But since I couldn't get blogger to download the photos while I was just using my iPad and blogger, and even paid for the super duper version...there are a few photos still to share.
My cave windows.
Under Patient/Family questions, the whole time there was the word "epley" - and I never found out what it referred to. HEPA was the air filter that was recommended for me to have in my home. I never did meet Leah, nurse manager, but the nurse and charge nurse and CNAs were very helpful in many ways. They work 12 on and 12 off...and most commute from quite a distance. I met people from Durham NC, Spartanburg SC, Aiken SC, Charlotte NC etc. They are all contracted through an agency, and thus get paid better than people who work directly for HCA Mission hospital. I don't know how local nurses who are in a union are able to compete.
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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. -James Baldwin, writer (1924-1987)
There were a lot of notes for you on that white board. I wish you a good day at home.
ReplyDeleteThe CNA would update the board for each shift. It was good to have that so I could remember peoples names.,
DeleteMy hubby hospital room had one of those boards too, but they were not always using it.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are feeling better now. Take care, have a wonderful week!
It’s More of a challenge Now that I’m doing it all myself. Before I would have a respiratory therapist arrive and Hand me a nebulizer and put in the proper Drugs And then take it away. Now I have to put the nebulizer together, Open Each vial, put in the drug, throw Away The vials, Do breathing treatment, wash out the nebulizer and leave it to dry.
DeleteI'm wondering if the reference is to the Epley maneuver, a physical therapy approach to vertigo? You did have that recently. I remember those boards filled with mysterious notes in my hospital room.
ReplyDeleteYou have the answer. Thank you so much. I forgot The name of thatTreatment was Epley!
Delete...traveling medical personnel is a fact of life these days.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea!
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DeleteGlad to see you had such good care. We have two nurses (husband and wife) who live on our road. He in the past has worked as a travel nurse - 3 days on 4 days off in Burlington, VT which is over two hours from here. He worked it that he could be working for several months then take off several months timing it so he could provide child care. They have 5 children ages 10-almost 1. Now he's working locally and she's working from home online. It works for them.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear how your neighbor nurses have worked out their situation. The pandemic led to lots of creative ways for families to work and raise kids!
DeleteGlad to hear you are home and still getting better. YAY!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, your cheering me on really is a great message these days!
DeleteGood nurses and CNAs can make all the difference
ReplyDeleteThat's absolutely true. Everyone was very upbeat, but when I confronted medical people that certainly things were not working for me, they slowly were willing to listen...that was a bit harder. They are used to just giving instructions, and I was really lucky to have specialists called in (pulmonologist and infectious diseases). All in all, a good experience.
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