The EMTs are not allowed in the hospital. They pull up to the ER entrance, call the desk, and hospital personnel come out to get the patient. They test everyone, and if someone tests positive, they move patients to other hospitals. (We've got slack in our system again.) Lots of emphasis on keeping hospitals from becoming sources of transmission.
Of course, the difference between tonight and seizures in the past is that I can't tag along to the ER. A very nice nurse called to get her medication information. She had another seizure at the ER, but is always confused for an hour or two afterward, so she hadn't given the hospital to share information with me. Our closest hospital is not part of our provider network, so our HIPAA waivers on file don't matter. Sheesh -- pandemic and bureaucracy.
Luckily, she sent me a text just after the nurse called. It said:
She called a minute later, but she didn't actually say anything. That's kind of what its like after her seizures.Ms Ipsa wrote:I have to beabns
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She called again about 15 minutes later, very tired and groggy. They're keeping her overnight. That sounds about right. And now the nurse can call me and tell me what's going on. When she has a minute. In the ER....
COVID-19: it's a laugh a minute.
