Jan, thanks for the post. Keep it going over there in the Dealer Credit world it is a very busy time with all that is happening with our company these days. To answer your post I won’t need my stomach waxed very soon, I will either have it ripped off by the surgical tape they use or I will just lose the hair all together. I suspect I will be looking like Dr. Evil’s cat in the Austin Powers Movies here very soon.
I do remember why I don’t like spending time in the hospital. The time that individuals normally sleep, the night, is when the nurses have the most time to check up on you. They have an uncanny way of waking you just as you are falling asleep. Here is how my late night went:
10:00pm Went down to Nick’s room (the patient receiving the treatment that I am to see how the first part of the high dose chemo was treating him)
10:30pm My first bag of chemo was empty and I needed to head back to my room to get my second back of chemo (Ifosfamide).
11:00pm Ifosfamide hung.
11:30pm Called my brother and his wife in Spokane, WA who must have wondered why I was calling so late, I explained that the Ifosfamide would be dripping for another hour and a half.
11:34pm Got to take pleasure in listening to my roommate Martin who is a Yankees fan grumble over Marino Riviera blowing a save with a 2-out hr surrendered to Jason Bay of the Red Sox in the bottom of the 9th and to hear him groan more when they blew it in the 11th Inning. (You either love the Yankees or hate them…I hate them. Sorry Dave Dichiara).
1:00 am Ifosfamide drip is empty and my machine starts beeping, I had started sleeping and this woke me up.
3:15am My roommates machine starts beeping, being I’m up they opt to take my vital signs.
4:23am The nurse came to take labs from my roommate.
4:41am An ambulance came to the hospital with it sirens blaring.
5:07am The nurses came in to take more vital signs, I gave up hope at this point of falling back to sleep and began playing the Nintendo DS, an awesome purchase Jamie made before coming up here. I tried a new game Phoenix 13 which I sucked at.
It is amazing how much you have to urinate when you are receiving fluids 24/7. I filled (4) 32 oz containers since I’ve been here which isn’t even a day.
I am looking forward to my breakfast this morning, I don’t know if I’m going to have an omelet or pancakes….hmmmmm maybe both. Hehe
This place really does compete with some of the great breakfast spots: IHOP, Perkins, Denny’s (Dirty Denny’s if you’re in Durango, CO), or Bob’s Diner (A shout out to all of my Kansas State peeps, maybe their food tasted so good because it was beer induced:o). Its suppose to be in the 80’s here today, nothing better than spending it in a hospital room. They do have an observatory deck on the 15th floor which we will spend some time out there today.
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What about a shout out to all of your KU flunkies? Perhaps you only have one of those type of friends ;) I certainly am glad that the food sounds as if it's infinitely better than regular hospital food. Don't hesitate to give me a call if you're up late at night and bored. I'm a night owl and will most likely be awake. Go ahead and kick this thing's tail (hey, families may be reading this) so we can get another baseball trip planned. Later.
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(the cool one, you know, Jason, in case you forgot which one was the cool one)
glad to hear the accomodations are so good.eat up big guy you need to keep your strength up so you can continue to dis the ny yankees(by the way the BEST baseball team ever...sorry had to get that in.) love ya-meri
ReplyDeleteYou can always call us late at night. That is the beauty of West Coast time. Plus, Allie is usually up sometime later in the night anyway.
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Bob's Diner.....that sounds good right now!!! You missed a good night at the Candlelight (now that you know what and where it is). I was mistaken for Tulo numerous times last night because I look so much like him!!! I sat next to a bunch of women at the game that wouldn't shut up about how hot there doctors were. Barmes hit a two run dinger in the bottom of the 8th to tie it but as usual the bullpen blew it in the ninth. Today's going to be better because Jimenez is pitching. How about Greinke last night too!! Glad to hear everything went well last night (with the exception of not getting any sleep). I'll talk to you later as I'm going to get a burrito before going to the game tonight.
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