Re: Hospital story

May 9, 2002

Did they take out in Handcuffs? I would have wanted to deck

the nurse on the spot. I can't even imagine finding my love one on

the floor after getting a call for help. Thanks for the

story/warning as it will be heeded if we are ever back in the

hospital. I'll be there with my sleeping bag.

Jan

> Belinda,

>

> Hang in there. It is not fun being so darn dependent on

everyone. Every

> time I tell I will be just fine if he leaves for a little

while,

> something always happens. It did while in the hospital.

>

> had had a very long week worrying about me in the hospital

so I

> told him it would be fine for him to go home and get a good nights

rest. He

> did, at least for a while.

>

> I had to get to get the times for what happened off of my

chart

> because they were elusive to me. About 10 PM, the aid came in to

take my bp

> and temp. I was asleep and they woke me. Problem is that I woke

having a

> freezing spell. I could not move, talk or open my eyes but I heard

> everything that was being said. They asked me about what was

wrong, told me

> that they had to take my vitals and then asked if I wanted them to

call my

> husband. I could not respond. They left the room.

>

> About 15 minutes later, I heard 2 voices in the room. They were

back with

> their bp and temp thingy. Again, I still could not respond. They

talked to

> me and then pulled my arm out from under the covers and shoved the

> thermometer in my mouth. Did their thing and then left the room.

My arm

> was frozen in the position that they had left it in. I had

forgotten to

> take my Sinemet at 8 pm and think that I may have also forgotten to

take it

> at 4 pm.

>

> I was getting very uncomfortable at this point. I tried and

tried to move

> to no avail. I did work up to being able to use my voice a little

and

> started calling out to them. They did not come. Somehow, I

managed to get

> two fingers on my left hand to work and pulled my body on its side

and

> somehow got my legs off of the side of the bed so that I could stay

in that

> position to try to open the drawer next to the bed which held my

> short-acting Sinemet and get close to the phone.

>

> My grasp for the phone was unsuccessful and it fell to the

floor. Still I

> cried out, my voice getting a little stronger by now but no one

came. I

> clawed at the drawer for what seemed to be an eternity. I guess

over an

> hour had passed before I got the drawer open. When I tried to get

my

> Sinemet, it too fell to the floor. Somehow, I knew I had to get to

the

> pills and the phone. I managed to maneuver my non-compliant body

over the

> edge of the bed and fell to the floor. I took the phone and tried

calling

> 911 (which could not be done at this hospital). I continued to cry

out for

> help. I even yelled fire. No one came.

>

> With only 2 fingers working, I pulled the phone under my head and

called

> my husband who realized that I was indeed in trouble. He says that

the call

> to him came around Midnight. He did not get to the hospital until

1:20 AM

> where he found me on the floor, covers wrapped around my ankles and

pills

> scattered all around me. I had managed to get the bottle open

using my chin

> and had to lick 2 pills up off the floor to get them into my mouth.

>

> The horror of it all was that somewhere between my reaching

and his

> arrival, the nurses did indeed hear my cry's. I could hear them

laughing

> and saying " Now she wants us...ha ha ha. "

>

> They never once responded to me, nor did they come to the room to

check on

> me. They were having a grand time telling everyone what a non-

compliant,

> b**** of a patient that I was.

>

> got there and saw me on the floor with the pills all me.

He yelled

> for the nurses who came in the room. says that they were

more

> interested in covering my bare ass than they were in getting me

back into

> bed. I was dehydrated by that time and terrified. I can understand

> ignorance but cruelty is a different story.

>

> The charge nurse came in the next morning and a full report was

filed. I

> never saw the nurse who did this to me again and hope that she lost

her job.

>

> Moral to the story. If you go into the hospital, make sure that

they know

> that if the person with the disease does not respond, it is because

of the

> disease, not because they are being difficult. I wound up with

bruises on

> my elbow from the fall and yet another nightmare experience to tell

of

> hospitalizations.

>

> After talking to my PCP the next morning. Orders on my chart

were changed

> where I had to be checked on at least every 2 hours and exactly

what I was

> doing when they checked on me documented. 2 am, lying on left

side, 4 am,

> lying on right side, etc. I received very good care before and

after this

> incident. But folks, it only takes one ignorant person to mess

everything

> up and leave you in harms way.

>

> Deborah aka Tenacity

>

> _________________________________________________________________

> Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail.

> http://www.hotmail.com

May 9, 2002

Did they take out in Handcuffs? I would have wanted to deck

the nurse on the spot. I can't even imagine finding my love one on

the floor after getting a call for help. Thanks for the

story/warning as it will be heeded if we are ever back in the

hospital. I'll be there with my sleeping bag.

Jan

> Belinda,

>

> Hang in there. It is not fun being so darn dependent on

everyone. Every

> time I tell I will be just fine if he leaves for a little

while,

> something always happens. It did while in the hospital.

