I keep forgetting stuff. A friend of mine, a social worker at Kaiser with many cancer clients had a good talk with me and gave us a rundown of what we should try for, and what services are available etc. Thanks, Jen.
This may be too late but here goes for what it's worth: I still believe that getting Harold to the EMERGENCY ROOM at the hospital of Harolds choice is the way to go. The reason I say this is because I called a friend who is a hospital administrator about Harolds plight. He said a few very pertinant things the main one being that under the law the emergency room has to admit you...as Highland did when Harold showed up there. The admitting Doctor at UCSF will order all paperwork from Highland that will happen maybe more quickly. In the meantime they will most likely get Harold going on CHEMOTHERAPY especially since Sierra has the scrip for that I believe. Most likely the social worker at UCSF will get Harolds Medical done pretty quick once he us admitted. My friend also said (and as we all know) that time is of the essence ie don't wait get him to the ER.. so he can treated. I do believe he will get chemotherapy etc faster this way. As we said before Leland and I can help convoy him to the ER. IMPORTANT: DONT SIGN ANY FORMS FOR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY At the ER or anywhere actually. PS Even someone at UCSF Hematology said (somewhat under the table) that going thru emergency was the quickest way to get Harold in. Nobody at either hospital is going to want to tell you this so what ends yo happening is we get bogged down in paperwork.
Thank you for all your kind thoughts. This blog will stay open at least until Harold's memorial, which is tentatively scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend. If you'd like to post photos you can send me an email and I'll put them on a special picture page, or I can make you an author and then you can post at will. Peace and all good, jg
I keep forgetting stuff. A friend of mine, a social worker at Kaiser with many cancer clients had a good talk with me and gave us a rundown of what we should try for, and what services are available etc. Thanks, Jen.
ReplyDeleteThis may be too late but here goes for what it's worth: I still believe that getting Harold to the EMERGENCY ROOM at the hospital of Harolds choice is the way to go. The reason I say this is because I called a friend who is a hospital administrator about Harolds plight. He said a few very pertinant things the main one being that under the law the emergency room has to admit you...as Highland did when Harold showed up there.
ReplyDeleteThe admitting Doctor at UCSF will order all paperwork from
Highland that will happen maybe more quickly. In the meantime they will most likely get Harold going on CHEMOTHERAPY especially since Sierra has the scrip for that I believe. Most likely the social worker at UCSF will get Harolds Medical done pretty quick once he us admitted.
My friend also said (and as we all know) that time is of the essence ie don't wait get him to the ER.. so he can treated. I do believe he will get chemotherapy etc faster this way.
As we said before Leland and I can help convoy him to the ER.
IMPORTANT: DONT SIGN ANY FORMS FOR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY At the ER or anywhere actually.
PS Even someone at UCSF Hematology said (somewhat under the table) that going thru emergency was the quickest way to get Harold in.
Nobody at either hospital is going to want to tell you this so what ends yo happening is we get bogged down in paperwork.