For those of you who don’t know me in real life, my husband was injured during a deployment. Due to his injury, we spend a lot of our time at military hospitals. I say we, because he is unable to drive due to his injury. Over the past year, I have come to know the ins and outs of military hospitals. Today he had surgery so I spent all day at the hospital waiting, and waiting, and waiting…..
Since I had so much free time I decided that my Thursday Thirteen this week would be Thirteen observations about hospitals.
1. Being on time only matters when the patient is late.
2. The hospital thermostat is always broken, it is either stuck on 95 degrees or 55 degrees.
3. The best waiting area is radiology. No crying babies, and no one with the flu.
4. If you walk around and act like you know where you are going, you can go anywhere.
5. If you are lost, no one can give you accurate directions to get you where you are going.
6. I have often wondered why, if hospitals are for sick people, why do they make parking an Olympic event?
7. Hospital beds will stick to whatever part of your body is hurting the most.
8. Why do they always give you important medical information while you are still in the recovery room doped up?
9. There will always be one nurse or tech that insists on following every possible rule ever created by the hospital.
10. Why can’t we change the channel on the television in all the waiting rooms, do they really think people want to watch MS NBC all day?
11. Time really does stand still in a waiting room.
12. The hospital is the only place where a thimble full of juice is considered a drink.
13. Have you noticed that the hospital is one of the few places where people (usually the doctors and family members) will have conversations right in front of the patient, but yet talk as though they weren’t even in the room.
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very good list! Actually, #4 works just about anywhere, not just in hospitals. If you appear to know what you’re doing and where you are going, no one will stop you. Especially if you are carrying a clipboard.
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I’m sorry to hear your husband was hurt. Sending healing vibes. Happy T13!
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I hope the next couple of days goes smoothly for you. I’m glad to hear the surgery went well also. You and your hubby are in my thoughts and prayers.
I will be dropping those coupons in the mail to you in the next couple of days. I’m excited I have someone who can use them.
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Thanks to your husband for his Mililtary service. I’m so sorry that he was wounded. And I had to laugh at the part about parking – that is so true!
Jennifer
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I have another observation. It is usually “very important that you get to the hospital and have these tests done asap!” But then after you are tested no one thinks it is very important to tell you anything! There is a lot of “hurry up and wait”.
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So funny…oh wait..not really funny…
Glad you made it through your day (long day) yesterday!
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Love the list! It brought back memories of this last Thanksgiving when I had to wait in the waiting room of the hospital for several days when my dad had sextuple bypass surgery. It was quite an interesting adventure, one that I had never experienced before.
I will say that the hospital we were at had food better than many restaurants at which I’ve eaten. And it was a good thing too, because we ate Thanksgiving dinner in the cafeteria!
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and I get furious when I see the doctors chatting standing in cercles drinking coffee while you are waiting since hours and that your are never a Mrs or Mrs. but a “broken leg” or a “heart attack”.
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I just want you to know that we are so appreciative of the sacrifices your husband and yourself have made on our behalf. I hope things are looking up for you. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Easter.
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