Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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>