>

> had had a very long week worrying about me in the hospital

so I

> told him it would be fine for him to go home and get a good nights

rest. He

> did, at least for a while.

>

> I had to get to get the times for what happened off of my

chart

> because they were elusive to me. About 10 PM, the aid came in to

take my bp

> and temp. I was asleep and they woke me. Problem is that I woke

having a

> freezing spell. I could not move, talk or open my eyes but I heard

> everything that was being said. They asked me about what was

wrong, told me

> that they had to take my vitals and then asked if I wanted them to

call my

> husband. I could not respond. They left the room.

>

> About 15 minutes later, I heard 2 voices in the room. They were

back with

> their bp and temp thingy. Again, I still could not respond. They

talked to

> me and then pulled my arm out from under the covers and shoved the

> thermometer in my mouth. Did their thing and then left the room.

My arm

> was frozen in the position that they had left it in. I had

forgotten to

> take my Sinemet at 8 pm and think that I may have also forgotten to

take it

> at 4 pm.

>

> I was getting very uncomfortable at this point. I tried and

tried to move

> to no avail. I did work up to being able to use my voice a little

and

> started calling out to them. They did not come. Somehow, I

managed to get

> two fingers on my left hand to work and pulled my body on its side

and

> somehow got my legs off of the side of the bed so that I could stay

in that

> position to try to open the drawer next to the bed which held my

> short-acting Sinemet and get close to the phone.

>

> My grasp for the phone was unsuccessful and it fell to the

floor. Still I

> cried out, my voice getting a little stronger by now but no one

came. I

> clawed at the drawer for what seemed to be an eternity. I guess

over an

> hour had passed before I got the drawer open. When I tried to get

my

> Sinemet, it too fell to the floor. Somehow, I knew I had to get to

the

> pills and the phone. I managed to maneuver my non-compliant body

over the

> edge of the bed and fell to the floor. I took the phone and tried

calling

> 911 (which could not be done at this hospital). I continued to cry

out for

> help. I even yelled fire. No one came.

>

> With only 2 fingers working, I pulled the phone under my head and

called

> my husband who realized that I was indeed in trouble. He says that

the call

> to him came around Midnight. He did not get to the hospital until

1:20 AM

> where he found me on the floor, covers wrapped around my ankles and

pills

> scattered all around me. I had managed to get the bottle open

using my chin

> and had to lick 2 pills up off the floor to get them into my mouth.

>

> The horror of it all was that somewhere between my reaching

and his

> arrival, the nurses did indeed hear my cry's. I could hear them

laughing

> and saying " Now she wants us...ha ha ha. "

>

> They never once responded to me, nor did they come to the room to

check on

> me. They were having a grand time telling everyone what a non-

compliant,

> b**** of a patient that I was.

>

> got there and saw me on the floor with the pills all me.

He yelled

> for the nurses who came in the room. says that they were

more

> interested in covering my bare ass than they were in getting me

back into

> bed. I was dehydrated by that time and terrified. I can understand

> ignorance but cruelty is a different story.

>

> The charge nurse came in the next morning and a full report was

filed. I

> never saw the nurse who did this to me again and hope that she lost

her job.

>

> Moral to the story. If you go into the hospital, make sure that

they know

> that if the person with the disease does not respond, it is because

of the

> disease, not because they are being difficult. I wound up with

bruises on

> my elbow from the fall and yet another nightmare experience to tell

of

> hospitalizations.

>

> After talking to my PCP the next morning. Orders on my chart

were changed

> where I had to be checked on at least every 2 hours and exactly

what I was

> doing when they checked on me documented. 2 am, lying on left

side, 4 am,

> lying on right side, etc. I received very good care before and

after this

> incident. But folks, it only takes one ignorant person to mess

everything

> up and leave you in harms way.

>

> Deborah aka Tenacity

>

> _________________________________________________________________

> Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail.

> http://www.hotmail.com

May 9, 2002

Did they take out in Handcuffs? I would have wanted to deck

the nurse on the spot. I can't even imagine finding my love one on

the floor after getting a call for help. Thanks for the

story/warning as it will be heeded if we are ever back in the

hospital. I'll be there with my sleeping bag.

Jan

> Belinda,

>

> Hang in there. It is not fun being so darn dependent on

everyone. Every

> time I tell I will be just fine if he leaves for a little

while,

> something always happens. It did while in the hospital.

>

> had had a very long week worrying about me in the hospital

so I

> told him it would be fine for him to go home and get a good nights

rest. He

> did, at least for a while.

>

> I had to get to get the times for what happened off of my

chart

> because they were elusive to me. About 10 PM, the aid came in to

take my bp

> and temp. I was asleep and they woke me. Problem is that I woke

having a

> freezing spell. I could not move, talk or open my eyes but I heard

> everything that was being said. They asked me about what was

wrong, told me

> that they had to take my vitals and then asked if I wanted them to

call my

> husband. I could not respond. They left the room.

