Peri is being discharged tomorrow at 12:00PM!!! She is coming home, FINALLY! We still have lots to figure out and she will need lots of help, at least it will happen from home. She will have to follow up with Dr’s in a couple of weeks to decide whats next. She will have home health care for sometime. We also will be utilizing Palliative care initially.
I took the following from Wikipedia; “Palliative medicine utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to patient care, relying on input from physicians, pharmacists, nurses, chaplains, social workers, psychologists and other allied health professionals in formulating a plan of care to relieve suffering in all areas of a patient’s life. This multidisciplinary approach allows the palliative care team to address physical, emotional, spiritual and social concerns that arise with advanced illness.”
I had no clue what palliative care was. Now, those of you that didn’t either are well informed. Stay tuned….