I think we all probably have a lot of 'potty-oops' stories, many humorous
As a nurse, they are like talking about the weather! My little grandson
told me while I was in the hospital, "Hey, Nanny!!! Let's all go to
Disneyland together and we'll all wear Nanny diapers then we'll never have
to stop to go to the bathroom! We can just throw them in the trash and put
on new ones!" Heck, I still have the 'potty-oops' stories!!! Jeanne
-------Original Message-------
From: Gerry Surette
Date: 3/24/2008 3:25:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TMIC] just another gloomy day
been there had that; M y experience in ICU was over the xmas holidays. the
ICU nurse was a god send. I was laying in bed. with tons of monitors; a
catater up my penis paralyis from the lung cage down. My heart had stopped
when they had tried to do a milogram. All of a sudden with two intravnous
drip of demeral I felf I had to pee' The monitors went crazy; The nurse came
over and asked me if I was okay; I replied that I wanted to pee. She smiled
as if I was out of my mind. bearing in mind that until that moment I was
parilize from the lung cage down; She said to go ahead. My caterter was not
placed far enough in my pernis and I let go. The CAterter went out and I
sprayed my pee like a hose. all over the machines ; She didn't know what to
make of it. remember it is xmas time; no one is available. she cleaned me up
and worked my legs for what seemed to be hours. I fell asleep. and remember
waking up up with her at my side with a wet spnge on my lips. God bess her
She did what no one else could do she gave me hope.
>From: "jrushton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "sal r" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [TMIC] just another gloomy day
>Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:13:40 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)
>
>I remember when I was in ICU and we were just two months from a trip we had
>been planning to go to Costa Rica. Even in ICU as I lay there totally
>paralyzed from the chest down, a tube down my throat because nothing was
>working in my digestive system nor my potty parts so they had to pump my
>stomach but oh, no!! I was in this denial that anything was wrong and even
>if it was it wasn't going to last!! My brother-in-law came to see me and I
>was oh-so deniably up in spirits and he looked me in the eye and said,
>Jeanne, you are not going to be able to go to Costa Rica." That next
>morning about 1AM while it was so dark and in the room, I lay there with
>Jack asleep propped up in the corner and it hit me how serious this was.
>How it wasn't just going to go away. How no one knew what was wrong and I
>was at one of the best hospitals in Washington. How I may never be any
>different than flat on my back for the rest of my life. No, I wasn't
>feeling very positive then. All of the times I had to be cathed because
>nothing would work and the horrible pain it caused and the numerous times
>they had to change my (yes) diaper. How they had to pick me up holding me
>under my arms because everything below that was 'dead' just to put me on a
>bedside commode to 'try' to see if anything would work...which it wouldn't
>and then all of the 'accidents'. The weeks in PT/OT where I would be
>dripping wet after just trying to hold myself up on the bars...oh, my....it
>was so very hard and it seemed like it would never, ever end. Now it's
>been
>a couple years and there hasn't been a whole lot of change. I do all of my
>own PT only because we live an hour away and the price of gas is so high.
>We are blessed to have a hot tub so I can do water therapy and Jack, bless
>his heart, is making me a walking path so I can do a different type of PT.
>Sometimes at night if I have overdone the PT, I lay just writhing in pain
>from the spasms. I can't give up. If I do, I'll end up on my back and
>heck! I would miss out on too much!!!
>
>It's okay to feel blue and discouraged, Gerry, but that is where I hope all
>of us can kick in and help you back to blue skies and encouragement. We
>are
>here for you but most of all, our prayers are what will help you!
>
>God Bless You, dear one,
>
>Jeanne
>
>-------Original Message-------
>
>From: sal r
>Date: 3/24/2008 1:43:30 PM
>To: tm
>Subject: [TMIC] just another gloomy day
>
>Have you ever just felt that no matter how positive you are, it just doesnt
>help? this may sound funny but at this point in my life, before i keep
>going i am very thankful for the recovery i have made so far....but like i
>was saying have u ever seen those cartoons where they put a carrot in front
>of the horse to get it to move and the poor horse however hard he tries he
>just cant get it even though its so close to him...well thats how i
>feel...i
>have so much recovery (again very thankful) but however hard i try i have
>felt ive reached a milestone life and will not recover more then
>this...then
>i ask myself...whats the point of ongoing rehab? and i have no answer..
>sorry if i sound negative but need to clear my head...no one else i can
>talk
>to that will understand...
>
>
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