>

> About 15 minutes later, I heard 2 voices in the room. They were

back with

> their bp and temp thingy. Again, I still could not respond. They

talked to

> me and then pulled my arm out from under the covers and shoved the

> thermometer in my mouth. Did their thing and then left the room.

My arm

> was frozen in the position that they had left it in. I had

forgotten to

> take my Sinemet at 8 pm and think that I may have also forgotten to

take it

> at 4 pm.

>

> I was getting very uncomfortable at this point. I tried and

tried to move

> to no avail. I did work up to being able to use my voice a little

and

> started calling out to them. They did not come. Somehow, I

managed to get

> two fingers on my left hand to work and pulled my body on its side

and

> somehow got my legs off of the side of the bed so that I could stay

in that

> position to try to open the drawer next to the bed which held my

> short-acting Sinemet and get close to the phone.

>

> My grasp for the phone was unsuccessful and it fell to the

floor. Still I

> cried out, my voice getting a little stronger by now but no one

came. I

> clawed at the drawer for what seemed to be an eternity. I guess

over an

> hour had passed before I got the drawer open. When I tried to get

my

> Sinemet, it too fell to the floor. Somehow, I knew I had to get to

the

> pills and the phone. I managed to maneuver my non-compliant body

over the

> edge of the bed and fell to the floor. I took the phone and tried

calling

> 911 (which could not be done at this hospital). I continued to cry

out for

> help. I even yelled fire. No one came.

>

> With only 2 fingers working, I pulled the phone under my head and

called

> my husband who realized that I was indeed in trouble. He says that

the call

> to him came around Midnight. He did not get to the hospital until

1:20 AM

> where he found me on the floor, covers wrapped around my ankles and

pills

> scattered all around me. I had managed to get the bottle open

using my chin

> and had to lick 2 pills up off the floor to get them into my mouth.

>

> The horror of it all was that somewhere between my reaching

and his

> arrival, the nurses did indeed hear my cry's. I could hear them

laughing

> and saying " Now she wants us...ha ha ha. "

>

> They never once responded to me, nor did they come to the room to

check on

> me. They were having a grand time telling everyone what a non-

compliant,

> b**** of a patient that I was.

>

> got there and saw me on the floor with the pills all me.

He yelled

> for the nurses who came in the room. says that they were

more

> interested in covering my bare ass than they were in getting me

back into

> bed. I was dehydrated by that time and terrified. I can understand

> ignorance but cruelty is a different story.

>

> The charge nurse came in the next morning and a full report was

filed. I

> never saw the nurse who did this to me again and hope that she lost

her job.

>

> Moral to the story. If you go into the hospital, make sure that

they know

> that if the person with the disease does not respond, it is because

of the

> disease, not because they are being difficult. I wound up with

bruises on

> my elbow from the fall and yet another nightmare experience to tell

of

> hospitalizations.

>

> After talking to my PCP the next morning. Orders on my chart

were changed

> where I had to be checked on at least every 2 hours and exactly

what I was

> doing when they checked on me documented. 2 am, lying on left

side, 4 am,

> lying on right side, etc. I received very good care before and

after this

> incident. But folks, it only takes one ignorant person to mess

everything

> up and leave you in harms way.

>

> Deborah aka Tenacity

>

> _________________________________________________________________

> Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail.

> http://www.hotmail.com

May 9, 2002

Jan,

It was a close one. They told that I could not have my Sinemet and

he calmed only when he realized that I already had 2 of them in my mouth.

He also demanded tylanol for me which they refused and he walked one of the

nurses back to her station and yelled at her to GET IT NOW! She did. He

told me that it was all he could do to keep from getting physical with them

after the way he found me.

Deborah

Did they take out in Handcuffs? I would have wanted to deck

the nurse on the spot. I can't even imagine finding my love one on

the floor after getting a call for help. Thanks for the

story/warning as it will be heeded if we are ever back in the

hospital. I'll be there with my sleeping bag.

Jan

> Belinda,

>

> Hang in there. It is not fun being so darn dependent on

everyone. Every

> time I tell I will be just fine if he leaves for a little

while,

> something always happens. It did while in the hospital.

>

> had had a very long week worrying about me in the hospital

so I

> told him it would be fine for him to go home and get a good nights

rest. He

> did, at least for a while.

>

> I had to get to get the times for what happened off of my

chart

> because they were elusive to me. About 10 PM, the aid came in to

take my bp

> and temp. I was asleep and they woke me. Problem is that I woke

having a

> freezing spell. I could not move, talk or open my eyes but I heard

> everything that was being said. They asked me about what was

wrong, told me

> that they had to take my vitals and then asked if I wanted them to

call my

> husband. I could not respond. They left the room.

