Yes, today was a "come to Jesus" time for us and the UCLA doctors.
When I spoke to Judith's oncologist, it turned out that he didn't even know that Judith was back in the hospital, yet the surgeons at the hospital thought that the oncologists were sort of managing their part of the case.
It's very frustrating: each specialty just looks at their own part of the picture and figures the rest is not in their area of expertise and is being taken care of by others. To make matters worse, even though these physicians are all part of the UCLA system, they practice at different hospitals, and rarely see each other.
After my "come to Jesus" meeting on the phone with the oncologist, he visited Judith in the hospital and met with the wound-care nurse specialist. I'll skip all the frustrating details and let the reader know that Judith will start another round of chemotherapy in a day or two in the hospital, and that there is general hope that the wound will continue to heal enough that Judith can be discharged to home with some degree of confidence that her problems can be dealt with there. Given previous failures, I don't believe that she will be discharged until this problem is REALLY under control.
NOTE: Judith was visited by ANOTHER rabbi today, Sheryl Lewart from KI, so move over Jesus, the Jews are taking over room 8317 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center!
WES (aka religious traffic cop)
When I spoke to Judith's oncologist, it turned out that he didn't even know that Judith was back in the hospital, yet the surgeons at the hospital thought that the oncologists were sort of managing their part of the case.
It's very frustrating: each specialty just looks at their own part of the picture and figures the rest is not in their area of expertise and is being taken care of by others. To make matters worse, even though these physicians are all part of the UCLA system, they practice at different hospitals, and rarely see each other.
After my "come to Jesus" meeting on the phone with the oncologist, he visited Judith in the hospital and met with the wound-care nurse specialist. I'll skip all the frustrating details and let the reader know that Judith will start another round of chemotherapy in a day or two in the hospital, and that there is general hope that the wound will continue to heal enough that Judith can be discharged to home with some degree of confidence that her problems can be dealt with there. Given previous failures, I don't believe that she will be discharged until this problem is REALLY under control.
NOTE: Judith was visited by ANOTHER rabbi today, Sheryl Lewart from KI, so move over Jesus, the Jews are taking over room 8317 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center!
WES (aka religious traffic cop)
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