Minor (VERY MINOR ) vent

**pitc9** · 03-04-2008, 09:27 AM

WOW!!

I'm glad your dad is okay!
I'm sure the girls will forgive you!
{{{{{hugs}}}} to you!
I hope the rest of your day is MUCH MUCH better!!

**CountryWolf07** · 03-04-2008, 09:35 AM

WOW! What a day that had to be. Is your dad OK? Goodness. I would've been high-strung if I had to wait forever at a hospital like that; or even leave.

**Freedom** · 03-04-2008, 10:03 AM

Dad is fine, thank you much. He seems to bounce back from these episodes fairly well. We try to keep them to a minimum for MY sanity. As he says, he is out of it, so it doesn't bother him one bit.

It was a peak at how the other half live, and something I could have lived without seeing, thank you very much. That is an inner city hospital, the only one in the state which deals with prisoners. They rotate the staff every 3 hours, as it is high stress for them as well. One nurse I spoke with told us she LOVES getting people like us who are polite, don't swear, and ask for guidance immediately rather than waiting until we have a full blown swearing fit. She also said Mondays are known for being the worst in these type ERs. And if Monday is a holiday, it is the Tuesday which is the worst.

**Muddy4paws** · 03-04-2008, 04:20 PM

Glad to hear your dad is ok, Sounds like you need a lazy day too.

I've got so much respect for nurses and doctors. They do an amazing job and don't ever get enough credit for it. I've been in a few time in A&E and have always seem someone else screaming or swearing at them.

**Scooter's Mom** · 03-04-2008, 04:39 PM

I have much respect for Dr's and nurses - especially after the year I've had.
Sandie, I don't know how you do it! I am sending you some puppy and kitty hugs, since I know for sure you do *not* want my flu ridden ones... but the critter ones should be okay!

Glad to hear your dad is alright.

**Alysser** · 03-04-2008, 04:41 PM

I am glad your dad is okay! That sounds like a hell of a day. I hope everything went well for your busy day TODAY.

**Karen** · 03-04-2008, 04:44 PM

What a day!

Years ago - probably 15 years ago by now, I somehow was the "ambulance" for our department at the newspaper. One day my assistant slipped with an X-acto knife and knicked a vein in his palm. Well, blood went everywhere. He made it over to his desk next to mine, we commandeered supplies to make a torniquet around his wrist, gave him my watch to keep track of how many second so he could release it a bit every 30 seconds, and bundled him into my 13-year-old beat-up car and off to the hospital. The whole way there - maybe three miles - he alternated between apologizing for bleeding on my car, and saying he felt faint, and saying he felt like he was gonna throw up. We got to the Emergency Department, me saying "Don't pass out, you're bigger than me, and I don't know if I could carry you" and there at the desk, he was looking paler and weaker.

The admitting woman kept asking question after question, seeming to be purposefully delaying things, and finally when she slowly asked "Now, was this an accident, or ..." I realized because the tourniquet was around his wrist she thought it was a suicide attempt. I snapped at her, and said "Listen, he's lost a LOT of blood and is about to pass out. Can we get him to a bed and take care of the paperwork after that? I know he has insurance, and it was NOT a suicide, that's a tourniquet!"

She looked at me, startled, and said "Oh, uh, come with me, sir," and got him to a bed and a triage nurse, looking kind of embarrassed the whole time. I was glad he was taken care of, but furious at her assumption - and besides, even if it WAS a suicide attempt, should someone with blood all over his shirt and a tourniquet applied be seen right away?

You do have to feel compassion for the hospital that have to take everyone, and are understaffed and overburdened.