Visiting Nurse #2

Hi all -
Recovery continues without exceptional events. The routine goes something like this - sleep, eat, walk, repeat.

A visiting nurse from Brigham and Women's visited yesterday and a nurse from the International Mesothelioma Program visited today. I was reminded of Annabel's (often repeated) observation that you can't just send anyone into the home. Home visits require special training and expertise. Both of these nurses were skilled and nice (although #1 showed up without appointment and #2 was the ICU nurse who received Rick directly from surgery and didn't remember that she had taken care of him.)...They took temperatures, blood pressures, reviewed medications and then they were finished. Their behavior was the same as it would have been if they walked into his hospital room to take vitals and then left. Thankfully, we don't need any special support but I wanted to ask them why they were part of the home visiting program and why they think home visits are important. They need a skilled mentor! Not my job, so we move on.