Alzheimer's Blogging:

It is hot here in Phoenix, Az this time of year. My ambulance is having trouble cooling down for my patients. Today I had a couple in their 70's which I picked up from an urgent care. Sad thing is they called a wheel chair van company to pick them up and bring them to the hospital. Only the company would not bring them to the hospital and brought them to an urgent care across the street from the hospital.

I was told that this gentleman was having trouble urinating and his flanks were painful. His abdomen was distended like a volley ball. He tried to void and he showed me a container with 300cc full of urine in it for the whole day so far. So his doctor wanted him to go to the ED and have a Foley put in.

What bothers me in all of this is the fact they had to pay for the wheel chair van and now an ambulance. It is hard enough to live off of social security but when medical bills take it away how are they suppose to live and eat. We need to change some things with our medical and help our elderly live a better life.

We helped this gentleman on our gurney and folded up his wheel chair and brought him across the street to the hospital. Such a great couple and what a lesson to learn. Please be an angel and practice random acts of kindness.

Sincerely,
Marie Fostino
Alzheimer's A Caretakers Journal
Seaboard Press An Imprint of James A Rock Pub., Co.
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