9/17/23
It's still boring here . I awoke at 5:30 am ,
We must have a new crew ,,,, By now I should have coffee , Been given my morning meds .{ The pill count keeps getting larger} and some one in to check and refill my drinking water pitcher , I will say someone emptied my night bag and they didn't wake me .
The useable { yes I know I spelt that wrong } ,,,, What the normal routine is ,,,, 4:30 am , The neighbor to my right gets changed as he can't do it himself, His bed is cleaned and fresh linin applied ,,,,, Next my neighbor across the room , { we are packed in here in a L shape with me closest to the door } They change my the guy across the room from me diapers , bed , etc , then emptie my night bag , we exchange good mornings and how are you today ;s , New crew ,,,, I'll have to retrain them ,,,,, Where IS MY COFFEE!!!!!!! .
Where I last wrote , I was having problems passing bladder stones . It got real bad . They kept doing bladder flushing , This went on for a week .
I know how to care for myself ,,, I have the tools here to do so . It's just that after my head wound I need help doing some things ,,,
It got so painful passing the stones , I quit asking for help , I got myself into my chair ,,, so that I could get to my dresser and get the "shit" i needed ,,, got out a diaper , Deflated the balloon myself , Pulled that garden hose of a catheter out ,,,,, Looked at it ,,,,,, It was covered with large stones and blood clots ..... It hurt like hell coming out . The nurses were all upset when they realized I had removed it myself . I had to explain over and over No I didn't just pull it out ,,, And I used my phone to photograph the damn thing ,,, And they all finely agreed it had to come out . It was plugged up .
Three days later ,,,,,, ,,,,,, I informed my nurses that I had quit passing stones ,,,, Two shift's I told them , "I'm ready to put a catheter back in . "
I got tired of waiting ,,,, Went into my closet . I have two cases of catheters ,,, I have two HUNDRED insertion kits . One hundred night bags and one hundred leg bags . They don't have leg bags here ..... Can you guess what I did ????? Yeah I put my own catheter in .... It wasn't fun , I almost didn't get it done . And again my nurses FREEKED out . All three shifts had to come in check it out .
What I didn't tell them was after the 26fr catheter was out for three days ,,,, I felt a ,,, almost but not really painful "pop" as it went in and after the "pop" it went to the Y inflation port . easily .
That tell's me that more then just for the stone's the catheter had to come out so my body could heal from some of the abuse I had gone though before .
Ah Coffee ,,,, The kid that is most reliable to bring coffee is gay , And you can tell he try's hard not to be "flaming" . But you know what ??? I like the kid ,, He try's hard to do right .
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AsianInUS 3 months ago 4
Hey, I am new here. Was just exploring the website and came across this blog. If you ever need someone to talk to, send me a message or request. However this works lol.
SuppoEnemaGirl 3 months ago 4
Compared to some of your days, this one sounds like a dream. Well not a dream, more of a nightmare instead of night terrors. And very smart of you to take pics. They can't argue with that.
Be kind to the kid. He may have been beaten down and left, uncared for, in many aspects of his life. He has chosen a career of caring. Your 'tolerance/communication/friendship' MAY make a difference to your care. One can only hope.
Flowers to you dear man. 🌼 🌻 🌼