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Hospitals are soo depressing!

yellowporchyellowporch Posts: 510
edited July 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
Ugh so my boyfriend just got out of surgery for the second time this month :/ and I'm staying with him for the next two nights... It's really sad just sitting here watching him sleep for hours on end...

hospitals are just flat out depressing, nevermind boston's children's hospital :(
anyone else ever been here? saddest stories!

but on another note.. randomly jordan sparks (idol winner) came in and visited us, shes really nice, took pictures and signed stuff. we felt bad because we didnt know any of her songs, we joked after she left, man if only pj was here ;)

if anyones confused, my boyfriend and i send mixed messages, but we both like to post on the forums about different things 8-)
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  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
    Hope your boyfriend is doing okay after his surgery. Hope you have a good book and your iPod/mp3 player to keep you occupied :D
    "What the CANUCK happened?!? - Esquimalt Barber Shop
  • yellowporchyellowporch Posts: 510
    thank you! oh i definately have my ipod, and his laptop, so I'm not completely bored to tears just yet, but its getting close, alot of just empty time on my hands, which im not used to.
  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
    Is the poor fellow conscious? Game-wise I like mahjong titans on the computer. Always good for wasting time when you should be doing other stuff :? :oops: :D
    "What the CANUCK happened?!? - Esquimalt Barber Shop
  • yellowporchyellowporch Posts: 510
    haha I'll have to give that a look-see, hes conscious, but its been a long two days here for him, and he's still on a bunch of meds, so hes barely there :? he had a shunt removed from his head and the hose that ran down into his stomache from when he was an infant about 3 weeks ago-ish, but they left a piece of the hose in his neck to avoid a huge scar on it.. well needless to say, that hose got extremely infected, and he was admitted into emergency surgery yesterday, and it took until 6 tonight for him to go into surgery. :roll: such a long day, my poor guy :(
  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    I just got out of one about a month ago and I never want to go back
  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    Yes, they are very depressing.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • YieldedYielded Posts: 839
    Spent 2 1/2 weeks in one a couple of months back.... Sooooo happy I was full morphine/codeine/vicodin/whatever the entire time :lol:
    "We get these pills to swallow... how they stick in your throat... Tastes like gold..."
  • yellowporchyellowporch Posts: 510
    Yielded wrote:
    Spent 2 1/2 weeks in one a couple of months back.... Sooooo happy I was full morphine/codeine/vicodin/whatever the entire time :lol:

    haha i bet, thats what my boyfriend keeps saying, im getting pretty jealous
  • YieldedYielded Posts: 839
    yellowporch wrote:
    Yielded wrote:
    Spent 2 1/2 weeks in one a couple of months back.... Sooooo happy I was full morphine/codeine/vicodin/whatever the entire time :lol:

    haha i bet, thats what my boyfriend keeps saying, im getting pretty jealous

    Seriously, when they told me I was gonna be staying for a while... Not a good feeling!

    Anyway, I wish him a prompt recovery!
    "We get these pills to swallow... how they stick in your throat... Tastes like gold..."
  • yellowporchyellowporch Posts: 510
    thank you we appreciate it :] I hope youre all healed up and feel better as well!
  • YieldedYielded Posts: 839
    yellowporch wrote:
    thank you we appreciate it :] I hope youre all healed up and feel better as well!

    I wish! I broke my leg and had to get a pretty extensive operation... It's still a mess, still can't walk...
    "We get these pills to swallow... how they stick in your throat... Tastes like gold..."
  • yellowporchyellowporch Posts: 510
    Yielded wrote:
    yellowporch wrote:
    thank you we appreciate it :] I hope youre all healed up and feel better as well!

    I wish! I broke my leg and had to get a pretty extensive operation... It's still a mess, still can't walk...

    :shock: :( im sorry to hear that! good luck healing!
  • YieldedYielded Posts: 839
    yellowporch wrote:
    Yielded wrote:
    yellowporch wrote:
    thank you we appreciate it :] I hope youre all healed up and feel better as well!

    I wish! I broke my leg and had to get a pretty extensive operation... It's still a mess, still can't walk...

    :shock: :( im sorry to hear that! good luck healing!

