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Post by beth on Feb 12, 2017 1:21:47 GMT -5
Back and accounted for.
Had a nice few days away.
Tired.
Be back tomorrow after a full dose of Izzz
XO Beth
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 12, 2017 6:46:29 GMT -5
i had to take hazel to the emergency room yesterday. she has been sick since monday. i was sick last weekend, but i mostly slept it off. the hospital is making everyone put on a mask when you go into the er to register. all the employees, clerks included, are wearing masks. this hospital is getting thirty to forty folks a day with the flu. the strange thing is that most people with the flu now do not have a fever. hazel has the flu with a touch of pneumonia.
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Post by annaj26 on Feb 12, 2017 10:30:03 GMT -5
i had to take hazel to the emergency room yesterday. she has been sick since monday. i was sick last weekend, but i mostly slept it off. the hospital is making everyone put on a mask when you go into the er to register. all the employees, clerks included, are wearing masks. this hospital is getting thirty to forty folks a day with the flu. the strange thing is that most people with the flu now do not have a fever. hazel has the flu with a touch of pneumonia. Some of these things that have been going around since back before the holidays are viruses. I talked to a Dr yesterday who said that he had treated maybe 40 people since the first week in December sho claimed to have the "flu" with flu like symptoms, some slipping into pneumonia. But, when the test results came back, only 3 actually had flu and they had not had flu shots. The others were a combination - some with pneumonia or bronchitis, but quite a few with a virus.
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Post by men an tol on Feb 12, 2017 12:23:36 GMT -5
i had to take hazel to the emergency room yesterday. she has been sick since monday. i was sick last weekend, but i mostly slept it off. the hospital is making everyone put on a mask when you go into the er to register. all the employees, clerks included, are wearing masks. this hospital is getting thirty to forty folks a day with the flu. the strange thing is that most people with the flu now do not have a fever. hazel has the flu with a touch of pneumonia. Iamjumbo, I understand the challenges you have related. We too here have gone through the flu of the type you have described but for my wife she has been the worse hit. She had a surgery and after week in the hospital she got home and then the flu began for her. However, for her it seemed worse and pain got so bad she could not get into or out of the bed without help. So, on a Sunday, I decided that this was enough, call our family doctor and told him I was on the way to the hospital emergency and expected to see him there. Once there they began some tests and decided that it wasn’t the flu (although that was there) but that it was complications from the surgery, although they never used those words. So the next morning they began more definitive tests and decided to go back and do another surgery. It was to be only a small entry but by the time the surgery was over they cut her open to the point that 21 staples were required to close. Twice I have stayed all night with her during the period when she was getting rid of the effects of anesthesia. Then began a ten day stretch of recovery and lots of pain. Yesterday we finally moved her to a rehabilitation nursing care facility. She is in the extreme care section of that facility and is expected to be there about eight to ten days and then when she can get in and out of bed without assistance moved to a less extreme care part of that facility for final recovery and rehabilitation. At this point we are anticipating that she will be home in March although getting back to her old self they anticipate that will be in November. I spend about 8 to 10 hours a day with her at the facility. In addition, my wife’s older sister died the day of her first surgery and one of our Veterans died that same day, and our oldest and most stalwart Veteran will most likely die within the next 24 hours. This has been less than the best year and we are barely into it.
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Post by Dex on Feb 12, 2017 13:29:34 GMT -5
This has been less than the best year and we are barely into it. Men, I'm sorry that 2017 is off to such a rough start for you and your family. My wife says to tell you we wish you well and you'll be in our thoughts and prayers.
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Post by Dex on Feb 12, 2017 13:30:59 GMT -5
That all goes for you and Hazel, too, Jumbo. I just now saw your post. Hang in there.
