Thank you for your kind words. There are at least 6 hospitals in Columbus. I was at one of the better ones. It was mostly the ER that sucked. I asked 4 times for my leg bag to be emptied. If there hadn't been two cups of ice water (which I WAS NOT supposed to have but they gave to me), the pee would have ended up on the floor. Instead we put it into the cups. When I asked for something to eat, they complied. I found out later that this condition calls for NO FLUIDS OR FOOD for at least the first 24 hrs. When I went up to the floor they prohibited me from eating for 24 hrs. One of the nurses let my IV run out, and thus had to start a new one. OUCH. I think because I was so sick, I got decent responses when I called for a nurse. I just don't like being there. I asked for stuff to do my BP at a specific time and, of course it came several HOURS later. I don't know about anyone else, but my bowels are very finicky about time. Thus, I had no BP.
I'm much better now, had pizza last night with no problem ;-)
River
On Jan 27, 2005, at 10:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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<x-tad-smaller>I'm sorry to hear about your horrible experience in the hospital.� After reading some of these posts here lately I feel very fortunate to have a good medical system here in Duluth, Minnesota.� We have two major hospital's here in Duluth and one smaller one which is owned by one of the major ones.� The smaller hospital does specialty surgery and it also has a rehabilitation floor and center where I spent my�4 1/2 months�months at while being rehabilitated.� I'm not�exactly�sure�where the suprapubic surgery would take place but I do know that if I was to have that I would end up at the smaller hospital on the rehabilitation floor which, specializes in brain injury, spinal cord injuries, strokes and rehabilitating people with broken bones.� All the staff�are specially trained to deal with the injuries�that I mentioned.� My stay at this hospital was wonderful with no bad memories except for the fact that I had to be there.� I wish you the best of luck in making the proper decision.</x-tad-smaller>
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