After Shabbat I drove Aaron, Shoshana and Rebecca over to visit Michael. I called and spoke to his nurse who said Michael had a great day. (I think he might disagree with that). We got there around 9:45 PM.
The water that is used to humidify his oxygen was leaking and there was a large puddle on the floor. We informed the nurse of the problem and she changed out his bottle and hose. This cut out his oxygen for a bit so she turned up his settings (to give him more oxygen). I hope she remembers to turn the O2 down.
Upon arrival Aaron said Havdallah for his dad. I asked Michael what he did? He Davened (prayed). He got to sit up once today. He said he tried to get out of bed by himself, but had no luck. It is hard to get up with all the stuff that is attached to him.
He said he hasn't been given his eye drops in 2 days. He hadn't had any mouth care today and didn't get his night medicines (this discussion was @ 11 PM). I went to talk to the nurse. She came in and gave him his eye drops and left them in the room. They had been in the room previously and went missing. Yesterday the nurse on duty said she would put the eye drops in the pharmacy box with the rest of his medicines. She thought the eye drops had run out. There is no way they could have run out as he only needs one drop per eye and the container lasts for months. They just opened a bottle for him on Monday.
When I left at 11:30 PM I reminded the nurse to give him his medicines, and do his mouth care.
I am sure Michael would like to have guests on Shabbat as it is very lonely there for him. I will try to walk to PSL next Shabbat. I now know all the non electric ways to enter the building. I also have found the stairs so I can walk up to the 5th floor.
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