| I revisited the back room at Careage about 5:05 PM this evening. When I last spoke to Diane there, she requested Sedro-Woolley fax her Mom's records for her to go over. I left a message with her to let me know if it looks like a match, and if yes, what can I do to secure a place for Mom. Well, after I looked at Careage, and was reassured it was a pretty nice place after all, the "back room" had their own cafeteria, a "house cat" named Storm, and the empty bed was in the Last unit, and "end unit" near the door outside (one can't come in due to it being locked, but you can keypad out of there OK) and it was at the other end of the TV lounge area, so Mom could hide from the cacaphony is she wanted by virtue of hanging in her room. I "met" her roommate (read: saw her in passing in the hall) and was told she was pretty quiet, so that would also have been a plus for Mom. She didn't have a TV in the room, and that's good, because although Mom used to require background noise pre-ALZl, since she was with us, well, she lost all interest in audio /video, AND I can go as far as saying it is annoying now. So this would have been goodness. As we drove home, I was happily babbling to Gordy about how it was so much better than I remembered...and on and on. I was even happy-ish and positive for a change. BUT -- the message I had waiting for me, from Diane, stated that they just took in a gent that will require the majority of her staff's attention, so it was a big "no" to Mom. SH** !!! This means I have to look off-island, AND find a new MD (who has no idea of who Mom was and who she is now) and new Pharmacologist off-island for Mom. I have no connections, or networking to help suggest places for me for Mom off-island, to live, to go etc. No idea, totally blind here. This rots on so many levels. I phoned Jim, and it was so good to just talk to him and hear his support and hug through the phone. But this is so very very bad all around for Mom and alluvusns....
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