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Post by men an tol on Feb 12, 2017 14:33:20 GMT -5
This has been less than the best year and we are barely into it. Men, I'm sorry that 2017 is off to such a rough start for you and your family. My wife says to tell you we wish you well and you'll be in our thoughts and prayers. Thank you Dex. It has been an informative year in that we had heard about bowel blockages in the past but without any in depth knowledge. Now we have more than we ever wanted. I will offer this advice to others, if you are considering a Hernia operation (that was the first one), get a second opinion. It may most likely support the first one, but get the second opinion anyway. Secondly quiz the doctor about any possible results from the operation, in our case it was the bowel blockage which was extremely painful (and still is but at a lower level of pain). We have excellent doctors and great facilities, but it has helped that I have spent many hours with her making sure that things went as well as possible. It provides extra incentive to be aware for the medical staff. I also got to know these people on a personal level and several of them already knew who we were due to our other community activities. However, the main thing is to make yourself aware and that they know you are making yourself aware. Make sure the staffs (nurses in particular) know that you appreciate the work they do. Thnaks for the Thoughts Dex.
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Post by beth on Feb 12, 2017 14:39:27 GMT -5
Geez Randy, that's a lot to deal with. Best regards to your wife. I'm sure she'd rather be home but I'm equally sure it's a relief to be in a situation where she'll be cared for. I had to go into rehab in that kind of situation in summer '15. 2 weeks worth. It worked out well. Don't try to push it. Just let everything take it's course, but give her the assurance you are acting as her advocate. That is vitally important for her peace of mind.
High hopes everything will fall into place the way you guys need it to.
xo Beth
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Post by men an tol on Feb 12, 2017 21:51:16 GMT -5
Geez Randy, that's a lot to deal with. Best regards to your wife. I'm sure she'd rather be home but I'm equally sure it's a relief to be in a situation where she'll be cared for. I had to go into rehab in that kind of situation in summer '15. 2 weeks worth. It worked out well. Don't try to push it. Just let everything take it's course, but give her the assurance you are acting as her advocate. That is vitally important for her peace of mind. High hopes everything will fall into place the way you guys need it to. xo Beth Thank you Beth and your suggestions are good ones. Right now she needs help just to roll in bed from laying on one side to laying on the other. I spend the majority of the day with her. I'm hoping that everything now will be on a continual move upward. Randy
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Post by Jessiealan on Feb 12, 2017 22:42:18 GMT -5
Good wishes to the both of ou, Men an tol. My husband and I have an arrangement like that. Each of us is here for the other. It is very reassuring.
Jim, take good care of Hazel and yourself as well.
Prayers for you all.
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 13, 2017 6:45:51 GMT -5
i had to take hazel to the emergency room yesterday. she has been sick since monday. i was sick last weekend, but i mostly slept it off. the hospital is making everyone put on a mask when you go into the er to register. all the employees, clerks included, are wearing masks. this hospital is getting thirty to forty folks a day with the flu. the strange thing is that most people with the flu now do not have a fever. hazel has the flu with a touch of pneumonia. Some of these things that have been going around since back before the holidays are viruses. I talked to a Dr yesterday who said that he had treated maybe 40 people since the first week in December sho claimed to have the "flu" with flu like symptoms, some slipping into pneumonia. But, when the test results came back, only 3 actually had flu and they had not had flu shots. The others were a combination - some with pneumonia or bronchitis, but quite a few with a virus. a shot is not guaranteed to prevent the disease. i had the pneumonia shot two months before i was in the hospital for five days with pneumonia. when i accosted the doctor about it, he said the shot is for a different kind of pneumonia
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 13, 2017 6:49:10 GMT -5