>

> About 15 minutes later, I heard 2 voices in the room. They were

back with

> their bp and temp thingy. Again, I still could not respond. They

talked to

> me and then pulled my arm out from under the covers and shoved the

> thermometer in my mouth. Did their thing and then left the room.

My arm

> was frozen in the position that they had left it in. I had

forgotten to

> take my Sinemet at 8 pm and think that I may have also forgotten to

take it

> at 4 pm.

>

> I was getting very uncomfortable at this point. I tried and

tried to move

> to no avail. I did work up to being able to use my voice a little

and

> started calling out to them. They did not come. Somehow, I

managed to get

> two fingers on my left hand to work and pulled my body on its side

and

> somehow got my legs off of the side of the bed so that I could stay

in that

> position to try to open the drawer next to the bed which held my

> short-acting Sinemet and get close to the phone.

>

> My grasp for the phone was unsuccessful and it fell to the

floor. Still I

> cried out, my voice getting a little stronger by now but no one

came. I

> clawed at the drawer for what seemed to be an eternity. I guess

over an

> hour had passed before I got the drawer open. When I tried to get

my

> Sinemet, it too fell to the floor. Somehow, I knew I had to get to

the

> pills and the phone. I managed to maneuver my non-compliant body

over the

> edge of the bed and fell to the floor. I took the phone and tried

calling

> 911 (which could not be done at this hospital). I continued to cry

out for

> help. I even yelled fire. No one came.

>

> With only 2 fingers working, I pulled the phone under my head and

called

> my husband who realized that I was indeed in trouble. He says that

the call

> to him came around Midnight. He did not get to the hospital until

1:20 AM

> where he found me on the floor, covers wrapped around my ankles and

pills

> scattered all around me. I had managed to get the bottle open

using my chin

> and had to lick 2 pills up off the floor to get them into my mouth.

>

> The horror of it all was that somewhere between my reaching

and his

> arrival, the nurses did indeed hear my cry's. I could hear them

laughing

> and saying " Now she wants us...ha ha ha. "

>

> They never once responded to me, nor did they come to the room to

check on

> me. They were having a grand time telling everyone what a non-

compliant,

> b**** of a patient that I was.

>

> got there and saw me on the floor with the pills all me.

He yelled

> for the nurses who came in the room. says that they were

more

> interested in covering my bare ass than they were in getting me

back into

> bed. I was dehydrated by that time and terrified. I can understand

> ignorance but cruelty is a different story.

>

> The charge nurse came in the next morning and a full report was

filed. I

> never saw the nurse who did this to me again and hope that she lost

her job.

>

> Moral to the story. If you go into the hospital, make sure that

they know

> that if the person with the disease does not respond, it is because

of the

> disease, not because they are being difficult. I wound up with

bruises on

> my elbow from the fall and yet another nightmare experience to tell

of

> hospitalizations.

>

> After talking to my PCP the next morning. Orders on my chart

were changed

> where I had to be checked on at least every 2 hours and exactly

what I was

> doing when they checked on me documented. 2 am, lying on left

side, 4 am,

> lying on right side, etc. I received very good care before and

after this

> incident. But folks, it only takes one ignorant person to mess

everything

> up and leave you in harms way.

>

> Deborah aka Tenacity

>

> _________________________________________________________________

> Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail.

> http://www.hotmail.com

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May 9, 2002

Jan,

It was a close one. They told that I could not have my Sinemet and

he calmed only when he realized that I already had 2 of them in my mouth.

He also demanded tylanol for me which they refused and he walked one of the

nurses back to her station and yelled at her to GET IT NOW! She did. He

told me that it was all he could do to keep from getting physical with them

after the way he found me.

Deborah

Did they take out in Handcuffs? I would have wanted to deck

the nurse on the spot. I can't even imagine finding my love one on

the floor after getting a call for help. Thanks for the

story/warning as it will be heeded if we are ever back in the

hospital. I'll be there with my sleeping bag.

Jan

> Belinda,

>

> Hang in there. It is not fun being so darn dependent on

everyone. Every

> time I tell I will be just fine if he leaves for a little

while,

> something always happens. It did while in the hospital.

>

> had had a very long week worrying about me in the hospital

so I

> told him it would be fine for him to go home and get a good nights

rest. He

> did, at least for a while.

>

> I had to get to get the times for what happened off of my

chart

> because they were elusive to me. About 10 PM, the aid came in to

take my bp

> and temp. I was asleep and they woke me. Problem is that I woke

having a

> freezing spell. I could not move, talk or open my eyes but I heard

> everything that was being said. They asked me about what was

wrong, told me

> that they had to take my vitals and then asked if I wanted them to

call my

> husband. I could not respond. They left the room.

>

> About 15 minutes later, I heard 2 voices in the room. They were

back with

> their bp and temp thingy. Again, I still could not respond. They

talked to

> me and then pulled my arm out from under the covers and shoved the

> thermometer in my mouth. Did their thing and then left the room.