    Thanks :) It's healing, it just takes time... Might be able to take my first steps soon, so I'm looking forward to that!
    "We get these pills to swallow... how they stick in your throat... Tastes like gold..."
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    I have the misfortune of occasionally having to go into adult homes for work. The one's for folks who have almost nothing beyond a miniscule SSI/SSD payment that barely covers their rent. Really freakin' depressing. It's basically warehousing for the unwanted. :(

    Anyway, I hope you and your boyfriend continue to get better and get on back into the world. Good thoughts to both of you.
  • ArcticangelArcticangel Posts: 1,443
    I work at a hospital in the pathology lab, but I go out to all areas of the hospital. The Critical Care Unit is by far the most depressing place I have ever been. After being there for a year, I've gotten used to it... but there are still some things that you never get used to (and that I would never want to get used to.) But, a glass of wine after work usually puts my mind at ease.

    Best of luck to those of you healing...
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Hospitals are depressing but it is what it is.
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    Hospitals are depressing but it is what it is.
    yes and we need them...
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    Hospitals are depressing but it is what it is.
    yes and we need them...


    Yup I would agree on that.
  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    my boyfriend is a nurse, some of the stuff he tells me is really sad,
    especially because he mostly works in geriatrics, some of the older people who don't have anyone visiting them, so sad...
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    Arcticangel wrote:
    I work at a hospital in the pathology lab, but I go out to all areas of the hospital. The Critical Care Unit is by far the most depressing place I have ever been. After being there for a year, I've gotten used to it... but there are still some things that you never get used to (and that I would never want to get used to.) But, a glass of wine after work usually puts my mind at ease.

    Best of luck to those of you healing...
    My friends dad also works at the hospital, he says the burn ward is the worst.
    The smell, the screaming, everything... he says its the worst experience he's ever had working at the hospital, whenever he has to go there... :(
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • yellowporchyellowporch Posts: 510
    haffajappa wrote:
    my boyfriend is a nurse, some of the stuff he tells me is really sad,
    especially because he mostly works in geriatrics, some of the older people who don't have anyone visiting them, so sad...

    :( awh that is really sad.. we're on the neurosurgery floor, and right now we have this poor kid who we think hears things.. but he keeps screaming on the top of his lungs "OWW HELP!" its pretty disturbing..
  • ArcticangelArcticangel Posts: 1,443
    haffajappa wrote:
    Arcticangel wrote:
    I work at a hospital in the pathology lab, but I go out to all areas of the hospital. The Critical Care Unit is by far the most depressing place I have ever been. After being there for a year, I've gotten used to it... but there are still some things that you never get used to (and that I would never want to get used to.) But, a glass of wine after work usually puts my mind at ease.

    Best of luck to those of you healing...
    My friends dad also works at the hospital, he says the burn ward is the worst.
    The smell, the screaming, everything... he says its the worst experience he's ever had working at the hospital, whenever he has to go there... :(

    We don't have a burn ward at my hospital... so anything too bad gets immediately shipped elsewhere. We did get one right around the 4th though. I was on that trauma team...and.. well.. yeah, it takes a while for that smell to get out of your nostrils.
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    EV: Los Angeles 4.12.2008, Los Angeles 4.13.2008, Nashville 6.17.2009, Nashville 6.18.2009, Memphis 6.20.2009
  • FrankieGFrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    I hope ur bf gets better soon and that you get less bored :)

    I know exactly how you feel. I spent 70 days in the hospital and it SUCKEDDD. :(
    Although i did like the hot nurses :D
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  • PearlOfAGirlPearlOfAGirl Posts: 15,993
    They are VERY depressing, :( plus there's something about the smell too... I've fainted many times in hospitals, it just feels like I can't breath...

    I've actually worked in a couple, but always on the administrative side...

    Wish you were here...
    ♥~RIP Dad
  • yellowporchyellowporch Posts: 510
    FrankieG wrote:
    I hope ur bf gets better soon and that you get less bored :)

    I know exactly how you feel. I spent 70 days in the hospital and it SUCKEDDD. :(
    Although i did like the hot nurses :D

    haha there are alot of good looking nurses here, but as soon as i got here hes had a male nurse and a larger woman with a little mustache. i thought that was pretty funny :lol:
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