Thursday, October 13, 2005
Pandemic....Infections!!
Raising up both hands and jumping up and down, yelling out over here, over here! The jumping up and down to get attention, smile, I learned that from Tom Cruise lol. I underwent liver surgery some months ago at the VA Hospital. The surgery went well, but unfortunately I acquired a staph infection sometime during my stay.
I am still recovering from that ordeal, as I still have a septic shoulder (can't lift arm but so far and arm is painful and very weak in general), but thank goodness I've gotten this far and have been able to return back to work. I can easily go on record about the unsafe methods by some of the hospital staff. They do not check and change bedding routinely, they do not serve meals in a timely manner, food sits around getting cold and them rather that warming it up or exchanging it they still will bring that food tray to a patient. They bring you medication to take and expect you to wash it down with that same glass of water that has been sitting in the room for hours. How many times did I have to lay in wet spots because noone responded to my buzzing the desk for a bed pan, I finally had to get a catherter! Oh I can go on, but why? Please anyone who reads this please, please, please be sure to wash your hands frequently throughout the day. There are germs lurking everywhere, hospitals used to be the place one goes to to get "saved"mmm not anymore. I still require more surgery but I will admit I am afraid to go back into an hospital, so comme si, comme sa, I'll just have to take my chances....
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