My arm

> was frozen in the position that they had left it in. I had

forgotten to

> take my Sinemet at 8 pm and think that I may have also forgotten to

take it

> at 4 pm.

>

> I was getting very uncomfortable at this point. I tried and

tried to move

> to no avail. I did work up to being able to use my voice a little

and

> started calling out to them. They did not come. Somehow, I

managed to get

> two fingers on my left hand to work and pulled my body on its side

and

> somehow got my legs off of the side of the bed so that I could stay

in that

> position to try to open the drawer next to the bed which held my

> short-acting Sinemet and get close to the phone.

>

> My grasp for the phone was unsuccessful and it fell to the

floor. Still I

> cried out, my voice getting a little stronger by now but no one

came. I

> clawed at the drawer for what seemed to be an eternity. I guess

over an

> hour had passed before I got the drawer open. When I tried to get

my

> Sinemet, it too fell to the floor. Somehow, I knew I had to get to

the

> pills and the phone. I managed to maneuver my non-compliant body

over the

> edge of the bed and fell to the floor. I took the phone and tried

calling

> 911 (which could not be done at this hospital). I continued to cry

out for

> help. I even yelled fire. No one came.

>

> With only 2 fingers working, I pulled the phone under my head and

called

> my husband who realized that I was indeed in trouble. He says that

the call

> to him came around Midnight. He did not get to the hospital until

1:20 AM

> where he found me on the floor, covers wrapped around my ankles and

pills

> scattered all around me. I had managed to get the bottle open

using my chin

> and had to lick 2 pills up off the floor to get them into my mouth.

>

> The horror of it all was that somewhere between my reaching

and his

> arrival, the nurses did indeed hear my cry's. I could hear them

laughing

> and saying " Now she wants us...ha ha ha. "

>

> They never once responded to me, nor did they come to the room to

check on

> me. They were having a grand time telling everyone what a non-

compliant,

> b**** of a patient that I was.

>

> got there and saw me on the floor with the pills all me.

He yelled

> for the nurses who came in the room. says that they were

more

> interested in covering my bare ass than they were in getting me

back into

> bed. I was dehydrated by that time and terrified. I can understand

> ignorance but cruelty is a different story.

>

> The charge nurse came in the next morning and a full report was

filed. I

> never saw the nurse who did this to me again and hope that she lost

her job.

>

> Moral to the story. If you go into the hospital, make sure that

they know

> that if the person with the disease does not respond, it is because

of the

> disease, not because they are being difficult. I wound up with

bruises on

> my elbow from the fall and yet another nightmare experience to tell

of

> hospitalizations.

>

> After talking to my PCP the next morning. Orders on my chart

were changed

> where I had to be checked on at least every 2 hours and exactly

what I was

> doing when they checked on me documented. 2 am, lying on left

side, 4 am,

> lying on right side, etc. I received very good care before and

after this

> incident. But folks, it only takes one ignorant person to mess

everything

> up and leave you in harms way.

>

> Deborah aka Tenacity

>

> _________________________________________________________________

> Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail.

> http://www.hotmail.com

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May 9, 2002

Jan,

It was a close one. They told that I could not have my Sinemet and

he calmed only when he realized that I already had 2 of them in my mouth.

He also demanded tylanol for me which they refused and he walked one of the

nurses back to her station and yelled at her to GET IT NOW! She did. He

told me that it was all he could do to keep from getting physical with them

after the way he found me.

Deborah

Did they take out in Handcuffs? I would have wanted to deck

the nurse on the spot. I can't even imagine finding my love one on

the floor after getting a call for help. Thanks for the

story/warning as it will be heeded if we are ever back in the

hospital. I'll be there with my sleeping bag.

Jan

> Belinda,

>

> Hang in there. It is not fun being so darn dependent on

everyone. Every

> time I tell I will be just fine if he leaves for a little

while,

> something always happens. It did while in the hospital.

>

> had had a very long week worrying about me in the hospital

so I

> told him it would be fine for him to go home and get a good nights

rest. He

> did, at least for a while.

>

> I had to get to get the times for what happened off of my

chart

> because they were elusive to me. About 10 PM, the aid came in to

take my bp

> and temp. I was asleep and they woke me. Problem is that I woke

having a

> freezing spell. I could not move, talk or open my eyes but I heard

> everything that was being said. They asked me about what was

wrong, told me

> that they had to take my vitals and then asked if I wanted them to

call my

> husband. I could not respond. They left the room.

>

> About 15 minutes later, I heard 2 voices in the room. They were

back with

> their bp and temp thingy. Again, I still could not respond. They

talked to

> me and then pulled my arm out from under the covers and shoved the

> thermometer in my mouth. Did their thing and then left the room.

My arm

> was frozen in the position that they had left it in. I had

forgotten to

> take my Sinemet at 8 pm and think that I may have also forgotten to

take it

> at 4 pm.

