Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital is nice as far as hospitals go. It's new, it's spacious, its walls and rooms are decked out in attractive colors. It's also where my mother was on a ventilator a couple of Christmases ago. And now it's where I am--here with my mother. She has pneumonia again--not as severe as that Christmas, but bad enough to keep her overnight; hopefully that will be sufficient. They have built-in day beds here, large picture windows, TV with all the channels, and even wireless Internet. It's almost like a hotel. But it's not where I want to be staying, and it's certainly not where my mother wants to be right now. My step-father just got out of the hospital on Monday, his second stay in a month's time, and now my mother is in. It's kind of like a yo-yo, one out and one in. As my mother's doctor said the other day, their health has taken a real nose-dive in the last year. But we want to keep them with us and at home for as long as we can.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Hotel Legacy
Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital is nice as far as hospitals go. It's new, it's spacious, its walls and rooms are decked out in attractive colors. It's also where my mother was on a ventilator a couple of Christmases ago. And now it's where I am--here with my mother. She has pneumonia again--not as severe as that Christmas, but bad enough to keep her overnight; hopefully that will be sufficient. They have built-in day beds here, large picture windows, TV with all the channels, and even wireless Internet. It's almost like a hotel. But it's not where I want to be staying, and it's certainly not where my mother wants to be right now. My step-father just got out of the hospital on Monday, his second stay in a month's time, and now my mother is in. It's kind of like a yo-yo, one out and one in. As my mother's doctor said the other day, their health has taken a real nose-dive in the last year. But we want to keep them with us and at home for as long as we can.
