Parent or spouse able to stay the night at hospital?

I asked this on my local forum to see if I could get any info on my hospital, but I was wondering what most hospitals seem to allow.

My parents live almost 2 hours away from where I'll be having surgery.  My mom really wants to be able to stay the night with me the first night so that she can put cold washcloths on my forehead if needed, be there when the surgeon does rounds first thing in the morning, and so on.  She's not expecting a cot, just a chair so she can stay by my side.  I may be 30, but she doesn't want to be far away from her baby girl after I've had surgery!

My step dad had a stroke 3 years back, and one of the nurses said she could not stay the night, but he was in the ICU.  What has been the experience with most of you here?  Is a close relative able to stay the night if they wanted?

It really does depend on the hospital. When my Gma was dying in the ICU my Gpa spent the night with her. Yet at another hospital that wouldn't have been allowed. Perhaps try calling the hospital you'll be having your surgery at? I'm sure here you'll get all kinds of answers...

I had my husband stay with me and they have a chair that folded out into a bed type thing.  They gave him blanket and pillows.  They did make him eat off the floor which was nice for me since the smell of food made me sick

My husband was able to spend the night. I was more comfortable in the recliner so he actually slept in the bed in my room. I am so thankful my husband was there but you are so lucky to have your mom. I would've loved to have had my mom there.

My mother was able to stay in the hospital with me. They offered to bring her a pull out sofa bed but we thought that was not necessary. So she just took the blankets and the recliner.

But it does all depend on the hospital.

Dunno, we never even asked!  I wanted Hubbins to sleep well and he would have never been able to do that in the room with me.  Nurse's in every few hours, CNA's and god knows who else.  If it wasn't for the morphine drip I would have never gotten any sleep!!

My mom stayed with me the three nights i was in the hospital.

It depends on the hospital and whether or not you will have a private room.  The hospital I used will not allow family to spend the night if the patient is in a shared room (because it violates the privacy of the other person in the room and may make that person very uncomfortable).

Lora

DH was allowed to stay with me at the hospital.  He slept on my couch.    He was a lifesaver.  He helped me get in and out of bed to go to the bathroom so that I didn't have to call the nurses all the time.  I think they appreciated one less person to worry about.

He went home the first night I was in the hospital (just as well, I was pretty loopy).  My parents stayed in the hotel room we had reserved.

I would call the hospital and ask.  Our hospital was fantastic.

Will you have a private room? if so, most likely you can have someone stay with you. The hospital that I had mine at has their own wing for WLS patients and we all had our own private rooms and were allowed to have someone stay over, so my boyfriend stayed with me. Just contact the hospital that you're having your surgery at and they will tell you.