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I would encourage you to escalate this with them. Advocate with them, explain what your concerns are and ask that they explain, in terms a child could understand, what they see and why they are diagnosing the situation as they are. This is when you can 1, understand what the diagnosis is, 2, advocate for emergency care and how they can help you get that.
May The Lord be with all of you. The beginning is so difficult. We truly learn what we didn't know we didn't know. What I wished I had been given a heads up on:
It is always OKAY to ask lots of questions, it is ALWAYS OKAY to ask for a second opinion, it is always okay to ask for the patient advocate, and it is always best to take care of yourself during this time.
With Medicare there is a number of days you have to wait until they will pay for Rehab again from day one, I think. Then there maybe that if Dad was not in the whole 100 allowed, then he can go to rehab again but he starts at the last day he was in previously. Lets say he was in 25 days the last vidit, he will start at 26. This means he is responsible for 50% of the cost of his stay.
My question is, how old is Dad. Why is he no longer in Rehab and now in a TCU? He is paying out of pocket now, correct? Or he is on Medicaid and has handed over his SS? Have you been told that there is really no more that can be done for Dad? Is he expected to improve?
We know absolutely NOTHING about your father. Not his age. Not his illness. Not the history of the illness. Not the current diagnosis or prognosis and not what is currently happening with him. We don't know anything about his medical teams expectations for a full recovery.
I am sorry to say that we absolutely have to have information to have any educated input and without it we can do nothing but wish you good luck. You not both a brain and a heart surgery. It quite honestly doesn't get any more serious than that.
Do speak with the medical team. This is where your questions are now best directed. And again I wish both you and your dad good luck, and hope he is able to recover from this.