>

> I was getting very uncomfortable at this point. I tried and

tried to move

> to no avail. I did work up to being able to use my voice a little

and

> started calling out to them. They did not come. Somehow, I

managed to get

> two fingers on my left hand to work and pulled my body on its side

and

> somehow got my legs off of the side of the bed so that I could stay

in that

> position to try to open the drawer next to the bed which held my

> short-acting Sinemet and get close to the phone.

>

> My grasp for the phone was unsuccessful and it fell to the

floor. Still I

> cried out, my voice getting a little stronger by now but no one

came. I

> clawed at the drawer for what seemed to be an eternity. I guess

over an

> hour had passed before I got the drawer open. When I tried to get

my

> Sinemet, it too fell to the floor. Somehow, I knew I had to get to

the

> pills and the phone. I managed to maneuver my non-compliant body

over the

> edge of the bed and fell to the floor. I took the phone and tried

calling

> 911 (which could not be done at this hospital). I continued to cry

out for

> help. I even yelled fire. No one came.

>

> With only 2 fingers working, I pulled the phone under my head and

called

> my husband who realized that I was indeed in trouble. He says that

the call

> to him came around Midnight. He did not get to the hospital until

1:20 AM

> where he found me on the floor, covers wrapped around my ankles and

pills

> scattered all around me. I had managed to get the bottle open

using my chin

> and had to lick 2 pills up off the floor to get them into my mouth.

>

> The horror of it all was that somewhere between my reaching

and his

> arrival, the nurses did indeed hear my cry's. I could hear them

laughing

> and saying " Now she wants us...ha ha ha. "

>

> They never once responded to me, nor did they come to the room to

check on

> me. They were having a grand time telling everyone what a non-

compliant,

> b**** of a patient that I was.

>

> got there and saw me on the floor with the pills all me.

He yelled

> for the nurses who came in the room. says that they were

more

> interested in covering my bare ass than they were in getting me

back into

> bed. I was dehydrated by that time and terrified. I can understand

> ignorance but cruelty is a different story.

>

> The charge nurse came in the next morning and a full report was

filed. I

> never saw the nurse who did this to me again and hope that she lost

her job.

>

> Moral to the story. If you go into the hospital, make sure that

they know

> that if the person with the disease does not respond, it is because

of the

> disease, not because they are being difficult. I wound up with

bruises on

> my elbow from the fall and yet another nightmare experience to tell

of

> hospitalizations.

>

> After talking to my PCP the next morning. Orders on my chart

were changed

> where I had to be checked on at least every 2 hours and exactly

what I was

> doing when they checked on me documented. 2 am, lying on left

side, 4 am,

> lying on right side, etc. I received very good care before and

after this

> incident. But folks, it only takes one ignorant person to mess

everything

> up and leave you in harms way.

>

> Deborah aka Tenacity

>

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Oh Deborah,

Upon reading this I thought I was reading a horror story! I can't

even begin to imagine the fear you must have been in just not being

able to talk or move. I have had that happen to me for a few seconds

and it scared me but nothing like you went through! I can't

understand why the nurses didn't know something was wrong when you

couldn't talk to them. It just goes to show you how bad things have

become. My mother was in that hospital also. We couldn't leave her

alone because it was hard to get the nurses to come in there when we

begged them to. We had to get her up the first time to go to the

bathroom after she had 5 disks worked on in surgery. A nurse wouldn't

even come in there they told us to do it. We were scared that we

might hurt her but we did it. Thankfully she came home the next day

and we could take care of her there. It is bad when you can get

better care at home then you can in a hospital that you are paying

mega dollars for. She didn't have the frozen episode or laying in the

floor. I would hate to know what would have happened if you had not

been able to call . I know that it must of scared him horribly

to see you laying on the floor like that. I also know that he loves

you so much that he would have never left you if he didn't think you

would be taken care of. I know this only after seeing him post twice.

I am so glad that you reported her because NO ONE deserves to be

treated like that! I hope that it will make a difference but who can

say. This makes me so MAD! I am going to call my brother in law who

is a respiratory therapist at that hospital and see if he can tell me

if there is something that can be done to see that it doesn't ever

happen to anyone again!

God bless,

Belinda

> Belinda,

>

> Hang in there. It is not fun being so darn dependent on

everyone. Every

> time I tell I will be just fine if he leaves for a little

while,

> something always happens. It did while in the hospital.

>

> had had a very long week worrying about me in the hospital

so I

> told him it would be fine for him to go home and get a good nights

rest. He

> did, at least for a while.

>

> I had to get to get the times for what happened off of my

chart

> because they were elusive to me. About 10 PM, the aid came in to

take my bp

> and temp. I was asleep and they woke me. Problem is that I woke

having a

> freezing spell. I could not move, talk or open my eyes but I heard

> everything that was being said. They asked me about what was

wrong, told me

> that they had to take my vitals and then asked if I wanted them to

call my

> husband. I could not respond. They left the room.

