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I have been feeling totally demoralized over the incidents so far.  I cannot rest comfortably as I know now how fast Randy can end up in hospital.  I remember the YouTube video which explains how VCH deals with the public: delay; deny, divide, discredit and demoralize.  Each day this is still happening.  I am afraid even to speak to anyone any more. Not that I am afraid afraid but because it seems a waste of time.  Even the organizations which are out there after an initial consult abandon me. All the E/Ds know each other and purple dot those that need help much like how VCH purple dot troublemakers which VCH creates in the first place.  I am always told that I am not alone and what happened to me happens to others and then silence. 

Piecing together what happened with the DNR fiasco it is beyond comprehension. I lived with Randy for six years prior to his accident and  for 900 days since his accident I visited him in hospital and I was told I unduly influenced Randy to rescind the Do Not Rescue Order he alledgedly placed on himself so it was not removed.  Although on Friday before Christmas 2012 I was told that his coding was changed to FULL CODE I have yet to see any written proof of it.  It doesn't really matter in any event as a physician can change it the next day and there is no legal obligation for him to tell me or even tell Randy as it might upset us. So much for paternalism, truth and transparency in our health care system.

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My survey (location bus stop) is now up to 13 out of 13 who do not know what a medical DNR is. 

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My at the bus stop survey has generated 12 out of 12 Nos to the question of whether that person was aware of a medical DNR Order.

I looked at the four levels of DNR intervention protocols and not even a lawyer could write how confusing they are.

I spoke to a young doctor yesterday and she said that health care is all about quality of life issues...sounds like Hilter and his solution to less than perfect people..

Randy is recovering nicely.  He is back to his demanding stubborn self again.
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Yesterday was a very difficult day for me.  Randy was so so depressed.  He wanted to talk but couldn't.  He wanted the pm valve on his trach.  The valve that enables him to talk/whisper.  The valve that he had on at St. Paul's.  Since his return to GPC  he hasn't had it.  He then didn't want to return to GPC and each day I am forced to return him and he gets extremely angry with me.  I can hardly blame him.  There doesn't seem to be a solution.  I am so scared at times that he may commit suicide by refusing treatment.  VGH fully knows this and hides behind the tenet that a patient can refuse treatment.  They encourage suicide by doing nothing.

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For the past few days it has been very difficult for Randy as he didn't want to return to GPC.  At St. Paul's he was being treated beyond his infection. I do not understand where these infections are suddently coming from.  I suspect VCH doesn't even want to know where they come from.  Investigating causation would hurt the $bottom line.

At St.Paul's he was given a pm valve so he could talk (whisper), he was given breathing exercises,I was giving him mild bed physio, he was given motivation and hope.  These past few days he have been terribly depressed and he won't do anything. 

As for me I am totally exhausted.  With three admissions to VGH, and two to St. Paul's for treatable life threatening infections and DNRs to cancel, it will take me a bit to recover. 

This Christmas season has no reason for me to remember anything.  It is as if it never happened. 

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Randy looked so healthy today.  St. Paul's did wonders for him. Finally, I think staff has come to the realization that I am also part of Vancouver Coastal Health.  I cannot understand how they can divide people like they do.  They can't deal just with Randy; they also have to deal with me.  What happens to Randy also affects me and I am part of VCH.
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As expected without notice St. Paul's transferred Randy without his consent or mine at 3:00 pm Monday December 24 2012. back to GPC.  Now he faces Christmas in an institution he doesn't want to be in.  St. Paul's didn't even tell him of the decision.

I received no assurances that anything will be done to ensure Randy will be more safe at his "home."
No one even told me if he fully recovered from his pneumonia. 

Vancouver Coastal Health has no fear.  Maybe a plea to the public not to donate money to St. Paul's or VGH might be more effective.  

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