I hate hospitals

[Haole Girl]

I hate them more than going to the dentist. I hate arrogant, egotistical, sugeons, I hate case managers who don't seem to give a rat's ass if a patient really has what he or she needs. I hate CNA's who say "I don't know anything." I hate nurses who screw up & screw up & can't get an iv right. I hate cross-contamination & the way so many people who work in hospitals seem clueless about it.

Did I forget the insurance companies? grrr

I feel like, with each passing day my father is in the hospital his life is at risk more than the day he had his surgery. This was my biggest fear for him...and I am helpless to do anything about it.

:cry:

[Alexander]

1. I get a creepy vibe every time I walk into a hospital. Can't explain why.

Thankfully, the only time I've been inside a hospital in the past few years was to visit someone else or because I was delivering there.

[Haole Girl]

2. Thankfully, for you

After seeing the things I've seen the past week, I will DEFINITELY be taking better care of myself.

[femmocrat]

3. Me too.

I would rather die than go to the emergency room. Although my husband has had excellent care in the hospital. It's just the emergency room that I dread!

[Haole Girl]

4. Yeah..

can't even stand the thought of an ER.

Glad your husband got excellent care. He is fortunate.

[Aristus]

5. Yeah, they're not pleasant places most of the time, HG.

Even though it's becoming a way of life for me, it can still be difficult to endure the smells, the sounds, the faint creepy scent of despair, resignation, and boredom.

Hang in there. We're with you... :grouphug:

[Haole Girl]

6. Boredom isn't a problem for me...

I wish I could be bored. :-(

The rest...I don't know how you do it.

Thank you.

[stray cat]

7. If I'm sick enough I like them just fine

[Haole Girl]

14. Yeah...

well.. the jury is still out on that one for me.

I never understood why people preferred to die at home. I do now.

[orleans]

8. i felt like that with my mom

the few times she was in the hospital.
i felt like i was in a mad dash to break her out of jail or something.
unfortunately it didn't work out the last time--she was too sick.
but, god, i know exactly how you feel. and i'm sorry you have to be going through this. hang in there.

[Haole Girl]

13. Yes, exactly...

like trying to free someone from a jail. I'm so sorry your mom didn't make it. :hug:

[mwdem]

9. Trust me, I'm not a fan of them either.

I just want to get in, take care of business, and get out asap! I hope your dad is doing better.:hug:

[Haole Girl]

12. I'm getting a very bad feeling now

:cry:

[mnhtnbb]

10. As a retired hospital administrator let me advise that you get your father OUT of the hospital

as quickly as possible.

Hospitals will save your life. But they will kill you, too. The risk of acquiring an infection
in the hospital--that may be resistant to antibiotics--is not worth staying "that extra day".

And yes, having been a patient, been a hospital employee, been family of a patient, the feeling
of helplessness as family is the worst. The best thing you can do for him is to BE there, in the hospital, watching.

Hope that you can get him home, soon.

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

11. I know

:-(

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