Hospitals r us ! or, is that Hospitals r so us !

[birol]

Wife wasn't feeling well so Wednesday morning, so she went to the doctor, only to be told that it is probably a viral  infection. She was dozing off all day on and off. I told her to go to the hospital (offered to take her of course) or visit the doctor again, as she wasn't reall feeling well, and had work assigned for Thursday and Friday to go to her favorite school.

We sleep, and at 3:30 am, I hear my name being whispered ! Birol, Birol take  me to the hospital ! Of course I jump out of the bed like a tiger and say "LET"S GO" As she wasn't letting me sleep anyways heheheh. She was tossing and turning, unable to breath properly and obviously suffering ! So we make it to the hospital (Nope, not in record time, I drove carefully), and thanks God, they giver her something to get rid of the symptomps at last ! X-ray is clean, doctor says, most probably a viral infection, we will contact you if not (Some swab test took place). So we come back home at 6 am Of course now I am happy and wide awake preparing breakfast for DS, her sleeping nicely at last.

Only if she had gone to the hospital when I told her, she would feel a lot better today. And she still wants to go to work and instructed me to wake her up :rolleyes:

Anyways, I got to know the nurses there by now They are really good to me  :J and that vending machine coffee is not half bad you know !

[angelsmom10]

Hope she's feeling better soon.
 
I know what you mean about the nurses starting to know you..... youngest DD was very active during her 6-10th grades and every sporting season, she would have to be taken to the hospital for one reason or another (mainly sprains, thank goodness), but during her freshman year in HS, our oldest DD was a senior and at band camp, the oldest jumped into the swimming pool and ended up breaking her foot (only a blonde could have done it:D ), and I ended up having to take her to the hospital and quite often, the hospital would put patients in the hall on stretchers while waiting to be seen, several nurses that passed would comment about how either my DD had changed or "that isn't the same girl is it".  DH said we definitely were coming to the hospital tooooo often for them to recognize you.

[NCSunshine]

at 3:30 am,
So we come back home at 6 am !

WOW that was fast.  Here you go to the ER and you wait before being seen 3 to 4 hours.  Doesn't matter which hospital you go to.  Then after they first bring you back, it is another 2 to 4 hours.

My MIL went to the ER Saturday morning about 11am, they finally got her admitted at 9PM

[B-flat]

Birol, glad that the wife is now feeling better.  I hope she will take care of herself and not do too much until she is really well.

[DiW]

We went through a bad time where I thought they would call children's services on me. My DD broke her arm (just before the TN river tubing trip - I highly recommend the casts that can get wet   ). Then my DS got something in his eye and wound up with a really bad scratched cornea, which of course didn't sound reasonable with his "sitting at the computer" story. Then my DD broke her foot playing bball and of course, it was a nasty break. Oh did I mention my DS broke his hand and smashed up his face needing stitches while playing with a friend. It got to the point where I was questioning whether to go to a different hospital as the nurses were commenting about how often we were in (once 2 times in one week). Since both these kids have red hair (and J has a zillion scars), my kids tend to be remembered. When my DD couldn't get out of school to go to her ortho appt, I took my DS who mentioned his finger seemed wierd. Of course, the xray showed that it had a severe break (not clean) and they decided it had probably been broken for about 3 weeks due to the damage to the tendon?. They didn't believe J when he said it didn't hurt (so they kept squeezing it to see if he winced) and I didn't want to get into the fact that he has nerve damage and feels little in his hand. I've seen that look before that says "yeah, sure".

On the other hand, being recognized can be a good thing. When we bring my son to the ER in NYC, they whisk him right off to a private area due to his latex allergy. There have also been a few close calls where the staff had to come to take him from the car to a gurney because he was was in severe pain, not breathing, or unable to move/walk. It happens just like on ER, they actually come running with a gurney and you feel very comforted seeing them take action... when my son is admitted to the neuro floor, the nurses actually make a big deal as he's being wheeled down to his room. Not sure if this is status quo but at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in NYC the nurses can choose their patients and his favorite nurse usually chooses him. When she sees him, she sticks out her tongue or starts harassing him in that "big sister" teasing kind of manner which makes him feel very much at home. Having had many surgeries, I think this style has helped comfort him in a wierd kind of way. After all, kids are kids.

So Birol, try to stay out of hospitals but if you can't, make the best of it. The more you're around, the sooner you learn who to stay away from and who can help you out. I can't stand the machine coffee, but my kids know just where to find the hidden cookie and juice stash... Hope you all get healthy soon. Spring should be around the corner.
Diane

[B-flat]

That story reminds me of when my DGS slipped on the wet tile at the school bathroom and hit his head.  The school nurse said to observe and then if any changes to take him to the Dr.  Well, DD decided to take him anyway.  After they checked him, the Drs. started asking her question after question about how it happened.  This kept on and they were left sitting in the exam room for what seemed and eternity.  Then the head Dr. comes in and more questions.  Finally DD realized they were trying to nail a child abuse case on her.  She then said, you call the school and ask to speak to the school nurse.  This happened at school! She had the dismissal slip with her. Well, that got some action.  The DGS had just said he had fallen on the tile in the bathroom.  At his young age (at that time) he was speaking in a low tone and was scared in the DRs. office, so they thought something else was wrong.  DD told him that he must speak up exactly on what happened.  It might be wise to get the school or school nurse to sign out the exact reason on the dismissal, so as to avoid all this undue scrutiny.  Apparently the laws are such that the clinics, hospitals and urgent care places are so afraid they'll get sued or have their licenses jerked for not reporting suspected cases of abuse.

[tlhdoc]

I am glad your DW is getting some rest.  Now you need to get some rest too.