>

> About 15 minutes later, I heard 2 voices in the room. They were

back with

> their bp and temp thingy. Again, I still could not respond. They

talked to

> me and then pulled my arm out from under the covers and shoved the

> thermometer in my mouth. Did their thing and then left the room.

My arm

> was frozen in the position that they had left it in. I had

forgotten to

> take my Sinemet at 8 pm and think that I may have also forgotten to

take it

> at 4 pm.

>

> I was getting very uncomfortable at this point. I tried and

tried to move

> to no avail. I did work up to being able to use my voice a little

and

> started calling out to them. They did not come. Somehow, I

managed to get

> two fingers on my left hand to work and pulled my body on its side

and

> somehow got my legs off of the side of the bed so that I could stay

in that

> position to try to open the drawer next to the bed which held my

> short-acting Sinemet and get close to the phone.

>

> My grasp for the phone was unsuccessful and it fell to the

floor. Still I

> cried out, my voice getting a little stronger by now but no one

came. I

> clawed at the drawer for what seemed to be an eternity. I guess

over an

> hour had passed before I got the drawer open. When I tried to get

my

> Sinemet, it too fell to the floor. Somehow, I knew I had to get to

the

> pills and the phone. I managed to maneuver my non-compliant body

over the

> edge of the bed and fell to the floor. I took the phone and tried

calling

> 911 (which could not be done at this hospital). I continued to cry

out for

> help. I even yelled fire. No one came.

>

> With only 2 fingers working, I pulled the phone under my head and

called

> my husband who realized that I was indeed in trouble. He says that

the call

> to him came around Midnight. He did not get to the hospital until

1:20 AM

> where he found me on the floor, covers wrapped around my ankles and

pills

> scattered all around me. I had managed to get the bottle open

using my chin

> and had to lick 2 pills up off the floor to get them into my mouth.

>

> The horror of it all was that somewhere between my reaching

and his

> arrival, the nurses did indeed hear my cry's. I could hear them

laughing

> and saying " Now she wants us...ha ha ha. "

>

> They never once responded to me, nor did they come to the room to

check on

> me. They were having a grand time telling everyone what a non-

compliant,

> b**** of a patient that I was.

>

> got there and saw me on the floor with the pills all me.

He yelled

> for the nurses who came in the room. says that they were

more

> interested in covering my bare ass than they were in getting me

back into

> bed. I was dehydrated by that time and terrified. I can understand

> ignorance but cruelty is a different story.

>

> The charge nurse came in the next morning and a full report was

filed. I

> never saw the nurse who did this to me again and hope that she lost

her job.

>

> Moral to the story. If you go into the hospital, make sure that

they know

> that if the person with the disease does not respond, it is because

of the

> disease, not because they are being difficult. I wound up with

bruises on

> my elbow from the fall and yet another nightmare experience to tell

of

> hospitalizations.

>

> After talking to my PCP the next morning. Orders on my chart

were changed

> where I had to be checked on at least every 2 hours and exactly

what I was

> doing when they checked on me documented. 2 am, lying on left

side, 4 am,

> lying on right side, etc. I received very good care before and

after this

> incident. But folks, it only takes one ignorant person to mess

everything

> up and leave you in harms way.

>

> Deborah aka Tenacity

>

> _________________________________________________________________

> Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail.

> http://www.hotmail.com

May 9, 2002

Hospital not the least hospitable.

Just getting back on my feet so to speak after a two week stay at a local

Medical facility.

Two of the most HORRIFIC days of my life . Finding myself in the ER of a

major trauma center in a muscle spasm head to toe, unable to speak

clearly, finally getting the attention of a nurse and being told to keep my

mouth shut my oxygen level was fine.

I am to tired to elaborate now but will fill in any one interested.

Chuck S.

----

Original Message -----

To: shydrager >

Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 4:11 PM

Subject: Re: Hospital story

> Oh Deborah,

> Upon reading this I thought I was reading a horror story! I can't

> even begin to imagine the fear you must have been in just not being

> able to talk or move. I have had that happen to me for a few seconds

> and it scared me but nothing like you went through! I can't

> understand why the nurses didn't know something was wrong when you

> couldn't talk to them. It just goes to show you how bad things have

> become. My mother was in that hospital also. We couldn't leave her

> alone because it was hard to get the nurses to come in there when we

> begged them to. We had to get her up the first time to go to the

> bathroom after she had 5 disks worked on in surgery. A nurse wouldn't

> even come in there they told us to do it. We were scared that we

> might hurt her but we did it. Thankfully she came home the next day

> and we could take care of her there. It is bad when you can get

> better care at home then you can in a hospital that you are paying

> mega dollars for. She didn't have the frozen episode or laying in the

> floor. I would hate to know what would have happened if you had not

> been able to call . I know that it must of scared him horribly

> to see you laying on the floor like that. I also know that he loves

> you so much that he would have never left you if he didn't think you

> would be taken care of. I know this only after seeing him post twice.

