[cricket1]

I was with my Mom the entire time she was in the treatment room. At one point I even produced the plastic bag I had brought Mom's prescription meds in and said to the ED nurse, "Look, I even brought Mom's meds with us." She said, "Oh, we love it when patients do that", but she didn't look at the meds. That was the entire discussion about current meds.

I understand the triage concept and the need for it. I get it on how busy things are here this time of year. What I don't understand is how after years of this topic, the situation doesn't seem to improve. I don't have an answer but I'm not in a position to fix it. I hope the folks who are in that position are working on it in some way.

Mom is still having pain in her hip. There really isn't a reason except for favoring that leg for a day (10 days ago) while she had a charlie horse in the opposite leg. She will get better, in time. Thank you for your concern. And thanks for reading my story.