Posted on 04/01/2012 2:01:06 AM PDT by chuckles
So very sorry, and thanks for warning us about the death panels.
Prayers said for all concerned.
Interesting point. My sense is that we are due for another civil war, which could split the U.S. into three parts; east coast, west coast and central. The east coast and west coast will collapse into themselves due to anarchy. The central area being more conservative and self reliant will over time absorb the depleted eastern and western regions.
Prayers for all.
I too have a little story about a trip I took down the civilian hospital path.
But another time
May God bless us all.
Then we will pray for you also. Contrary to many here, my experience was life changing. The Doctors, Nurses and others I met are still my friends. I had never met a greater group of people anywhere. It literally changed my life for the better to know there are people out there that give so much. I sincerely wish everyone could say the same.
I am so very sorry for your loss.
Prayers for you. I am going through a lot with my Mother right now. She is 91 and just broke her hip. She was on hospice , they took her off for the surgery and will have therapy. Then she will probably go back to hospice.
You don’t know how much I needed that my FRiend
God bless
I just had to get it off my chest after so many were second guessing Cheney's heart transplant. Why is it any of their business? They are the ones saying she is better off dead than being paralyzed on one side.
I tried to keep the story as short as possible so as not to drone on on every detail, but there was much more going on than just this. One night, her Pic line was pulled out. They thought she may have done it. I said it was taped to her like concrete and she couldn't have reached it with her good arm. They finally admitted it must have been removed by mistake. I found an insulin needle in her bed and asked the nurse about it. She said she didn't know how it got there or who left it. I said my mother isn't diabetic. They said the bottled feedings must have changed her sugar tolerance. Just one load of crap after another.
I know it will take me time to get passed this, but I'm just having trouble right now. My father's death was quick. Heart attack in the middle of the night. We had just visited the day before and he went home with all his faculties, no broken hip, no disabilities, nothing. He was 85 and had a couple of stints. I grieved and was able to move on. This is different for me. He died in bed at home, not in a hospital and it wasn't drug out for months.
I thank everyone for your sympathy and sharing your stories. It helps to know I'm not alone.
My wife drives a van for the county to take the elderly places. She has many people with strokes, missing limbs, cancer and so on that get around just fine. She told me of a woman that had a stroke that paralyzed her just like my mom. Today, after some therapy, she drags her leg and throws her dead arm from place to place to do what she needs to do. Her husband left her and she lives alone. She shops and cooks for herself with no help. She won't even allow my wife to help her get in the van. She inspired me to have some hope for my mother and to look for any abilities as a blessing. If no one helps you and you are helpless, you can never get to that point of helping yourself however.
I wish I knew enough HTML to post a picture of her on here about a month before her stroke. She didn't look 80 or act 80. To treat her as if her life was over just kills me. Her mother died at 96. Long life ran on her side of the family. All I ask of the doctors and nurses is to "do no harm".
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