Wednesday, March 30, 2011

HOSPITAL STAY PART 2

ONCE THE DOCTOR DECIDED TO ADMIT MIKE, I ASKED THE HEAD NURSE IF SHE COULD PLEASE FIND ME SOME KIND OF A RECLINER CHAIR SO THAT I COULD STAY BY MIKE'S BED ALL NIGHT.  THE NURSE PROMPTLY SAID "OH NO MRS. HAYES, WE NO LONGER ALLOW ANYONE TO STAY IN THE PATIENTS ROOM OVER NIGHT UNLESS THEY PAY FOR A PRIVATE ROOM".  NOT WANTING TO ARGUE WITH THE NURSE I THANKED HER, AND SAID " I WILL BE HAPPY TO GO HOME AND GET A GOOD NIGHTS REST, BUT I THINK I SHOULD AT LEAST LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WILL BE IN FOR.  MIKE AS YOU KNOW HAS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, AND I AM HIS SECURITY BLANKET.  IF HE WAKES UP AND DOES NOT SEE ME OR HEAR MY VOICE, HE WILL GET UP OUT OF BED, DRAGGING ALL THE IV'S AND WHAT EVER MONITORS YOU HAVE HIM CONNECTED TO, AND  WALK UP AND DOWN THE HALLS YELLING "MOM" (THAT IS WHAT HE CALLS ME)".  NOT FIVE MINUTES LATER THAT SAME NURSE TELLS ME "GOOD NEWS"!!  "WE FOUND A PRIVATE ROOM FOR MIKE, AND IT HAS A RECLINER CHAIR ALREADY IN THERE".  WELL, AFTER SPENDING A SLEEPLESS NIGHT IN THAT HORRIBLE CHAIR (IT MADE SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE PASSING GAS EVERY TIME YOU MOVED IN IT), PLUS THE FACT THAT THEY HAD NO OVER NIGHT FOLEY BAG FOR MIKE, SO I HAD TO GET UP EVERY COUPLE OF HOURS TO EMPTY HIS OSTOMY BAG (AND HEAR THAT AWFUL NOISE FROM THE CHAIR AGAIN).  ALSO NOT TO BE OVER LOOKED WAS THE LOUD SPEAKER OVER THE BED ASKING FOR NURSE SO AND SO OR DR. SO AND SO TO REPORT TO THE NURSE'S STATION ALL NIGHT, I WAS NOT SO SURE THAT FINDING MIKE A PRIVATE ROOM WAS SUCH GOOD NEWS AFTER ALL. ANY HOW,   ALL I CAN SAY IS-THANK GOD MIKE DID NOT HAVE TO SPEND ONE MORE NIGHT IN THAT AWFUL PLACE OR I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO ADMIT ME TOO!!  ALL THAT IS LEFT NOW IS THE FOLLOW UP VISITS WITH PT, AND A WHOLE SLEW OF DR.'S.  MIKE HAD ONE APPOINTMENT YESTERDAY, AND WILL HAVE ANOTHER TOMORROW.  I STILL NEED TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR HIS PT, BUT I FEEL LIKE SOMEONE HAS UNPLUGGED ME.  HOPE YOUR DAY WILL BE A WELL ONE-TILL LATER-JUST ME

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