Re: Hospital story/OTHER EXPERIENCES -DEPENDANCE,ECT.

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Good advice! Thanks

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

> >

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