(Continue at your own risk... not pretty)
My Mom has had an ulcer (bed sore) on her lower back since before her last hospital visit. We have a wound nurse coming out to the house but she only comes every two weeks with home health care. We had been trying to treat it by the directions of the wound nurse and it had not gotten any better but worse. So by the direction of the wound nurse my Mom was taken to the ER by ambulance around 4:00 pm Wednesday the 17th.
Once there they pretty much did what I call an combat field medical procedure on my Mom.
(Surgeons are not on my list of favorites... No bed side manners and most of them have the attitude of they are lowering themselves to have to explain anything) After they did their combat maneuver I had the option to bring her home and let her recover at home or admit her and let them get aggressive in getting it on the mend. Well... let me think about this. No I do not want to take her home after you have pretty much taken a box knife to her back without numbing her then to go home not knowing when a wound nurse will come out to attend to it. By midnight my Mom was in ICU.
Today the plastic surgeon came in and looked at her. They put her on a wound bed today. (Clinitron bed)
She is on a cushion of air and sand. This is so there are no pressure points on her anywhere. They also put on V.A.C. Therapy. (Vacuum Assisted Closure) on her wound.
When I was in the ER one her plastic surgeons came in and told me that a wound like that has a 0% chance of healing on its own and with plastic surgery has a little better of a 0% chance of healing.
My response was... so what your saying is with the medical procedure it is most of the time impossible. But I know God is going to heal this and with God it is NOT impossible. This is where I am coming from doctor. He looked at me and seemed to be at a loss for words and quickly changed the subject. Honestly it felt good to say it and I felt my strength and faith rise up when the words came out. No worries... she is on God's watch now and his word does not lie.
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