I got to bed quite late last night after getting home from the ER. Then, at about 2:15, I got a call from the ER doctor at Soroka Hospital (in Be'er Sheva) wanting more background info on David. He spoke and understood English fluently, so I was able to be fairly detailed. Even though it badly interrupted my sleep, I was very glad that he had called.
I got up quite early this morning, but I didn't go out for a walk. I was out of town and on my way to Be'er Sheva by 8:00 a.m.
When I arrived at the Soroka Hospital, I had a little trouble finding out where David was but eventually located him. He's in P'nimit Vav (Internal Medicine Ward 6), located more or less in the northeast corner of the hospital campus there. He was in that ward once before.
He was still intubated, of course, so he couldn't talk. I think but am not sure that he knew I was there. I did get to talk with a doctor from the HIV clinic there, also fluent in English. She said they really don't know at this point what is causing the problem but that they'll be doing a full work-up to try to discover it. And, if it's something they can treat, they will, of course, do so.
I also talked with the social worker, and we began the process of getting me medical power-of-attorney for David. She wrote the letter for the court today, and when I go up next Sunday (the next day that the court will be open because of the holidays) I'll bring a few necessary documents and take it all over to the court there in Be'er Sheva. We have documents from California and ones that our Israeli lawyer drew up for us, but we don't have anything from the court. I'm afraid, though, that the timing of this is because it's likely that I may need to make some important decisions in the not-too-distant future. Luckily, David and I have talked about situations like this many times, so I'll know what to do, even though it may be difficult.
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