Bear In Hospital

<whew!> What a relief! I'll bet he can';t wait to get out of that damned hospital.

Just think about the mind of a young teen - daddy is in the hospital, doesn't understand all the medical lingo, periods of not knowing and understanding - hearing insensitive folks talk about your dad like "he really looks bad" or "he might die or is..." or

Last thing most kids want to do is be waiting around a hospital, then consider the exposure that the kids have had to other hospitalized folks.

ps - most adults do not understand most medical lingo

just my 1 cent

Husker, so you advise that they be told, in ways the understand, what's happening?

Yep - 2 or 3 times and try to also make it clear that in most cases the kid knows what you know, or better your not trying to hide anything. I cannot verify totally because I was the one in the hospital - it might be easy to gloss over things here and there.

We're still working things out. After the 3rd time the youngest one doesn't want to come to the hospital the 4th time last month. (even to visit).

Husker, the youngest didn't want to go because it was scary?

Oh yay, glad there's some good news. Thanks for the update, Squinney.

oh, so i guess there won't be any

Yeah! I am so glad to hear our Bear is feeling better!!!

Dang it all Bear.. would you just get better!!!!!!

Get some rest Squinney and keep those bungees handy for when he gets home.

hip, hip, hooray!

Squinney, thanks for the updates. Bear sounds like he might just need a few beers to get better. I'm pretty sure I'm more knowledgable than those damn doctors.

I'll try to get down there tonight with the beer.

And what type of cigarettes does Bear smoke? I'll bring some of those too.

don't worry, squinney, i intercepted gus's communication. he will be stopped before he gets to the hospital and his cargo will be confiscated and neutralized.
hope bear is on his own two feet soon. and you off your feet, sipping a g&t by a pool somewhere in peace. you deserve it!

Phew!!!! Thank god he's doing better!

I'll ride along with Gus and bring the herb ;-)

More (((hugs))) going out to you guys.

Wow, great news! Love the burly nurse.

I'm sure you'll sleep better tonight, squinney. Please take care of yourself too.

Bear is definetly mentally back with us. Told the male nurse he wanted 6 Diladad, 5 Ambien, 6 Diazapam (valium)...

Nurse said "What did he say?"

I said, "He's ordering a cocktail."

Nurse told Bear, "That'll certainly give ya a kick."

Bear said, "Yep. And we haven't even got to the tequila, yet."

Resting well. He was glad to see the cubs this evening. They hadn't seen him since pre-surgery. They are old enough to understand a lot of what is going on and I've kept them informed in non-alarming way. Haven't sensed any anxiety on their part past the first couple of nights. I agree that the not knowing was scarier. Once there was a diagnosis and plan of action they felt relieved.

He's being much nicer to the nurses. His male nurse explained the rules to him this morning and let him know he expected Bear to treat all of the staff with respect. Course, at this time Bear was mentally together so I'm thinking this probably confused him and made him wonder why the nurse was telling him that. But, he did comply.

Took him his cd player and several "Yes" cd's in case he wants to shut out the sounds of the monitors. His heart monitor was going off several times while we were there tonight. Had some extra beats going. Nurse drew blood for potassium / calcium. Will know more in the morning, but didn't seem to be a continued problem. Didn't happen again for the last 30 minutes we were there.

Okay, gonna let you tuck me in now.

Good night.

Love,

squinney

(Husker - the pic line / IV is in his upper arm and goes through the vein across his chest to the top of the heart. Thanks for the info and reassurance. Good to know it's not a complicated thing. I wouldn't handle the neck one well at all! )

Ah, great to hear the news, Squinney - nighty-night. Thanks for keeping us informed.....

<fluffing up the pillows for Squinney>

Ahhhhh!

(smiles and closes eyes)

Perfect! You dried these on the line outback, didn't you! Sweet!

A gentle kiss on your forehead and a wish for deep sleep and sweet dreams.

Thanks so much for the updates--Bear is a lucky man and it's always been apparent that he is aware of his good fortune.

Thanks for sharing the good news. I kinda cringed when I read the part about who is the president. Thought he may pop a tube or something. Over 4000 reads on this thread already. Now, that is concern.