Hospital stay

Group 5 minus 1 · ‎03-11-2010

Haven't stayed over night in a hospital in years. Had to a few weeks ago. I was surprised at the many changes. Everyone has a private room. You order your own food (kinda like room service in a hotel) and you still don't get much rest. I had an MRI at 3 AM. Boy was I glad to get home!

I keep on dancin'

GCR18 · ‎07-03-2013

I had the same experience in May, except I was woken up at 4am to stand and take a few steps. A hospital never sleeps.

Constance2 · ‎09-23-2015

I know...many changes have taken place in hospital care since I had my children forty plus years ago. Now, privacy is almost nonexistent in the operating rooms, so when you check in, your modesty is forced to check out. Also, after surgery, you are lined up on gurneys like pieces of meat while they wait for you to come out of anesthesia. And we're paying so much for all this, why????

In great pain after major surgery, I was placed in a room to where my roommate wasn't expected to survive until morning. There was a monitor that sounded loudly whenever her blood pressure or breathing went below a certain level. This happened every few minutes ALL NIGHT long. I didn't want to complain, because I felt compassion for the person, but the nurses should have moved me or the other patient to another room. I didn't get any sleep that night, and it made the pain worse.

On a positive note, my roommate survived the night and began to improve in health after prayer.

"I always have a chair for you in the smallest parlor in the world, to wit, my heart." --Emily Dickinson

brii · ‎06-20-2010

Our hospital looks like a hotel. Lol. All the rooms are private and you can order meals like room service. There is a recliner and a couch that turns into a bed for family members to stay over. Each floor has several lounge areas for large groups of relatives. It's much nicer nowadays

June222 · ‎06-15-2015

Who needs modesty when you are unconscious during surgery....or going into surgery? Check that at the hospital entrance....modesty is the last thing you need.

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

You're on a gurney in recovery so you can be transported to your room easily.

Hospital stays are much more accommodating than 20 years ago but I'm still eager to be set free to go home.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

@Constance2 wrote:
I know...many changes have taken place in hospital care since I had my children forty plus years ago. Now, privacy is almost nonexistent in the operating rooms, so when you check in, your modesty is forced to check out. Also, after surgery, you are lined up on gurneys like pieces of meat while they wait for you to come out of anesthesia. And we're paying so much for all this, why????

In great pain after major surgery, I was placed in a room to where my roommate wasn't expected to survive until morning. There was a monitor that sounded loudly whenever her blood pressure or breathing went below a certain level. This happened every few minutes ALL NIGHT long. I didn't want to complain, because I felt compassion for the person, but the nurses should have moved me or the other patient to another room. I didn't get any sleep that night, and it made the pain worse.

On a positive note, my roommate survived the night and began to improve in health after prayer.

Several years ago I had orthopedic surgery and had to stay in the hospital until I could get around on crutches. My room mate had fallen and broken her hip , she had altzheimers and would scream from dusk to dawn endlessly. I begged for them to move me or her to another room. I couldn't sleep during the day because I had rehab so after 3 days and nights of no sleep and them refusing to move me I signed myself out of that hospital.

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

For the past 365 days, my dad has been in and out of hospitals, and his room was never private.

They did give him a menu to choose his meals though.

hckynutjohn · ‎06-15-2015

@Constance2 wrote:
I know...many changes have taken place in hospital care since I had my children forty plus years ago. Now, privacy is almost nonexistent in the operating rooms, so when you check in, your modesty is forced to check out. Also, after surgery, you are lined up on gurneys like pieces of meat while they wait for you to come out of anesthesia. And we're paying so much for all this, why????

In great pain after major surgery, I was placed in a room to where my roommate wasn't expected to survive until morning. There was a monitor that sounded loudly whenever her blood pressure or breathing went below a certain level. This happened every few minutes ALL NIGHT long. I didn't want to complain, because I felt compassion for the person, but the nurses should have moved me or the other patient to another room. I didn't get any sleep that night, and it made the pain worse.

On a positive note, my roommate survived the night and began to improve in health after prayer.

Glad you had something positive to say. Spent lots of time in 3 different hospitals in ths last 13 years. Days turned into weeks during most of those stays and 99% of the time I found nothing to complain about.

On the other hand I had many things to praise my caretakers for during those stays. Sure, I got woken up at all hours/sure I had to wait my turn for procedural testing/sure there were times I was in pain. Did I ever feel neglected? No I did not. Did I ever feel intruded upon? No I did.

I could go on and on with the superlatives about my many long stays. I however feel I've made my point. Unlike some drivers that feel like I am intruding on "their roads", I understand while driving or during a serious hospital stay. I am not the only person on the road nor am I the only patient in a hospital needing care.

hckynut(john)