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There appears to be improvement on the liver front. Now mom has to get the rest of her infections cleared up. Her white blood cell count is low again so, no visitors, please. Really.

Sister A and Sis C are keeping me updated and all 3 of my siblings are continuing to take turns sitting with mom, logging all procedures, drugs, other fluids and medical professionals' visits.

So bizarre, each specialist only focuses on their own area of narrowly-defined responsibilities. I am so relieved mom has advocates in the room with her to synthesize all the information provided by each specialist AND to pass it along to the next one that comes along, as there seems to be no role or even acknowledgment that there needs to be such a role within the hospital environment.

For all the money that goes into our health care "system" and for all the really smart, well-educated specialists we turn out, the actual patient care is mediocre, at best. Yes, the sum is less than each part, added up. Sad, huh?

The irony of hospitalization when your immune system is compromised is that they won't release you until your infections are manageable, and yet, there is no better place to catch innumerable and unnameable bugs and diseases.

We're putting all our energy into getting mom out of there and all the things release implies.