Hospital Psychosis

I am starting to understand that it effects hospital staff and the patient's family, too.  For example, I had this encounter with the security guard at the ER entrance:

PM:  I'm here to see Elizabeth Michaels
Guard:  ( after looking at computer screen) She isn't here; probably checked in under an assumed name.
PM:  what name did she use?"
Guard :  Elizabeth Mickalez )

Yesterday, I spoke to Mom's nurse ( who is Arab) at the nursing station.  The nurse looked at Mom's chart and gave me a reply in Arabic.  She must have caught the puzzled look on my face, because she laughed and said "Oh, I'm sorry.  It's just that I was just speaking to a patient and I forgot".   I replied "Good, because I thought my blood glucose had dropped 40 or 50 points".  ( severe hypoglycemia really scrambles my brain.

The other day, I was so tired, I applied brown eyeshadow to one eyelid, and gray to the other.

If Mom's bloodwork, etc are stable, the doctors may order her moved back to the Rehab unit.  Should be another long, and fun filled day.  Mom did look and sound much better yesterday, and I am all for the move if her condition is stable.  My hunch is the doctors are trying to discharge her too quickly to avoid pressure from the insurance companies, and because it is more cost effective to free up a hospital bed.