The recording!

Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, SanStone Health and Rehabilitation, Dr. Larry Joe Russell, Lara Mooney LPN, Susan Habel RN and " Cookie " Maude Romeo.
I have been telling a story about what happened to my Mother at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. It is a difficult thing for me to do and I know it is painful for my family to read.
I am going to break the story line and share what took place this evening. I was going through my CD's and organizing them. I left my thirteen year old son in the sunroom, listening to his CD's. I went out to watch tv. I went back to the sunroom, and my son had found a CD that was made from a recorder that my brother had given Mom. She was not able to see well enough to write on paper, so he thought it would be easier for her to record her thoughts.
My son had started listening to the CD of Mom's recording. When I walked into the room and heard Mom's voice, we both started crying. I could not tell him to turn it off.
 The beginning was my brother explaining to Mom how to use the recorder. Then she spoke about a meeting where they told her she had met her goals, and she was going to "get out" on November 2, 2011. At a later point on the tape, my brother tells Mom that the CNA had promised to give her a sponge bath that day. Later after my brother had gone, Mom turned the recorder back on. She said it was 3:00 and she had still not been given a sponge bath. Hearing her voice say that she really needed a change of clothes and a sponge bath, because she was getting quite "fragrant" was hard to listen to. It reminded me why I have been so persistent to do something about the substandard care, that these helpless people endure. It strengthened my resolve to get something done about the flaws in the system. Someone has to care about these people.
Listening to Moms voice was almost hypnotizing, it was comforting and painful at the same time.
 It was near Halloween and they were talking about haunted houses. Mom made the comment that being in Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation was like being in a haunted house. She went on to say how people would be moaning and screaming for help. It made us laugh to hear the way she was saying it, and made us cry to think about it.
My son is strong, he continued to listen for another fifteen minutes, I could not. At one point, Mom is asked what she wants for Christmas. Her answer was simple, she just wanted to see where she was going. He misses his Grandmother and I miss my Mom.
 I am convinced that the lack of care that she received at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation was the reason for her death. I refuse to stop asking questions until I know for sure what happened. I know that Lara Mooney and Susan Habel, know exactly what caused her to die.
This post is different from most. It is more personal and does not follow the story. I will get back in order on my next post.