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Nursing Home Diary – “Victory Over Flu Day”
Gennadiy declared “Victory Over Influenza Day” at the nursing home this afternoon, and brought in cake and soda to celebrate. Indeed, it does feel like everything is almost back to normal now, here at the nursing home. Residents are still taking antibiotic tablets, but nobody appears to be suffering from uncomfortable symptoms anymore. All of…
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Nursing Home Diary – Flu Season Day 7
Today seems to be a very calm, normal day at the nursing home. Except for the antibiotic treatments that nurse Yevhenia is administering throughout the day, there is no evidence of a health crisis. Here’s hoping that this flu season winds down quietly over the next few days.The new hire, Ailiona, appeared as hoped this…
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Nursing Home Diary – Flu Season Day 6
Today Gennadiy brought in the doctor again. The doctor spent a couple of hours examining the residents again, and identified three men and three women who appear to have pneumonia or similar serious conditions. He prescribed antibiotic injections for each of them, in addition to tablets. Most of the other residents are also taking antibiotic…
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Nursing Home Diary – Flu Season Day 5
So the good news is, the residents’ conditions all seem to have stabilized or improved since yesterday. Gennadiy is distributing the antibiotics the doctor prescribed 3 times per day – maybe that’s an important factor.So the biggest challenge today was simply that we were short-staffed again today because Ludmila, the woman whose job is to…
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Nursing Home Diary – Flu Season Day 4
Today has been much better than I expected – and certainly better than yesterday. The residents’ conditions seem to have stabilized, and some even seem to be improving. For example, Evon, the man who lost his wife yesterday, is getting out of bed and walking by himself into the residential activity hall for meals again.…
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Nursing Home Diary – Flu Season Day 3
Well, good news is Grandma Nina did enjoy eating the thickened apple juice this morning. In addition to thickening her fluids to a gelatinous consistency, we also moved her to an inclining bed, which makes it easier for her to eat. She was in a flat bed before, so she had to sit straight up…
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Nursing Home Diary – Flu Season Day 2
It was pretty tough at the nursing home again today. Several of the residents are already running fevers. Three residents also had slip-and-fall accidents today. Luckily, nobody was seriously injured. But falls haven’t been a common occurrence since I’ve been here, so to have three in one day is quite alarming. I guess maybe it’s…
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