Not going home

When I got to the hospital this morning, there were like 4 people attending to Mom.  Apparently her heart rate had gone up again so they were trying to do something about that.  It was all made worse by the fast that they tried to give her a new heart medicine through her old IV line, but it had become disengaged and so the fluid didn't go into her vein, it went into her skin or something.  That was when they noticed that the IV line was not right.  So, they started a new IV line in her other arm.  You could tell she was in pain when I walked in.  First of all from the pain of being poked with a new IV  line, and then from the pain of the medicine under her skin instead of in her vein on her other arm.  So, bottom line is she is not going home today because of the new medicine which they have to monitor her for.

Her right arm hurt all morning where the medicine had gone in the wrong place.  What has to happen is that liquid will be absorbed by the body and eventually the pain will go away.  I'm writing this at 2:30pm and Mom is sleeping.  But she told me before she went to sleep that her arm is feeling better.  That is good.  Hope it is still feeling better when she wakes up.

I've been dealing with Mom's case manager all day because I wonder about the wisdom of sending Mom home and there has been nothing done at home to make the place safe for her.  There is talk about sending her to rehab but everyone here seems to feel she is doing too good to be sent to rehab.  I just don't know.