Quote Originally Posted by NbyNW View Post
People think healing is a vacation because you're lying down, when in fact it's really hard work.
Nurses and hospital staff and people who write protocols really ought to know better, though. I guess that's just it though ... the only ones who see the effect of the disruption on the patients, have no power to do anything about it.

I read something not too long ago about how the noise level in the average hospital is so high that it affects the mental functioning of the people who work there. Let alone people who are trying to get well or be caregivers.

Best to RD as he continues to heal.

And just a word about my dad's experience last week ... if they transfer RD to a SNF for the next phase, be sure that med transfers are arranged well in advance, and do what you can to see that the courier leaves the hospital before he does. Missing 16 hours' doses of pain meds days after surgery = not good.