Thursday, June 28, 2012

My 101 years old patient

at Thursday, June 28, 2012
Wow, 101!
But can you tell me why you need to rehab a 101 years old lady?
To go back to her pre-morbid functional status?

Isn't this a bit too much?

I am not discriminating elderly but seriously, at the age of 101, won't you think you have lived enough? With pneumonia, pulmonary oedema, rapid AF, NSTEMI, bowel ca, fractures...
Possibly the most torturing thing is that you see family members younger than you passing away.
Why would you come to rehab?
Wont you like to stay at home in your own bed?
Or rather I should say, why did u get sent to rehab?!


*grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrh*

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*jeSSicA* on June 29, 2012 at 9:08 PM said...

u whine coz u dun like to do her paperwork =P but yea, i get ur point....why?!

yeuyeu on July 1, 2012 at 7:59 PM said...

i have to salute this 101...she physically looks like a 70-ish...ya somehow my patience gets tested every day in this rotation T.T

Anonymous said...

That's basic and quality of life that needed by everyone nevertheless how old r u!!!

yeuyeu on July 2, 2012 at 12:29 AM said...

I haven't met this 101 yo patient before I posted this. I just read the medical discharge summary and started to imagine this old lady lying there with weak body and could barely walk without getting shortness of breath. In reality, she is probably stronger than 90% of the rest of the patients. She does deserve a spot in rehab.

 

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