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Comments: Drum roll, please......Adrienne Barbeau turns 65 today! Wonder how our own Swamp Thing (aka JS) will celebrate? I would ask him, but I fear that might result in TMI.
Comments: Dru it will get better. Everyone I know that has had knee replacement surgery eventually are happy with the results. You were probably concerned about being under the care of Nurse John. That might bring tears to your eyes. I am having cataract surgery Monday and then again in two weeks in the other eye. I can hardly wait. I have been blind all of my life and look forward to this. Having the Restore lenses so I will not need reading glasses.
Comments: Congratulations, Dru! I know you're happy to be home, but you're probable darned tired of that leg hurting. Remember that time wounds all heels, and also heals all wounds. Janelle Carroll wrote a story for our Guest Column page a few months ago. It's about her knee replacement surgery. It's titled Ouch Ouch Ouch. Betcha Dru can relate. Thanks for the update, JS. I hope Dru feels lots better in a day or two. Linda, best of luck to you on your surgery. I hope you spring back fast.
Comments: That is great John that she is home. I'm going to have minor day surgery in a couple of months and I'm going to go stay with my daughter. It really is good to have a loved one take care of you.
Comments: I'm glad to hear all the wonderful comments about nurses. My daughter is a school nurse at a middle school in Carrollton. Her days get to be quite exciting some days. During the years that my sister was sick she spent a lot of time at Medical City and the great majority of those nurses were just wonderful. However, I suspect I wouldn't have had as good treatment as she did as I think I'm probably a far worse patient than my sister was. That probably has something to do with it.
Comments: After 10 days Dru arrived back home at 2:00pm today. She hobbled in on her walker, sat down gingerly on the couch and began sobbing. There's no place like home.
Comments: Uh.....Jud...did you get that...? I already wished you a Happy BD...Feliz Cumpleanos...etc, etc...You can still celebrate... though...Make a week of it....! 
Comments: Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, happy birthday Dear Jud Calwell on June 3rd, Happy birthday to you!!!!!!! And many many more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comments: Last year I had hand surgery at Carrell Clinic in Dallas. When I woke up, the recovery room RN said they had a coffeemaker that does individual cups of coffee, and what flavor would I like. When I was ready to go home, she pushed me in a wheelchair out to the car, gave me her card and said to call her if I had any questions. I was home by 9 a.m. Not critical care, but excellent treatment. I've had nine hand surgeries, and only one so-so experience with an RN. She woke me up at 4 a.m. to change out the trashcan in my room.
Comments: My stay at Baylor in 1978 was a successful one.. I flew into Dallas in an emergency situation and my Dallas doctor..Dr. Godat performed a procedure to 'correct' an ectopic pregnancy... He was wonderful and Baylor treated me fine.. That was after my Nashville doctors had misdiagnosed me and were sending me home.. Dr. Godat and Baylor could very well have saved my life.. I wonder if Dr. Godat is still with us..
Comments: I have been in the hospital more times than I want to admit, but most of the time, the nurses are great. Luckily, I have not be there when it was life or death and I think they tend to those more critical. Me wanting some cold water is probably not as important as the the patient coding down the hall. They are over worked and under paid, just like teachers. When I was 50, I had surgery at Baylor in Dallas and the nurses were so good, I took them flowers when I was able. They were really appreciative. A kind word to them does wonders.
Comments: My sister, Sara, became disabled after a spinal cord injury. Head-on auto collision. Don't know what we would have done without the kindness and skill of the many nurses who have cared for her since. Some better than others, but none bad. I thank God for medical personnel. What a job!
Comments: The last time I actually had a hospital stay was 1975, and back then your physician actually had a say in how long you needed to stay there. But I did learn that if your doctor was well-liked by the staff, then you did get looked in on more often and asked if you needed anything. However, I agree with Jud that all the hospital staff are overworked and underpaid and today's care suffers because of it. My main concern today is the almost imminent breakup of the Big 12, and what conference the Texas schools might join. I opt for the Pac-10 expansion if it comes down to a real decision this year. I realize that all this is about business and not athletics, as such, but heck, I was just beginning to not miss the Southwest Conference!
Comments: I have never been hospitalized so I have no personal experience with nurses...but my wife and daughter have. And they report nothing but positive experiences. I think nurses are overworked, underpaid, and unappreciated (like teachers). It takes a special person to put up with ill (and cranky) patients and their families. I don't know how they do it. On another note, does anyone know a Lana Pettit who wants to befriend me on FB?
Comments: Both...Sam... I'm on the side of compassionate Nurses... 
Comments: Sam, thanks for that. BTW, I am on the side of the nurses in this issue.
