There has been an outbreak on her floor for the past week, she was being treated for suspected pneumonia but her test came back positive last night.
All of this because she was immobilized when she arrived at St. Joe’s for treatment of edema before Christmas.
She was caught in a Covid lockdown at St. Joes and she was bedridden for two weeks which exasperated a knee problem.
They decided a stint at Runnymede rehab was called for but she was further waylayed and kept immobile at St. Joe’s due to an earlier outbreak at Runnymede which delayed her departure.
St. Joes’ helped by botching a cortisone shot to her knee and then broke Mom’s hearing aids for added measure.
It’s very frustrating, I have seen Mom at the hospitals perhaps 8 times since Christmas between Covid outbreaks.
The isolation will kill her before Covid does.
She sounded good yesterday when we spoke on the phone, her release date had been scheduled for March 8th which cheered her up but that is unlikely now, as she has already missed a week of physio alone hindering her progress.