i had to take hazel to the emergency room yesterday. she has been sick since monday. i was sick last weekend, but i mostly slept it off. the hospital is making everyone put on a mask when you go into the er to register. all the employees, clerks included, are wearing masks. this hospital is getting thirty to forty folks a day with the flu. the strange thing is that most people with the flu now do not have a fever. hazel has the flu with a touch of pneumonia. Iamjumbo, I understand the challenges you have related. We too here have gone through the flu of the type you have described but for my wife she has been the worse hit. She had a surgery and after week in the hospital she got home and then the flu began for her. However, for her it seemed worse and pain got so bad she could not get into or out of the bed without help. So, on a Sunday, I decided that this was enough, call our family doctor and told him I was on the way to the hospital emergency and expected to see him there. Once there they began some tests and decided that it wasn’t the flu (although that was there) but that it was complications from the surgery, although they never used those words. So the next morning they began more definitive tests and decided to go back and do another surgery. It was to be only a small entry but by the time the surgery was over they cut her open to the point that 21 staples were required to close. Twice I have stayed all night with her during the period when she was getting rid of the effects of anesthesia. Then began a ten day stretch of recovery and lots of pain. Yesterday we finally moved her to a rehabilitation nursing care facility. She is in the extreme care section of that facility and is expected to be there about eight to ten days and then when she can get in and out of bed without assistance moved to a less extreme care part of that facility for final recovery and rehabilitation. At this point we are anticipating that she will be home in March although getting back to her old self they anticipate that will be in November. I spend about 8 to 10 hours a day with her at the facility. In addition, my wife’s older sister died the day of her first surgery and one of our Veterans died that same day, and our oldest and most stalwart Veteran will most likely die within the next 24 hours. This has been less than the best year and we are barely into it. hell, you have it a lot worse than i do. i hope everything turns out okay. november seems like a long time to recover from a surgery.
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 13, 2017 6:50:04 GMT -5
That all goes for you and Hazel, too, Jumbo. I just now saw your post. Hang in there. thank you sir
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 13, 2017 6:55:02 GMT -5
i had to take hazel to the emergency room yesterday. she has been sick since monday. i was sick last weekend, but i mostly slept it off. the hospital is making everyone put on a mask when you go into the er to register. all the employees, clerks included, are wearing masks. this hospital is getting thirty to forty folks a day with the flu. the strange thing is that most people with the flu now do not have a fever. hazel has the flu with a touch of pneumonia. Iamjumbo, I understand the challenges you have related. We too here have gone through the flu of the type you have described but for my wife she has been the worse hit. She had a surgery and after week in the hospital she got home and then the flu began for her. However, for her it seemed worse and pain got so bad she could not get into or out of the bed without help. So, on a Sunday, I decided that this was enough, call our family doctor and told him I was on the way to the hospital emergency and expected to see him there. Once there they began some tests and decided that it wasn’t the flu (although that was there) but that it was complications from the surgery, although they never used those words. So the next morning they began more definitive tests and decided to go back and do another surgery. It was to be only a small entry but by the time the surgery was over they cut her open to the point that 21 staples were required to close. Twice I have stayed all night with her during the period when she was getting rid of the effects of anesthesia. Then began a ten day stretch of recovery and lots of pain. Yesterday we finally moved her to a rehabilitation nursing care facility. She is in the extreme care section of that facility and is expected to be there about eight to ten days and then when she can get in and out of bed without assistance moved to a less extreme care part of that facility for final recovery and rehabilitation. At this point we are anticipating that she will be home in March although getting back to her old self they anticipate that will be in November. I spend about 8 to 10 hours a day with her at the facility. In addition, my wife’s older sister died the day of her first surgery and one of our Veterans died that same day, and our oldest and most stalwart Veteran will most likely die within the next 24 hours. This has been less than the best year and we are barely into it. you are a good man. i've spent more time in the hospital withh hazel than i ever have myself. i get to look forward to it again, since she is going to have a hysterectomy on the 27. she'll only be there one night, but, i'll have to do everything for awhile. that's the cross you have to bear when you care about someone
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Post by annaj26 on Feb 13, 2017 13:44:21 GMT -5
How right you are, Jumbo, and it's your good fortune that same someone cares about you. Don't forget, tomorrow is Valentines Day.
Men an tol, it's good that you have excellent health care with your hospitals and rehab centers. Not all places have that advantage. Good luck to both you and your wife.
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