I knew he had had surgery, but I had no idea how extensive, and that you were going through all this. Well done!!! It must have been very trying. You certainly show the value, and necessity, of advocating for a patient.

I know the trials of home care nurses, who can range from highly competent to drug addled idiots. I once had one "draw blood" from my son. I was not in the room, but my son reported that the vials were empty - she had not taken any blood at all. We had just started with a new doctor, having been rejected already by two others for not quite complying with their orders, and here I had to tell the brand new doctor that the phlebotomist he'd sent to my house had erred. Well, the results came back, and were clearly not my son's blood! I had to report that as well! Doc sent another for the test, I verified that the vials were full and clearly marked with my son's info, and lo and behold we got completely different results.

It's very hard to care for someone at home, but it is the very best place to have it done, they are, unfortunately, very unsafe in medical environments outside the home.