I judge hospitals by the quality of the food. I haven't run into a hospital staff that could deal with handicapped people, yet.
john ----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2008 11:42:20 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] antibiotics 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. Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL Living. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