> I am so glad that you reported her because NO ONE deserves to be

> treated like that! I hope that it will make a difference but who can

> say. This makes me so MAD! I am going to call my brother in law who

> is a respiratory therapist at that hospital and see if he can tell me

> if there is something that can be done to see that it doesn't ever

> happen to anyone again!

> God bless,

> Belinda

>

> > Belinda,

> >

> > Hang in there. It is not fun being so darn dependent on

> everyone. Every

> > time I tell I will be just fine if he leaves for a little

> while,

> > something always happens. It did while in the hospital.

> >

> > had had a very long week worrying about me in the hospital

> so I

> > told him it would be fine for him to go home and get a good nights

> rest. He

> > did, at least for a while.

> >

> > I had to get to get the times for what happened off of my

> chart

> > because they were elusive to me. About 10 PM, the aid came in to

> take my bp

> > and temp. I was asleep and they woke me. Problem is that I woke

> having a

> > freezing spell. I could not move, talk or open my eyes but I heard

> > everything that was being said. They asked me about what was

> wrong, told me

> > that they had to take my vitals and then asked if I wanted them to

> call my

> > husband. I could not respond. They left the room.

> >

> > About 15 minutes later, I heard 2 voices in the room. They were

> back with

> > their bp and temp thingy. Again, I still could not respond. They

> talked to

> > me and then pulled my arm out from under the covers and shoved the

> > thermometer in my mouth. Did their thing and then left the room.

> My arm

> > was frozen in the position that they had left it in. I had

> forgotten to

> > take my Sinemet at 8 pm and think that I may have also forgotten to

> take it

> > at 4 pm.

> >

> > I was getting very uncomfortable at this point. I tried and

> tried to move

> > to no avail. I did work up to being able to use my voice a little

> and

> > started calling out to them. They did not come. Somehow, I

> managed to get

> > two fingers on my left hand to work and pulled my body on its side

> and

> > somehow got my legs off of the side of the bed so that I could stay

> in that

> > position to try to open the drawer next to the bed which held my

> > short-acting Sinemet and get close to the phone.

> >

> > My grasp for the phone was unsuccessful and it fell to the

> floor. Still I

> > cried out, my voice getting a little stronger by now but no one

> came. I

> > clawed at the drawer for what seemed to be an eternity. I guess

> over an

> > hour had passed before I got the drawer open. When I tried to get

> my

> > Sinemet, it too fell to the floor. Somehow, I knew I had to get to

> the

> > pills and the phone. I managed to maneuver my non-compliant body

> over the

> > edge of the bed and fell to the floor. I took the phone and tried

> calling

> > 911 (which could not be done at this hospital). I continued to cry

> out for

> > help. I even yelled fire. No one came.

> >

> > With only 2 fingers working, I pulled the phone under my head and

> called

> > my husband who realized that I was indeed in trouble. He says that

> the call

> > to him came around Midnight. He did not get to the hospital until

> 1:20 AM

> > where he found me on the floor, covers wrapped around my ankles and

> pills

> > scattered all around me. I had managed to get the bottle open

> using my chin

> > and had to lick 2 pills up off the floor to get them into my mouth.

> >

> > The horror of it all was that somewhere between my reaching

> and his

> > arrival, the nurses did indeed hear my cry's. I could hear them

> laughing

> > and saying " Now she wants us...ha ha ha. "

> >

> > They never once responded to me, nor did they come to the room to

> check on

> > me. They were having a grand time telling everyone what a non-

> compliant,

> > b**** of a patient that I was.

> >

> > got there and saw me on the floor with the pills all me.

> He yelled

> > for the nurses who came in the room. says that they were

> more

> > interested in covering my bare ass than they were in getting me

> back into

> > bed. I was dehydrated by that time and terrified. I can understand

> > ignorance but cruelty is a different story.

> >

> > The charge nurse came in the next morning and a full report was

> filed. I

> > never saw the nurse who did this to me again and hope that she lost

> her job.

> >

> > Moral to the story. If you go into the hospital, make sure that

> they know

> > that if the person with the disease does not respond, it is because

> of the

> > disease, not because they are being difficult. I wound up with

> bruises on

> > my elbow from the fall and yet another nightmare experience to tell

> of

> > hospitalizations.

> >

> > After talking to my PCP the next morning. Orders on my chart

> were changed

> > where I had to be checked on at least every 2 hours and exactly

> what I was

> > doing when they checked on me documented. 2 am, lying on left

> side, 4 am,

> > lying on right side, etc. I received very good care before and

> after this

> > incident. But folks, it only takes one ignorant person to mess

> everything

> > up and leave you in harms way.

> >

> > Deborah aka Tenacity

> >

> > _________________________________________________________________

> > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail.

> > http://www.hotmail.com

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