Comments: On a political note.....what an exciting primary evening it was last night! Can't wait for November. I read a very interesting Wall Street Journal online article this morning by Dorothy Rabinowitz, titled "The Alien in the White House". Among many other comments, she states, "A great part of America now understands that this president's sense of identification lies elsewhere, and is in profound ways unlike theirs. He is hard put to sound convincingly like the leader of the nation, because he is, at heart and by instinct, the voice mainly of his ideological class. He is the alien in the White House.......". This is what happens, as it should in my opinion, when a poltical class blatantly tries to drag a right center populus far to the left. A place it doesn't want to go............................Now, back to Demon Nurses, or Demon Patients, depending on your perspective!
Comments: I disagree, Lynell.. I spent too many 'personal visits' in hospitals in my younger years, outpatient and inpatient... The most helpful people in the hospitals are the nurses' aides and the 'like'.. There are exceptions, but overall, I would say those 'under' the RN are far more helpful..When I found an RN that was very responsive, I always responded with kind words, but after being a patient in Memphis, Nashville, and Dallas hospitals..on the whole, I'm not impressed with RN's.. There was far too much 'arrogance' and I know they had a lot on their shoulders and then they were subservient to the doctors..One of the worst attitudes, I experienced from a nurse, was at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville.. I should have reported her, but was too sick to do so.. One nurse at that hospital, killed a patient by injecting Oil of Wintergreen into his/her vein, instead of the prescribed medicine.. They picked up the wrong vial in the fridge...! That's a very 'wealthy hospital, too..
Comments: I disagree, Ginger. When I was in Presbyterian in Dallas for an overnight visit, the nurses were in my room every five minutes. Nurses are so burdened by paperwork, it's a wonder they have time to do anything with patients. It's a hard, demanding job that takes a special person to do. I know I couldn't do it.
Comments: The nurses don't respond fast enough in hospitals..I've often wondered if..they let you 'buzz/ring' several times before...they will answer...and then respond by coming.. I was always 'in trouble' for getting out of bed, when I wasn't suppose to...but I believe they deliberately make a patient wait... I haven't been a patient in a hospital, in a long time and don't want to relive that experience.. Dru will be more comfortable at home with John and familiar surroundings.. Fast Recovery...!
Comments: You may have already heard that Bedford McCord-- '64--had a stroke and is not doing well. Mary asked for prayer on f.b. Please join us in praying for this sweet family of friends.
Comments: John, thank you for filling us in as to what's going on with Dru. The fall is scary to hear about. Thank goodness she is okay. She is way better off at home, going to outpatient PT, than in a rehab place with 90-year-olds. I know you are taking excellent care of her, just as she would do for you. In another week or two, she'll be a new woman. No, she won't be Adrienne Barbeau. She'll be the new and improved Drucilla, which is even better.
Comments: Wishing you and Dru WELL days, John. Thankful she was not injured in the fall.
Comments: Probably those inevitable Medicare cuts under Obamacare kicking in, although BHO spoke before a seniors group today, telling them everything will be alright. Don't believe everything you hear! (Of course, it could be "W"s fault). Best of luck to Dru in her recovery. And mind those nurses and doctors, Dru!
Comments: I am home now washing Dru some clothes and will later go back to the rehab. hospital. We got word today that the Medicare reps. have instructed her to be released from Reliant Rehab Hosp. on Thursday afternoon. Then she will begin 4 weeks of outpatient physical therapy (3 times a week). Most days have been pretty good for her, but yesterday morning before I arrived she got impatient and got out of bed and attempted to walk over to her cosmetic bag without the aid of her walker. On her second step her stockinged foot slipped on the floor and she took a hard fall landing on her left hip. Scared the heck out of her and the nurses on the floor. She was lucky that her 10 inch knee incision didn't pull open. No real damage that we can detect. But now she has an alarm on her bed that tells the nurses when she is attempting to sneak out of bed on her own (she is supposed to wait for assistance but is sometimes muleheaded about doing so). I wish she could have a few more days of inpatient physical therapy, but she is more than ready to come home and escape the routines and interruptions and sleepless nights of life in a hospital. It has been 7 days since the surgery, and she hasn't asked for pain medication for the past day and a half - which amazes me. That's about all the news.
Comments: You're right Sam! Hey, John is busy being a good husband and taking care of the bride he doesn't deserve! (and that probably applies to all us ne'er-do-well husbands). Last I heard, Dru was undergoing a painful rehab/physical therapy process.
Comments: John is probably sitting back and laughing...or recovering from a root canal..
Comments: I don't know about you but I turned 11 in the 5th grade and 12 in the 6th grade. Yes, I am talking about grade school. John Southworth.....give us an update please!
Comments: Jud, give it up! They were just illusions of our youth. It was all (well, most of it) pretend. And today......never mind!!!
Comments: Charlotte.......Some of us wore those in the 5th and 6th grade...! They weren't all pretend....just little...! LOL  |
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