And in rapid conversation they really do say "sniff" for SNF.
Best wishes for speedy recovery and some rest too.
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And in rapid conversation they really do say "sniff" for SNF.
Best wishes for speedy recovery and some rest too.
Hang in there Mimi and RD - Before you know it, RD will be out of ICU and then you will have a host of new problems in the general rooms! I think the hospital part of being sick just makes it worse!!!!
Wow, Mimi, this is the first I heard about this. I so hope the surgery was successful and that the cancer was eliminated. Sometimes you have to be a bit proactive with hospital staff. If you feel he isn't getting the rest he needs, ask your doctor to issue different orders to the staff appropriate for his physiology. I had to do this last time I was in the hospital.
Also, consider bringing him home cooked meals if he is up for it. I did that when my husband was in the hospital since the food was apalling. They didn't seem to understand how important good nutrition is to healing.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the cancer floor at the local hospital still talks about me when I was my Mom's advocate. To this day, if someone asks me if I am the Dr Daughter I have to restrain myself(but that's another story)...
KEEP BEING THE ADVOCATE,
DEMAND don't ask,
TALK to the Supervisor,
CALL the DR. and keep calling,
BE A PIA Monitors can be adjusted and alarms can be silenced but typically the charge nurse has zero power.
QUESTION, QUESTION and then QUESTION again
Who cares if they talk about you on break :)
oh no, he's going into another ward here. what's great about this place is that all the facilities and all of the doctors have instant access to each other and all the tests. it's great. they even can see when other doctors have appointments with you!
Yeowch, but isn't he supposed to be resting to recover from surgery in there? :eek: Hope the ICU stay will be short, if it can't be sweet. Medical personnel are just...puzzling.
I had a similar experience when I had surgery a few years ago. I was trying to sleep in my half-conscious state and I kept hearing this beeping and thinking 'I wish they'd attend to whomever is beeping so much' and then I realized it was me. Every time the alarm went off, they woke me up to check on me. Finally, some doctor/supervisor came in and asked if I was an athlete. I hesitated because I was out of shape and overweight at the time but said "yes" and they shut off the alarm for me. My RHR is in the low 40s naturally - regardless of my exercise routine and it confuses medical personnel all the time.
Mimi - I hope your DH has an easy recovery and that you both get some rest soon!
I think everyone that is fit has a story about medical care! They just don't understand fit physiology because they don't see that much of it. My hubby had double hernia surgery where they put in mess all the way across his abdomen.
Well, they kind of screwed up, and didn't do the pre-surgery ekg so they had no base for my husband. They knew him and knew how fit he was. Pretty stupid.
Anyway, when he came out of anesthesia, they thought he might have had a heart attack because of the rhythm of his athlete's heart; wouldn't let him come home, gave him morphine (supposed to help the heart issue) and then that made him deathly ill. I had to go in the next day and tell them they were nuts, cut out the morphine and let my hubby go. It was crazy
Sending positive vibes to you and your family Mimi. Maybe he will amaze them and get out of the hospital earlier than expected.
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AND make sure that everybody who enters the room WASHES THEIR HANDS OR USES SANITIZER. My DH got wound MRSA and that really sux.
Another thing - they were going to transfer him to an SNF but I pitched a fit & they showed me how to change bandages using the sterile technique, do the IV for the vacomysin (MRSA medicine - the IV was a pic line & already in) and other things. I brought him home and his insurance company sent us bandages, medicine, the whole bit. They were probably thrilled that I saved them the $$ of an SNF. But really, after awhile you need to be home to heal. Hospitals & the like are not for sick people who need to recover! ;)
Mimi, I'm glad to hear things are going well in general. :)
I, too, have to strongly agree with this. I have dealt with my dad and my mom being in the hospital (separate times, separate places), and found time and again that people get much better care when hospital personnel know that there is family there with an eye on things. Seriously, it was like the second the family went home for the evening, in both cases, things went all to heck. In my dad's case, the hospital dropped the ball in a BIG way. :mad:Quote:
KEEP BEING THE ADVOCATE,
DEMAND don't ask,
TALK to the Supervisor,
CALL the DR. and keep calling,
BE A PIA Monitors can be adjusted and alarms can be silenced but typically the charge nurse has zero power.
QUESTION, QUESTION and then QUESTION again
Who cares if they talk about you on break
I just had my yearly physical and after she had checked my pulse, which at resting heart rate is around 45, the nurse asked me if I was really alive. Then she checked my blood pressure 3 time and finally quite when she got the same low 110 over 47 three times in the row. She shook her head and asked me if I really truly felt ok. At that point I really really did, but then I got their stupid flu shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by HillSlugger
Sometimes you can't win for losing.
marni
Sending positive vibes to you and your family Mimi.
I tend to have a very low HR, in the mid 40s at rest and one of my Drs was very concerned because he thought I had an aortic stenosis because when he listened to my carotid artery he said he heard a loud "thump". So he sent me out for an MRI. Prio to this I did tell him I was quite active. Well I went for the MRI and the results were negative. I went back to see him he told me that sometimes people that are in great cardiovascular shape that their heart is very strong and will make a similar "thumping" sound. Go figure..
Hi Mimi and to all others,
I too have low BP normal for me but low for the sedentary person. After drinking several cups of coffee and working out on a treadmill, my BP might go up to 110/65 maybe 70. My RHR is down in the low 50s even at my age.
Best to do is to tell the attending doctor to contact your regular family physician who may have your husband or (your) base line information. If they did, they would turn off that silly alarm or set it to an appropriate trip point.
Yes I find it bit funny when when some one new takes my BP (like when I go to donate blood). They are bit reluctant because of low BP and low heart rate.
Sending positive thoughts and prayers to you and your DH!
On a somewhat related note, when I had a minor procedure done a while back, I was setting off the monitor alarms because my HR kept dropping to 39bpm! The nurses were freaking out over it, but when the doctor came into the room he didn't seem too worried as he simply stated "Wow, you must be an athlete". That made me smile a bit.