockage and she didn't have a heart attack. They admitted her for observation while they wait for test results. > --I got back to Glenwood around 4am and caught a few hours of sleep. Went to WVP after to tell Dad what had happened with Maggie, and we had a long good talk where I could fill him in about how Maggie had been doing. He agreed to do will/power of attorney/etc paperwork and sign it; I'll call lawyers tomorrow, after we know more about when Maggie might get out. > --Dad had slept through the night (without Ambien) and looked good, sitting up when I arrived. He was tired when I left 45mins to an hour later, and I helped him to bed. > --i went over to the hospital to see Maggie, and she feels pretty lousy - very weak. She had chest and abdominal CT scans that were unremarkable - no masses or embolisms or clots. They did an echocardiogram and we're waiting on those results - cardiologist should be seeing those tomorrow and she can probably get out then. She continued to have nausea but meds are helping with that. She's scared to eat but I got her to have a cup of applesauce which she's kept down. She's also very anxious about some vivid dreams when she napped for an hour this afternoon ,and was worried that she might be psychotic. The nurse didn't seem worried and suggested that since that by all indications her heart is fine, this whole thing might be some combination of anxiety and maybe acid reflux. I'm going to try to convince her to build up her strength by eating dinner and I hope she gets more rest, as she's been having so much trouble sleeping. > --I'm slated to go to Atlanta Tuesday (need to leave Mtta around 8:30am to catch a 12:47 flight from Columbus) for a work anniversary celebration on Wednesday, and then I had been slated to fly from Atlanta to Raleigh Wednesday night to see my mom for a few days. Depending on how Maggie is doing, when she gets out of the hospital, and her needs, I may have to cancel part or all of that. I'm trying to figure out if I can go to Atlanta and back to Columbus, or if I should just stay in Marietta and extend my rental car and fly back to NYC next weekend. > > > _______________________________________________ > Caring mailing list > Caring at fuusm.org > http://fuusm.org/mailman/listinfo/caring_fuusm.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lacel at att.net Mon Dec 11 07:31:46 2023 From: lacel at att.net (Lace Lynch) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 13:31:46 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Caring] Steve and Maggie In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1056309044.543110.1702301506900@mail.yahoo.com> Thanks for this information. Great news about the insurance.Hopefully, they will be together in the near future and Maggie will feel better. Lace On Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 09:45:08 PM EST, Ron Rees via Caring wrote: #yiv1403498949 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}I received (and others) the following email from Sam, Steve Meyer's son today.? Also, Anita Newhart is home from the hospital after knee surgery.? She lives alone, so, think of her if you make a pot of soup or make some frozen meals that she may like. ?Cathy Hello all,Some updates:--Friday night around 11pm, Dad had a fall at Waterview Pointe. He hadn't been sleeping well and they put him on Ambien to help him sleep. They think he may have sleepwalked or wandered (Ambien is wacky stuff). They took him to the ER where he got four stitches above his left eye. He has a horrendous-looking black eye that was swollen shut yesterday but there was no concussion or more concerning/long-term injuries.--also Maggie heard (to our shock and amazement) that Dad's insurance had reversed itself, granted their appeal, and will extend coverage for WVP another 30 days, till 12/29 (I think. Will check w/social worker Bridget in the AM.) I will try to move back Dad's assessment for assisted living to sometime closer to the end of coverage.--I got in to town yesterday afternoon and was really encouraged by how well Dad seems to have progressed (aside from looking like he lost a fight.) He seems cognitively back to normal and was very present and oriented.?--Around 10:30 last night, Maggie was complaining of chest/back pains, nausea and chills. We had hoped it was heartburn from a glass of wine, but Mylanta didn't help, and we called the MMH nurseline, which after some triage questions, recommended that we call 911 and that she go to the ER in an ambulance. They said her EKG looked abnormal and "weird," and did a cardiac cath. The cardiologist told me that it exactly matched the pictures they'd gotten just prior to her heart surgery in August '22, and that the two arteries he'd been concerned about from the EKG were "pristine." No signs of blockage and she didn't have a heart attack. They admitted her for observation while they wait for test results.--I got back to Glenwood around 4am and caught a few hours of sleep. Went to WVP after to tell Dad what had happened with Maggie, and we had a long good talk where I could fill him in about how Maggie had been doing. He agreed to do will/power of attorney/etc paperwork and sign it; I'll call lawyers tomorrow, after we know more about when Maggie might get out.--Dad had slept through the night (without Ambien) and looked good, sitting up when I arrived. He was tired when I left 45mins to an hour later, and I helped him to bed.?--i went over to the hospital to see Maggie, and she feels pretty lousy - very weak. She had chest and abdominal CT scans that were unremarkable - no masses or embolisms or clots. They did an echocardiogram and we're waiting on those results - cardiologist should be seeing those tomorrow and she can probably get out then. She continued to have nausea but meds are helping with that. She's scared to eat but I got her to have a cup of applesauce which she's kept down. She's also very anxious about some vivid dreams when she napped for an hour this afternoon ,and was worried that she might be psychotic. The nurse didn't seem worried and suggested that since that by all indications her heart is fine, this whole thing might be some combination of anxiety and maybe acid reflux. I'm going to try to convince her to build up her strength by eating dinner and I hope she gets more rest, as she's been having so much trouble sleeping.--I'm slated to go to Atlanta Tuesday (need to leave Mtta around 8:30am to catch a 12:47 flight from Columbus) for a work anniversary celebration on Wednesday, and then I had been slated to fly from Atlanta to Raleigh Wednesday night to see my mom for a few days. Depending on how Maggie is doing, when she gets out of the hospital, and her needs, I may have to cancel part or all of that.? I'm trying to figure out if I can go to Atlanta and back to Columbus, or if I should just stay in Marietta and extend my rental car and fly back to NYC next weekend. _______________________________________________ Caring mailing list Caring at fuusm.org http://fuusm.org/mailman/listinfo/caring_fuusm.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: