Lilac
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- Flyover Country
That video was spot on @hollydolly.
In December of 2020, my mother-in-law went from her doctor's office to the hospital. My SIL went into the ER with her to get her checked in, but was told immediately to leave. They wouldn't even talk to her. So a 92-year-old woman who was ill with congestive heart failure was left alone to tell them what was going on.
My SIL called to see what was going on & no one would tell her anything on the phone because there was no contact listed when my MIL was checked in. After talking to several people, SIL spoke with a nurse who remembered her walking in the day before & set up her as point-of-contact. We were only allowed one person for this.
We found out that the only visitation allowed was for those who were going to pass. They said she wasn't near that, but we could talk to her on the phone all we wanted. That worked OK for the first few days until they lost her hearing aids. She was darn near deaf without them, so talking was difficult to say the least.
Depending on the nurses SIL talked to, we had different reports as to how she was doing. It was either she was doing well & up walking, or she wasn't feeling that well that day. This went on for three weeks. No one was being honest, if they had been, we would have been allowed in to see her.
On a Wednesday, SIL received a call & was told to make arrangements for a nursing home, convalescent center or a visiting-at-home-nurse because they were going to release her that day. No one was accepting new patients in those places & no nurses were available either. One nurse at the hospital, who had been the most honest of all, told us to contact hospice.
We contacted hospice who helped us immediately. They sent a bed over & other things we needed that day & sat everything up for us. The hospital released her that Wednesday at 9 p.m. Her children spent Thursday with her & the rest of the family came on Friday. The hospice nurse on Thursday told them it wouldn't be long & on Friday morning she made arrangements for her to be taken to hospice late that afternoon. She passed in the early hours of Saturday peacefully.
Hospice was open for all family members to attend at any hour of the day & there wasn't any restrictions on friends visiting either.
She died from congestive heart failure, not covid & didn't ever have covid. She spent her last three weeks in this world alone, except for the last two days with family. It was uncalled for her to go through this. AND, this goes for everyone else who was forced to experience the same treatment, patient & family.
The lock down didn't work, but it sure in the H#LL brought pain & heartache to many. The damage it did cannot be repaired.