Yeah sorry to go on and on. I tend to do that; stream of consciousness. I just wanted to give u a sense of a "Day in the Life Of." And that was just the first half of yesterday. We had a tough 2nd half of the day too. Geri had a very important Doctor appointment yesterday late afternoon. Since she can no longer walk or go in a wheelchair she has to be transported everywhere via private ambulance. The drivers took her to downtown Philadelphia to a very wrong address, not to the correct address in a town just outside of Philadelphia!! The doctor's secretary yelled ridiculously at Amy which got Amy crying. The doctor, a "good" friend of Geri and Jack's, said he was leaving his office and would not wait for the ambulance to arrive at the right location which would take about 40 minutes. The secretary offered that Geri could reschedule in another 3 weeks!! We had already waited 3 weeks for this appointment. The secretary and doctor should react
with a lot more empathy and kindness and urgency.
We're now literally on about our 12th private ambulance company in the last year. There's been a HUGE problem here in and around Philadelphia with private ambulance companies engaging in massive Medicare fraud, especially for dialysis patients like Geri. They're getting shut down and arrested by the Feds. Most of the companies are run by shady people, several by Russian expats. Their equipment and employees are very substandard. It's scary and a shame. And it's made things much more difficult for us. It's actually so far been impossible to find a good private Medicare-approved ambulance company here in Philadelphia. Anyway, just so you know. Thanks. Amy and I are trying very hard and doing a lot for Geri, but we're not really equipped for this. Hospice does open up a lot of help in terms of people coming to help us at the house pretty much on a daily basis: nurses, social workers, bathers, etc. We have no idea if Geri has a week, a month, 6
months left.?! We're always hopeful she'll get better but ...
with a lot more empathy and kindness and urgency.
We're now literally on about our 12th private ambulance company in the last year. There's been a HUGE problem here in and around Philadelphia with private ambulance companies engaging in massive Medicare fraud, especially for dialysis patients like Geri. They're getting shut down and arrested by the Feds. Most of the companies are run by shady people, several by Russian expats. Their equipment and employees are very substandard. It's scary and a shame. And it's made things much more difficult for us. It's actually so far been impossible to find a good private Medicare-approved ambulance company here in Philadelphia. Anyway, just so you know. Thanks. Amy and I are trying very hard and doing a lot for Geri, but we're not really equipped for this. Hospice does open up a lot of help in terms of people coming to help us at the house pretty much on a daily basis: nurses, social workers, bathers, etc. We have no idea if Geri has a week, a month, 6
months left.?! We're always hopeful she'll get better but ...
To Be Continued
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