I'm going to preface this with saying that the hospital that I was treated at? Fantastic.
The doctors were prompt, the nurses were kind and understanding of my incoherent ramblings and occasional screams of pain, always had a smile for me.
The only down side for the stay was right out of surgery.
Long story short, part of one of my kidneys had just been removed, I'm doped to the gills, they roll my bed to the room (I had already been transferred to my hospital bed in the OR.
Everything is great until they find that....the mechanism that moves the bed up and down is broken or stuck, so hear the worse words of my life " Redbeard? We're going to need you to stand up so that we can change out your bed"
Not recommended, kiddies. Seriously, I've been mangled, beaten, slid down a mountain path on my knees (needed new pants after that. Shredded all the way down. Ouch), had a car wrapped around me, and NOTHING has been that painful.
Fortunately my wife and a nurse helped me to stand with the *ahem* "oral waste bag" to catch what little was in me stomach.
Here's a hint: If you want prompt, friendly service at a hospital? Thank the nurses when they help you out, when they help you to the restroom, REALLY thank them when they bring you your pain killers.
All in all, 4 1/2 stars (Would have been 5, but the "broth" that I was served was bullion cubes in hot water
The doctors were prompt, the nurses were kind and understanding of my incoherent ramblings and occasional screams of pain, always had a smile for me.
The only down side for the stay was right out of surgery.
Long story short, part of one of my kidneys had just been removed, I'm doped to the gills, they roll my bed to the room (I had already been transferred to my hospital bed in the OR.
Everything is great until they find that....the mechanism that moves the bed up and down is broken or stuck, so hear the worse words of my life " Redbeard? We're going to need you to stand up so that we can change out your bed"
Not recommended, kiddies. Seriously, I've been mangled, beaten, slid down a mountain path on my knees (needed new pants after that. Shredded all the way down. Ouch), had a car wrapped around me, and NOTHING has been that painful.
Fortunately my wife and a nurse helped me to stand with the *ahem* "oral waste bag" to catch what little was in me stomach.
Here's a hint: If you want prompt, friendly service at a hospital? Thank the nurses when they help you out, when they help you to the restroom, REALLY thank them when they bring you your pain killers.
All in all, 4 1/2 stars (Would have been 5, but the "broth" that I was served was bullion cubes in hot water
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