Fighting the System

Just have to vent. Larry has been unable to do as well as he should in rehab because of a pain in his right leg. This past Monday I asked for pain relief and said he could not be discharged next Monday. Finally tomorrow they are doing an MRI on his lower back and depending on the results giving him an injection for the pain. They still told me they will discharge him on Monday to sub-acute. I refuse. If they can't correct the pain in an acute care hospital setting he doesn't stand a chance in sub-acute. I'm fighting, fighting, fighting.Evidently there were only per diem social workers this week and no one followed through with the insurance issues. If I could give a valuable piece of advice to anyone who has a loved one in the health care system it would be that you must be their advocate. Otherwise, they are simply processed by the system. If I wasn't yelling he would have automatically been shipped off to sub-acute with no pain relief and sitting in a chair in the corner.