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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 
Comments: NOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooo...pretend bras!! Gees guys.........we were eleven and 12 years old...think..daughters and grand daughters!! letch comes to mind here. haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
Comments: Pretend straps? NOW you tell me?
Comments: That was the 5th grade, too..Charlotte.. What a hoot..!
Comments: Sammy, who you callin' "mature"? 
Comments: Jud, Phil and Sam....remember in the 6th grade when you guys pops our pretend bra straps and ran? ahem!! Don't start with us!!
Comments: Hey Darlin Sara, YES........my rescue people have been trained are going out to rescue dolphins..........people are concentrated on the birds, but the dolphins need help too...........this means my associates go waaay out in the dangerous waters and wear protective gear (to protect them from the toxic fumes and crude contact) and follow strict procedure to save the dolphins from a sure kill..their eyes get coated etc and their food source is dead.......this is effecting more than the shell fish, birds and turtles and people.......think about how far out this is...........thankfully, the whales have gone north. I saw many interviews with the poor Louisiana fishermen, shrimpers and so on....they are losing so much $ a day that I hope they don't go belly up before the help $ can come to them. The industry needs these people.......Oh my!.......such a hideous disaster!
Comments: Sam...Jud started it...Let's just get this straight..The women did not instigate this discussion about bras and girdles..! LOL Really Jud.....!
Comments: Jud, I always thought that us guys were bra & girdle technicans 
Comments: A waitress at the Circle Grill Restaurant on Buckner told me today to buy Dawn dish washing detergent because they were donating their liquid detergent to help clean up the oil soaked animals. I also heard a discussion with T. Boone Pickens today about how the Chinese are spending billions of dollars to develope clean energy for their own country and to export and sell to other countries. With jobs at an all time low in this country, I hope we develope our own energy policy and put some of these people to work. We certainly have the WIND in Texas.
Comments: Charlotte, Have any of your friends from the animal shelter gone to the Gulf Coast yet to help the wildlife? It would be interesting to hear from them. I have seen pictures of the Pelicans, both before and after being cleaned up with a light oil, then Dawn dish detergent. At least, some decent folks are doing their best to try to help. I doubt we will ever see or hear of all the misery the residents and their beaches are suffering. Awful!
Comments: Gee, is it just me, or did a conversation about undergarments taking place with a bunch of "mature" women slow down the dialogue here? Must be just a coincidence. Carry on. |
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