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I still haven't figured out how a person goes home around noon on a Tuesday with the flu and ends up in the hospital Thursday night with cellulites, but somehow I managed. Some of you might believe I just wanted an all expense paid vacation and come to think of it....the food was pretty good for
institutional food, great room service including bedside urine pick up, and
free cable TV. Oh, and don't forget all the health benefits such as almost
constant monitoring of BP, temperature, blood sugar, and the 2:30 AM visit
by the vampire. The drugs were good to, antibiotic via intravenous feeding
and that great morphine. Yes folks I've already booked a room for vacation
next year. :D

So what did I learn while in the hospital.
1. Oatmeal is not poison, in fact, when properly doctored with fruit it can be quite tasty.
2. Vampires are real and will visit you in the hospital at 2:30 AM. That way you are still half asleep and don’t have a clue as to what they are doing until it is to late.
3. You will not get any sleep at night with the door to the room open.
4. You may get some sleep at night with the door to the room closed, but it is very iffy.
5. Just as you start to doze off to sleep either your or your roommates monitor alarm will go off.
6. Monitor alarms cannot be set at night until they have sounded for at least 15 minutes.
7. Never ask the hospital to supply a CPAP machine. One size does not fit all.
8. Never go to the hospital for rest. You will not get that until after you get home.

I still haven't figured out how a person goes home around noon on a Tuesday with the flu and ends up in the hospital Thursday night with cellulites, but somehow I managed. Some of you might believe I just wanted an all expense paid vacation and come to think of it....the food was pretty good for
institutional food, great room service including bedside urine pick up, and
free cable TV. Oh, and don't forget all the health benefits such as almost
constant monitoring of BP, temperature, blood sugar, and the 2:30 AM visit
by the vampire. The drugs were good to, antibiotic via intravenous feeding
and that great morphine. Yes folks I've already booked a room for vacation
next year. :D

So what did I learn while in the hospital.
1. Oatmeal is not poison, in fact, when properly doctored with fruit it can be quite tasty.
2. Vampires are real and will visit you in the hospital at 2:30 AM. That way you are still half asleep and don’t have a clue as to what they are doing until it is to late.
3. You will not get any sleep at night with the door to the room open.
4. You may get some sleep at night with the door to the room closed, but it is very iffy.
5. Just as you start to doze off to sleep either your or your roommates monitor alarm will go off.
6. Monitor alarms cannot be set at night until they have sounded for at least 15 minutes.
7. Never ask the hospital to supply a CPAP machine. One size does not fit all.
8. Never go to the hospital for rest. You will not get that until after you get home.

I'm glad your ok Celtlund. I for one, missed you on these boards :)

I'm glad your ok Celtlund. I for one, missed you on these boards :)

Thank you.

Thank you.

NP dude.

*slips u a very unhealthy double chocolate chip cookie*

sorry that you had to be in the hospital, I hope that you are doing better and don't have to go back. being in the hospital stinks (I mean really, stinky stuff happens there and then the stuff they use to clean stinks too......)

Oooohh....the only time I had to be in the hospital for more than a check-up was when I got bronchitis, and had pneumonia in my left lung, and I coughed a lot, and the medicine they gave me was horrible. Eech.


Well, besides being born, had to be there for that too.
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Anyyyways, good you're back from the hospital.

I still haven't figured out how a person goes home around noon on a Tuesday with the flu and ends up in the hospital Thursday night with cellulites, but somehow I managed. Some of you might believe I just wanted an all expense paid vacation and come to think of it....the food was pretty good for
institutional food, great room service including bedside urine pick up, and
free cable TV. Oh, and don't forget all the health benefits such as almost
constant monitoring of BP, temperature, blood sugar, and the 2:30 AM visit
by the vampire. The drugs were good to, antibiotic via intravenous feeding
and that great morphine. Yes folks I've already booked a room for vacation
next year. :D

So what did I learn while in the hospital.
1. Oatmeal is not poison, in fact, when properly doctored with fruit it can be quite tasty.
2. Vampires are real and will visit you in the hospital at 2:30 AM. That way you are still half asleep and don’t have a clue as to what they are doing until it is to late.
3. You will not get any sleep at night with the door to the room open.
4. You may get some sleep at night with the door to the room closed, but it is very iffy.
5. Just as you start to doze off to sleep either your or your roommates monitor alarm will go off.
6. Monitor alarms cannot be set at night until they have sounded for at least 15 minutes.
7. Never ask the hospital to supply a CPAP machine. One size does not fit all.
8. Never go to the hospital for rest. You will not get that until after you get home.
I still remember when I had to go to the hospital in Grade 4. Boy, was that fun. I had a problem with my heartrate moniter going off, i said my heart stopped about six times (it wasn't inserted into a vein very well). Also, they thought they could pop my broken thumb back into place with me on a bunch of painkiller, but that failed. They gave me three times the adult dosage (I was 9) of some kind of pain killer, but could still feel pain. It also took to adults dosages of knock-out drugs to knock me out. It is a good thing the painkillers didn't work. I had ripped some ligaments apart and had to have the muscle tied back to the bone.