[Caring] Steve and Maggie

[Chris Hoke]

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 <caring-bounces at fuusm.org> On Behalf Of Ron
Rees via Caring
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2023 9:45 PM
To: Kat Hawbaker via Caring <caring at fuusm.org>
Cc: Ron Rees <rrees501 at hotmail.com>
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.

 

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