Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can send you real hospital logo scrubs etc! ;-). Mark Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 21, 2020, at 7:53 AM, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > ?Wow. I can't even imagine. That would be my worst nightmare, to not know > anything or be able to contact a loved one in the hospital. > > I hope she will be able to come home soon and that there will be no more > separations!! > > Best wishes and lots of love, > > Tina > >> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 10:38 AM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> >> wrote: >> >> Bill, thank you for keeping LUGgers informed of my wife's accident and >> thanks to all of you for your good wishes and flower pictures. >> >> I must spend the day today seeing to the rental of a medical bed, a >> wheelchair, a walker, and other such "durable medical goods" that we >> will need for her convalescence. The layout of this house is such that >> she will need to sleep in the living room while she requires the >> motorized bed. >> >> I've had family hospitalized before, but this experience was the worst >> because I was completely cut off from her. The hospital would not let me >> in the door, and was not able to provide me with any information about >> her status. No telephone contact, no email, no text messages. Her >> surgery was re-scheduled 3 times, but I was never notified. Brutal. >> >> I eventually found the location inside the hospital's online >> patient-tracking system in which the doctors filed their notes, and was >> able to follow what was happening by reading those notes. It takes a >> certain amount of determination to read the notes of an orthopedic >> surgeon documenting the use of drills and saws and hammers on your >> unconscious spouse. >> >> My favorite entry from the surgeon's notes was "Instrument, sponge, and >> needle counts were correct prior to closure and at the conclusion of the >> case." Nothing accidentally left inside. >> >> About 4 hours after the end of the procedure I was able to talk to >> Victoria on the telephone very briefly, but it was enough to let me >> sleep. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley > <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information