Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Doc Visit Report

Here's the report from the doctor visit:

1 - Oxidose: Dr. Davis is rewriting the order so that Peggy can get more at a time so that hopefully we won't run into this problem again. Catherine is picking up the Oxidose right now and bringing it back to the house today.

2 - Bedsore: The skin breakdown on Peggy's bottom is much better. The duoderm has been doing the trick and it is almost healed! Yay! Dr. Davis suggested that Peggy try to reposition herself at a bit of an angle to help avoid this type of breakdown in the future and to help further the healing of this one.

3 - Trach/Cuff: Dr. Davis really wants to avoid having Peggy get a bronchialscope. Not only does he think that it would be invasive, he also feels that it wouldn't really tell us much. Instead, he suggested that we have Peggy's ear doc, Dr. Peroff, do a preliminary scope with his equipment since that would be much less invasive and wouldn't require sedation. Which leads to the next item on the update list...

4 - Peggy has an appointment with Dr. Peroff this Friday at 4pm. Cab is coming at 3pm to pick her up. He will check her ears and hopefully her throat.

A few other things:

5 - The Baza cream has been delivered!

6 - The order for the hand braces that Peggy requested has gone through. The order is in and HMSA will cover it. Peggy should have her braces within 2-3 weeks.

7 - Last but not least - our fabulous Suzanne Maria Rose Ching has cleaned out the infamous shower of terror!!! She has left a charming notice to remind us that nothing should be kept in the shower except for the emergency oxygen backup. We need the oxygen to be accessible in case of power outage. Peggy has been on oxygen more often recently, so it is even more important. Thanks Suzanne - we love you!

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