My last trip to the hospital in Nov of '06 nearly killed me.
I went septic from a bad UTI and lay in bed for 11 days thinking I was about
dead. The nursing care was good and my bowels moved about every 6 hours
because of the strong antibiotics. There were a few very pretty 20 year old
nurses who came in to clean me up regularly - pretty humbling. I was very
glad
to get out and come home. I watch my UTIs much more closely now.
AZ DAVE
In a message dated 3/2/2008 9:43:05 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I just got out of the hospital Friday after being in for seven days with
pneumonia. I really like to know about the yogurt and how much should be
taken
after being on IV's for seven days. They always have trouble getting an IV
in me. My first one quit working and they tried to do a pic line 2 times
without success so the anesthesiologist used my neck. They were going to take
me
to radiology to try again but they decided to go with the neck IV and my
pneumonia finally looked better. My bowels quit working also and luckily it
was
not a blockage, so I was put on Myralax and after about four days it started
working. I was so miserable as it looked like I had a basketball in my
stomach.
It is unreal the kind of care you get in the hospital for at least this one.
If my mother had not been around, I don't know if I would have gotten my
bowels to work again.
I would love to hear about others hospital experiences and if the nurses
will do digitals properly. I found that to be a real problem. I was glad to
have a good mattress that did not give me any breakdown.
I was so anxious to get home, so I could get proper care. It did not help
that my doctor did not come until the fifth day.
I was told that the hospital had closed it's ER shortly after I was
admitted, but the county ask it to open again.
How do you find the hospital that can give you proper clear? I go to the
hospital very seldomly, but it is usually for UTI, respiratory problems, last
time it was a coma, because of UTI that was septic. I remember not being that
good the last time and I was in ICU at a different hospital, because the
hospital that my doctors are was full. I remember going to the floor my last
day, and the CNA just disappearing during breakfast and they had to have
persons from other departments get me ready to go home. It's incredibly sad
that
you don't feel safe in the hospital.
Dana ( C-4-5, 33 years post, 54, Prairie Village, Kansas, which is a suburb
of Kansas City Missouri)
I'm on some pretty strong antibiotics.....I know many of you such as John
say to take good bacteria such as in Yogurt and acidophilius when you have
been
on antibiotics....My question is,,, do you take it During or after the
antibiotics? or does it matter? Also speaking of John--from Ohio----Has anyone
heard from him, I don't recall any of his posts lately and he was sick, and he
posts quite often usually.
Thanks- Dan H.
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