Thanks Dana for answering. Such a sad situation.
Nicki C5/6 From: Dana Wray [mailto:daano...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, September 5, 2021 8:37 PM To: Gail Holmes Cc: Jeffrey Gaede; Michael Galvin; <quad-list@eskimo.com>; Eric Olson; Nichole Rohling; Julie Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Lori Michaelson Lori and I emailed and talked on the phone. She had written me in June and I saw the email after I got out of the hospital and then I had to go back to the hospital for exploratory surgery. I wrote her but didn't hear back from her. I should've tried calling her, because in her letter she didn't know where she was going and she was trying to find a home for her beautiful dog. She had medical issues from the nurse that was improper and not sterile,sringmylia that cause pain, like Julie said being uprooted from her sisters home. I don't think they understood or liked her having caregivers coming in and out of the house. It's what a lot of us face when we don't have enough care. She receives Social Security from her husband and her own but it wasn't enough to pay caregivers, her apartment and living expenses. She wasn't able to get any help from the state. She loved her scrapbooking and her dog that she walked every day. She had a great caregiver and after she left she got a new one, but they were leaving. We were trying to find out everywhere we could post an ad. It is often so difficult to find specially if you have limited funds. This is what happens to a lot of quadriplegics and why they get sores and die. I wish they would do a study on this but with the current administration, I don't think they would do anything to help situations like this. I don't know what kind of care is available in the state of Arizona. I don't know if there's anybody else on the quad list that lives in Arizona She had a wonderful niece that would spend time with her, but she lived out-of-state, maybe Texas. I'd have to look up in my old letters about specifics. I loved her and enjoyed talking on the phone and emailing her. I will truly miss her. I lived in a nursing home for three years and it is a long story. All home facilities don't know how to take care of quadriplegics and don't have the staff. It's like a death sentence to go to a nursing home after living independently all your life and having a dog that you dearly loved. I pray that she died in her sleep and didn't have to suffer. I don't know that we will find out what the cause of death was. We have lost quite a few persons that I miss. it seems. I'm not familiar with you Julie. I'm on Facebook. I've always enjoyed the quad list and learning about other persons facing the same problems and learning from them. Dana, 47 years post, C4-5, tracheostomy, ileoconduit. Those of the hospital for 10 days for two kidney infections, sepsis and ammonia in June. Several weeks after that I had exploratory surgery to find the kidney stones. My urologist couldn't find kidney stones. . I have tubes hooked up to my kidneys that are turned off right now. My kidneys were not draining properly. Has anyone else ever had this problem. I'm assuming I will have to go back to the kidney doctor. My urologist could only use the camera in the ileoconduit and ureters not the kidneys. Three weeks ago I ran out of the suction catheters. The company they switched me to would not answer the phone. Thanks to Jim Lubin, he gave me the name of the company he uses, and I hope they will be shipping to me soon, before I run out of the ones I had to buy privately. I contacted for five different companies and none of them answered me. I don't have very many left. We can write on Lori's Facebook page. Lori will be missed, she was such a good communicator about her life. Let's make a list of those we have lost on the quad list. We can remember them again. On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 1:13 AM Gail Holmes <fredagailhol...@gmail.com> wrote: If I recall correctly a few years ago Lori was uprooted from the northeast where she lived w her sister and brother-in- law after the unexpected death of her husband who was her caregiver. I believe she said her parents were deceased and she had no choice but to go it alone and decided on Phoenix area for the climate I think. I know she had medical complications with her bladder that she said was from a nurse’s poor handling of the inflated bulb of her then foley catheter. This resulted in trauma to her urethra that caused problems and hospitalizations and ultimately she got a Suprapubic catheter I believe. Please someone correct me if I’m getting it wrong and fill in what details I’m missing. The last I remember was she was in urgent need of a live in caregiver replacement. I’m so sorry to hear of her passing and also wonder what happened and what became of her beloved dog. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 4, 2021, at 5:28 PM, Jeffrey Gaede <jsga...@yahoo.com> wrote: Wow! Thank you! On Saturday, September 4, 2021, 03:00:52 PM PDT, Julie <ju...@jlar.org> wrote: https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/22137694/lori-sue-michaelson From: Jeffrey Gaede <jsga...@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, September 4, 2021 3:46 PM To: 'Michael Galvin' <whatsu...@gmail.com>; quad-list@eskimo.com; 'Eric Olson' <whee...@wi.rr.com>; Nichole Rohling <zoocr...@windstream.net> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Lori Michaelson Not only what happened to her but can someone give me some background on Lori. I've been on and off Quad-list for 15-20 years, I definitely remember her name but not much else. Can someone provide some background please. On Saturday, September 4, 2021, 12:29:36 PM PDT, Nichole Rohling <zoocr...@windstream.net> wrote: Michael Do you have any idea what happened to her? Nicki From: Eric Olson [mailto:whee...@wi.rr.com] Sent: Saturday, September 4, 2021 1:23 PM To: Nichole Rohling Cc: Danny Hearn; Quad-list Post Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Lori Michaelson Wow I was just going to email her about her live in also. Do you know what happened? On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 12:53 PM Nichole Rohling <zoocr...@windstream.net> wrote: I was just talking about her this week. I hate to hear this. Nicki From: Danny Hearn [mailto:ddh...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Friday, September 3, 2021 8:04 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com; Michael Galvin Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Lori Michaelson Wow, Sad to hear this about Lori......I have been wondering about her lately, I know she was concerned about needing a new care-giver and worried about her Dog if she had to go into a living type center. Thanks for letting us know. Dan H. *** On Friday, September 3, 2021, 07:53:31 PM CDT, Michael Galvin <whatsu...@gmail.com> wrote: I have not seen it on the quad list, and I'm not sure if people already know, but Lori Michaelson passed away a few weeks ago. She will be missed. PQ
