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Sept. 16, 2007 - 20:53 MDT FUTILITY It is a helpless feeling when one of our grown children, who have built a life of their own, have mates to make health and welfare decisions for them as well. Not that their mates don't handle things well, but it is just not being able to have a say and means of complaint. On Friday the doctor drained Doug's swollen knee and from what he was told was that "Gout" was suspected. Doctor didn't show Saturday nor did he show Sunday -- nor did any hospital doctor check on him. The nurses and phsyical therapist have been doing their level best in his behalf and seeing that he has pain meds when required. Maybe it's for the best that I have no say, because I probably would blister the doctor's ears if and when he ever shows up to see if Doug is still alive. And that just wouldn't be a thing that would maximize our son's welfare. He is in a touchy situation, a ball joint replacement in his hip and a painful swollen knee is going to keep him in hospital I fear for, "Who knows how long ?" and what the total outcome will be for him. We waited until evening to go see Doug, hoping that by the time we got there his doctor would have been there -- no such luck. Seems sometimes like life is an exercise in FUTILITY . . . . . . . . . 5 comments so far
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