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For a while now, I have had a nurse visiting our home and taking vitals on me. Doctor’s orders required that they do a personal visit to see that I was doing all right. As you may or may not remember, I was in the hospital for a blood clot. And right afer I got home, they started visiting me. I found that to be fantastic. And I want to tell you that those ladies have been wonderful. Unless you have been in that type of situation, you cannot know how much of a relief it is to have a health care professional checking up on you to make sure that you are all right.
Every time they were here, they took the vitals like blood pressure and listening to my heart. Included in that was taking my pulse with what I now know was a pulse oximeter. That is one handy little device. It gives a reading for your pulse and your blood oxygen content at the same time. Honestly, I wish my Mom had one of those little devices since she has COPD and must medicate for her breathing.
In addition to doing the vitals, they wanted to know how I was feeling, if there were any other problems or symptoms or anything that might be different. All the information was then given to my doctor for evaluation. At times, I did get a call from the doctor’s office concerning one thing or another. The best part was that if I needed anything or was having a problem, I could call them 24/7. That was so comforting to me in a time when I had no idea what could happen. See, I did not get much information concerning the DVT (blood clot). Those at the hospital did not tell me much. I got more information from the nurses than anywhere else throughout the problem.
They have stopped coming now. However, I was told I could have them back anytime I felt a need. I find that comforting, too, in an area where we have little medical coverage. Our hospital, if you could call it that, is over 60 miles away. That’s if you want to go to that one. Otherwise, there’s one about 70 miles away in either of two directions. We have an urgent care clinic here but it closes at 11pm. I have no clue what is expected after that unless you make the long trek to the hospital. So, I am grateful to the nurses of the home health care services.
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Well that seems to be a quite impressive idea to have medical professionals in your reach , visiting you to make sure you are feeling well. It is always something relaxing to know that there are people who care about you .
Yes it is good. The idea has been around for many years. I remember when they were called visiting nurses association in Iowa where I grew up. But because of the place where we live, it’s a bigger blessing. Our area has no real adequate health care available. The thing is, we do live in a retirement community and it is shocking how little medical help we have since the hospital shut down due to health regulations.
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