tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815108378671633533.post-77432987281713913302008-02-19T14:02:00.000-08:002008-02-19T14:26:15.853-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Hi, folks,</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Terrie's coming home today and will spend the rest of the day just resting and enjoying being home. She didn't sleep much last night.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;">I don't think I told you that she was rooming with 3 other women, and that one of them is an escape artist! I don't know whether this woman is always that way, or if it's just that she's on heavy meds which cause her to be confused. She keeps trying to get out of bed, in spite of the fact that she's hooked up to all kinds of tubes. Terrie's called to the hospital staff on more than one occasion, because her roommate was attempting to climb out of bed. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;">On one occasion the nurse came in while the woman was climbing out of bed, and inquired, "What are you doing?"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;">The lady replied that she "wanted her dirty bathing suit."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;">The nurse responded, "Where is it?"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;">Angrily the patient snapped, "You've got it!"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;">"No," replied the nurse, "I've got your clean dressing gown!"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;">Since episodes like this happened frequently, Terrie didn't get a lot of rest -- besides the fact that it's not restful when the staff keep coming in to take your blood pressure or give you injections or medications , day or night.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;">God bless you all!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;">Under His mercy,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;">Marty</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354961375281279605noreply@blogger.com