I’m saying that if she was that critical where five or ten minutes meant something, then yeah. You stated that you saved five or ten minutes to get a med. How did you know there wasn’t going to be a long line and you would have had to wait a half hour. You didn’t know that when you went there. If you had called ahead and the script was waiting you still had to do the purchase and drive back to where the person was who needed it. I am not beating you up. The original thread was about using a handicap slot by people who were not handicapped saying they’re doing shopping for a DP who was - they themselves are not handicapped and they took a slot away from a DP who needed it. Take Care, I hope she’s feeling better and :>)
I am excellent at managing processes and people.
We had superb relationships with do doctors, hospitals, standby nurses even restaurants so she would never wait.
These meds are of a limited supply and we also had an excellent relationship with pharmacy staff.
I would not show up and hope the required meds were available.
Further, we made certain they knew who she was. A bit of a charm operation if you will.
We also know quite a bit about meds, interactions and best practice.
You’ll have to trust me: if you needed caregivers we were exemplary and you would want us to care for you.
The relationships we created were such that no one has them
Every doctor she had, including her chiropractor paid regular visits to her house and even went out of their way to meet her at a restaurant.
Nurses and other support staff also paid home visits.
When it came to meds we made certain the prescription would be filled. If not, they would work with another pharmacy to ensure they would.
When we showed up, we were treated like VIP.
This is no joke nor any bravado.
There are other Freepers who can attest to our ability to “Make it Happen”.
When she was required to visit the hospital, we went to the same one and everyone knew her.
Moreover, we were treated as “partners” in her care. The benefit being they weren’t required to check on her constantly and ascertain her condition. We did that and it freed them up to concentrate on other responsibilities.
We get it done.
So, no. We were assured a med would be available, packaged and readied for signature.
Believe me, it was necessary and we never missed a beat.
Again, we had DP placards but, if we forgot them and there was an imperative then we did what was necessary.
Analogy:
We didn’t care if there were red lights and waited until they were all green.
Life is what it is and you must accomplish things, even with adversity.
Oh, and she’s dead.
She went very suddenly at the age of 101 and 5 months and much too young.
vancomycin resistant mrsa is very critical.
Each moment without antibiotics gives that horrible virus time to continue eating your flesh.
Think Ebola.
It is critical to constantly be “in course” as well the supporting synergistic meds and saline solutions.
This virus is horrible and kills weaker persons than she was and will kill if you don’t have a team that will stay on too of it every minute.
You cannot miss, you cannot be late. The consequences are dire otherwise.
She had 4 rounds of IV ttreatment and concurrent operations to view the progress, as well prepare for a hip replacement.
As it turned out VMRSA eventually turned the ball of her femur into a sponge and after the 4th treatment and operation the ball was cut off , VMRSA scrapped off and she was sent home with an oral round of antibiotics, with prayers and hope.
After opening her up a fifth time and the blood test coming back positive, she received a new hip.
She required a walker after that but, she traveled about every six weeks visiting family and friends from the West Coast to East Coast and many trips to Mexico.
Oh, and at the age of 96 she did more things than people 1/2 her age and continued in like manner for the next nearly 6 years.
It’s a tough life if yer not though and if yer not tough you don’t belong here.
The hotels we stayed at we were well known and she was treated like a queen and as we all know, the queen does not wait.
At the hotels where we were not known to them, we ensured that she was similarly treated as the queen and whisked into her room.
Ditto for restaurants.
As for planes we flew on her daughters private jet and always she was treated as the queen.
None of this is to impress you rather, impress upon you “We get it done.... NOW”.
Like I said, there were imperatives there and if you had Ebola, seconds count.
The rest of the time we have no business violating Natural Law, social norms or crossing boundaries we haven’t the right to.