MrsP
Should be out in the morning!!!
May 01, 2010
Dr. Rumsey came by this morning and told me I should be outta here in the morning!!! YIPEEEE, but then I have to stay a night in the hotel here and see him one more time Monday morning and then I can finally go home. I am trying not to be spoiled, but this hospital is old and run down and kind of slummy in my opinion! Kaiser sends us 5 hours here because it is supposed to be so good, I don't doubt that my surgeon is awesome for one second, but my after care has been hap hazard to say the least. I have had a very stuffy nose and puffy eyes ever since I awoke in this room, the vents in the ceiling above my head are dirty and rusty, the ancient linoleum on the floor is cracked all the way around the room and grime is embedded in that groove, one of the window shades is broken so it can not even be rolled up to see outside. My doc said this morning at 10 that he had ordered me to get clear liquids and wanted me to sip sip sip all day on chicken broth, water and sugar free jello, well, at 3:30 I had not seen any of this still so I rang the nurse and I was told that they just didn't have any!! WTF!! This is the only thing I am allowed to have and the whole hospital doesn't have any!! I told her that I was sorry but that really sucks, and I don't see how they can just not follow my Dr.s orders to advance my diet, and I asked if I could walk down to the cafeteria and buy some broth, and I told her I would be letting my Dr. and Kaiser know. Well, after I said that my nurse came back in about a minute with some broth, she strained the noodles out of some chicken noodle, they could have done that hours ago!! The bariatric floor is the fifth floor and I was put on the 7th where they don't have a clue, the nurses are asking me all sorts of questions about my surgery and eating afterword's. I rode the elevator up to the roof, there is a pretty view from up there, you can see the ocean. I sat up there for a while in a chair, it was nice to at least be out in the sunshine. My in-laws will be here first thing in the morning, I plan to set my alarm for early and be showered, and dressed and be ready to get the hell outta here! I might just go ahead and remove my i.v. while I'm at it, so I don't have to wait all day for them to do it. Other than being a disgruntled patient, I feel pretty darn good, just sore and a little gassy.
