Since we'll be coming up this weekend, we thought we'd take Mom to the eye doctor. We can't make it by 9:45am tomorrow morning due to rush hour traffic in Atl so I called Dr. Ballinger's office to see if he had another appt time. Talked to Paige, his assistant, who said as long as Mom doesn't have pain in her eye, which she doesn't, we could wait until Monday at 9:00. So that's what we'll do unless Dan or Tom want to take her tomorrow, which is OK with us. If her eye gets a lot worse, or she develops pain, Page said we could call the doctor-on-call and bring her in over the weekend.
Also had an initial assessment call with Kathy Green (2 hours) who will help us get into the UMG Senior Center of Greenville Hospital System for a geriatric evaluation, develop a care plan recommendation and advise us along the way. She was very impressive. She sent me the referral form that the Center requires Dr. Pugh to sign. I put a call into Tracey (Pugh's assist) and sent the form over via fax. I'll let you know if there are any concerns or delays. We are trying to get Mom into an appt on Nov 29 which Kathy had reserved for another client but is now cancelling. No guarantees but we're hoping to benefit from Kathy's influence/contacts here - otherwise there is a several month waiting list.
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Thank you, Mary Kay. This is wonderful. I will feel so much better to have both a social worker's perspective and a geriatric perspective on Mom and her condition. I know we are all doing our best, but I always fear what I don't know or what I am missing. I think this assessment and the one at the Greenville Hospital center will be so enlightening (and I hope encouraging).
A question: what is UMG?
Tracey is faxing the information to the Center today. We'll know next week whether or not Mom can take the Nov 29 appt. I will plan to be in Greenville to take her if she gets in.
Not sure what UMG means...
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