Had a decent sleep, interrupted of course by nurses bringing meds, taking vitals, and drawing blood. Also, they moved a new patient, Jim, next to me late at night. He’s 91 and seems to have multiple problems. I haven’t talked to him. Despite the interruptions, I put on my headphones and listened to ambient sleep sounds and slept soundly till 8 am. Fitbit gave me a 78.
I was not moved to MGH yesterday, obviously. Still waiting for beds to open up.
Sat in on the final MMGA Helpline Training class in the evening. Partway through the nurse stopped in to tell me that a bed had opened up at MGH and that an ambulance had been ordered. I asked if it could be put off until after the class at 8 pm, and she said she’d ask. Came back to say they were ok with that.
Ambulance to MGH: Drove down Memorial Drive and I could see out if the back some of my old haunts from when I worked in Kendall Square. Seems like an age ago. We checked in at MGH and set off for Ellison. It has 23 floors and I was hoping for a high one, but I’m back on the 6th floor which is where I was before. I’m in room 618a – no window, but probably nothing to see anyway! A nice nurse, Caitlin, helped me settle in.
Dr Ratnasamy from orthopedics stopped by. He told me that my femur was fractured, alongside the plate. I’m surprised that the doctors at Emerson didn’t catch it. Anyway, it’s going to be a CAT scan and an X-ray, probably tonight, followed by surgery tomorrow. After discharge from MGH it’ll be a minimum of six weeks in rehab. Will try to catch my case manager to see if we can get into Whittier this time.