Report of 3 May 2020
Good evening!
"Blue Jay" - a movie not to see. My friend, LaDonna, used to say after a terrible movie, "That's 2 hours of my life I won't get back." This movie, Blue Jay, had been so well-reviewed, blah blah, we kept hoping it would improve. It did not. Fortunately, only 1 hour and 20 minutes irretrievably gone.
We are well. The Banyan is wonderful. Telemedicine, keeping up with patients, trying to ensure they stay healthy. The staff is diligent and wonderful, some of the staff are "users" of our services themselves, i.e., they are patients who have had mental illness treated and are now functional enough to help us as staff. All of this makes for a nice, therapeutic environment.
One of the Adaikalam calls was about a patient, Ms. X, who stopped eating. The Doctors Healey, geriatricians extraordinaire, told us during residency that we must check for pneumonia and urinary tract infections (UTI) in older patients who did not "act right." So, I checked and there is a flaming UTI. The patient is undergoing treatment; she still has a fever off and on, but her appetite is improving. Small triumphs, very large in our world.
Kovalam is also fine. The patient who had to be hospitalised last week is recovering slowly and vomited today. We are keeping a close eye on her.
The lockdown in India has been extended by 2 weeks. Some restrictions have been eased; we will see in the coming week what has been eased. Doctors are apparently allowed to return to the clinics. Some restaurants have been open for take-out, not to eat-in.
Our extended family got together on Whatsapp yesterday to talk. It was nice. There was a lot of "Say that again" as audio connections got strained, but all in all, a fun time.
We spoke to our children and they are well. Lots of laughter and chatting. They are also locked down in NYC and Philly. I spoke to my father and he pointed out that we were fortunate to go through the pandemic instead of merely reading about it. That was a different opinion and I mulled it over; truly, it has been an experience going through it and much of it is good learning. I am immensely sorry for the deaths. Nature is loving the decreased human presence. Science is coming to the fore with possibilities of vaccines and cures. All in all, a fine learning time.
Unw -
R
"Blue Jay" - a movie not to see. My friend, LaDonna, used to say after a terrible movie, "That's 2 hours of my life I won't get back." This movie, Blue Jay, had been so well-reviewed, blah blah, we kept hoping it would improve. It did not. Fortunately, only 1 hour and 20 minutes irretrievably gone.
We are well. The Banyan is wonderful. Telemedicine, keeping up with patients, trying to ensure they stay healthy. The staff is diligent and wonderful, some of the staff are "users" of our services themselves, i.e., they are patients who have had mental illness treated and are now functional enough to help us as staff. All of this makes for a nice, therapeutic environment.
One of the Adaikalam calls was about a patient, Ms. X, who stopped eating. The Doctors Healey, geriatricians extraordinaire, told us during residency that we must check for pneumonia and urinary tract infections (UTI) in older patients who did not "act right." So, I checked and there is a flaming UTI. The patient is undergoing treatment; she still has a fever off and on, but her appetite is improving. Small triumphs, very large in our world.
Kovalam is also fine. The patient who had to be hospitalised last week is recovering slowly and vomited today. We are keeping a close eye on her.
The lockdown in India has been extended by 2 weeks. Some restrictions have been eased; we will see in the coming week what has been eased. Doctors are apparently allowed to return to the clinics. Some restaurants have been open for take-out, not to eat-in.
Our extended family got together on Whatsapp yesterday to talk. It was nice. There was a lot of "Say that again" as audio connections got strained, but all in all, a fun time.
We spoke to our children and they are well. Lots of laughter and chatting. They are also locked down in NYC and Philly. I spoke to my father and he pointed out that we were fortunate to go through the pandemic instead of merely reading about it. That was a different opinion and I mulled it over; truly, it has been an experience going through it and much of it is good learning. I am immensely sorry for the deaths. Nature is loving the decreased human presence. Science is coming to the fore with possibilities of vaccines and cures. All in all, a fine learning time.
Unw -
R
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