Emphasis Recordings

16/05/2024

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31/08/2023

Update: The social worker decided to give Steve 10 more therapy sessions and after that, “a meeting”. He had two of the 10 sessions on Monday Aug 28th and Wednesday Aug 30. He has had only 2 sessions and an initial assessment since being transferred to the SNF (Skilled Nursing Facility).

The following are my concerns that I am jotting down so I can remember them and get feedback for:

I am concerned for his health. He is getting thinner. Muscle weakness. His immune system weak so is on antibiotics which gives him “c. diff” (Google it) therefore is in isolation in his own room.

I do not think he is getting enough nutrition which is what I want the therapy to do…help him swallow so he can begin to drink and/or eat.

So far he does not want to drink water given to him in the sessions. In the 1/10 session, Steve held the water in his mouth rinsing than drank. He wouldn’t spit out the water either until prying his mouth open with a swab. We are not sure if he is scared to drink, the thrush on his tongue making thinks taste bitter or awful or because it hurts to swallow.

He needs help moving into sitting position. Can’t yet walk. His skin is dry and itchy to him. I don’t think they’ve showered him ever. I would wipe him down, clean his hair with wet-non rinse cleaner and put lotions on him.

His Medicaid is still pending but is encouraged to bug them but afraid that would work against him. This is so hard.

Steve fell from his bed twice since being discharged from the hospital on the 24th. On the 25th @10:30ish and rushed off to the ER to get a CT and rolled off the bed again on the 29th at 1am.

On occasion, he would say sentences. Yesterday he experienced some pain, he said, “Awwww f**kin’ hell, man!” He does experience unhappiness, frustration. He took to action flicks on the tv. We watched The Kingsmen, Equalizer 2, and Venom. He liked that one. You can tell he is trying. Has thoughts going on in his head. I ask him questions such as whether he wants to come home with me, he nods yes. Whether he wants me to be alone, shakes his head, no. He can be funny without doing much.

- Marina Tang

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25/08/2023

Looks like I’ll need to fight with Medicaid for the therapy sessions. They will only pay for 5 sessions and he only has 3 sessions left but the admin at the nursing facility will pay for another 5 if he shows some progress. I asked if he can move on to Shirley Ryan or Schwab or even Rush? But because he went back to RYZE nursing facility from the hospital he will have to stay at RYZE but the social worker said she will make a referral. The therapist will visit him on Monday for an evaluation.

- Marina Tang

Dear Friends, Family, and Caring Strangers, I hope this message finds you in good … James Vanaria needs your support for Beats of Hope for Steven Tang

24/08/2023

Update: Steve’s debridement went successfully. No bone was affected, just muscle tissue which should heal with appropriate care. I was approached by a hospice referred to me by Steve’s nursing facility and apparently the doctor there said Steve was passed rehabilitation. I totally disagree. He barely got any therapy before he was shipped off to the ER with aspirating pneumonia or intestinal bleeding/sepsis. My reports of phlegm go untreated/unsuctioned until he was in distress. Or they wouldn’t clean his mouth of filmly bacteria. Insanity. Steve needs time, patience and care to ward off the complications.

At first I thought the nursing facility wanted to get an extra pair of hands to keep Steve from getting more complications by referring me to a hospice so he can eventually get therapy. But it’s more like sending him out to pasture I discovered. Nothin’ doin’.

- Marina Tang

Dear Friends, Family, and Caring Strangers, I hope this message finds you in good … James Vanaria needs your support for Beats of Hope for Steven Tang

02/08/2023

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30/06/2023

For your listening pleasure. A small preview of upcoming music by Obsolete Music Technology for Emphasis Recordings. We’ll give exact date when available. Thank you.

Preview of the upcoming 4-track single by Obsolete Music Technology entitled, Loops From The Habitus.