November 2002 rediagnosed with a recurring tumor I am going to bring you through the whole fun thing
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This is where you stick random tidbits of information about yourself.
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Brain Tumor History And Other Rants
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005
4/13/05
Monday release time…..
So Monday comes the big breakout day my mom and dad were coming to pick my up. Now let me start this by saying on the inside of the bathroom door is a sign that says discharge time is 10:00 am, you could imagine that they stick to this right?
So I get up early but I was like you know what I will be home early enough to shower there so I skip the 6am hose down. By 7am I have everything packed. Breakfast comes around 8 am and the nurses were riding my rommie Les about eating more than a banana for breakfast so he decides to go for cereal today, well you know those little milk containers from school just enough for one of those box cereals, well the thing opens weird for him, and spills all over his hospital gown. It’s 8 am witching time when the nurses are changing shifts so no one is showing up. I get up and search the halls I can’t find a nurse at all, on my way back I spot a nurses aid who I ask for some help, she said I just got here I can’t help great system. I go back to the room and report to Les that things look bleak. Finally our nurse June comes in and he explains the situation to which she replies well what do you need? So he replies a dry gown and help getting into bed. Les has given up on this breakfast theory at this point. So she leaves comes back with a new gown, helps him into his bed, then says do you want this new gown? Of course he only had one retort, no I want to lay here in this wet one. My parents showed up around 9:45, by this point I saw Ed from the surgical team who gave me my discharge papers, and June had me sign myself out of the hospital. Also a social worker came by to say she was going to call my insurance to find out what I could get for in home treatment for my hand. Then she had to get in touch with an agency to come out and give me physical therapy and occupational therapy. So this is like 9am, we have this conversation. To cut to the chase, we were there until 3:30 pm. I was like can’t we leave and she calls me with the details on my cell phone? Nope you got to wait. And then at 3:30pm the social worker called the nurse and said he is all set let him go. What was the difference from that call or my request 2 hours earlier for the same call on my cell phone?
Remember, the sign that says discharge time is 10:00 am.
Nurses and doctor’s were coming by like you are still here?
11:30 AM
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