Musings and updates

Well, I got a phone call from the health nurse in Magrath yesterday, and it turns out that they forgot to inform us last week that the Health System has decided that Grandma Scott has been in the Swing Bed at the Good Sams for too long. The maximum stay time is supposed to be 60 days, after which they can apparently send the patient to an available bed anywhere in the system, until a bed becomes available in the preferred facility. In order to stay on the list and in the same order, a patient and the family are supposed to comply. So tomorrow I have to have Mom at the Grandview Nursing Home in Cardston at 2:30 PM. That will be her new home for the forseeable future until a bed becomes available in Magrath. Life is one fun thing after another!! We will have to try and get her things out of the Good Sams sometime later this week, and take to Cardston the things she might need. We want to take as little as necessary, on the hope she won't be there too long. I guess one change for Mom will be that neither John nor I will be able to see her every day. We'll have to see how often we can visit her in Cardston. LaRee works at the Grandview, so mom will get to see her on a regular basis which will help ease the lack of visits from us. I guess we'll always be "on the road again" to coin a worn out phrase.