Reflections on being at Duke Hospital for the first time in 9 years
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I tolerated it so well they let me out right after my infusion finished rather than keeping me overnight just in case.
I did have a last minute incident. They took out the PICC line and wrapped it per protocol and gave me my discharge papers. As I was getting my things together to leave my room it suddenly started gushing blood. I put a towel on it, raised it, and called for help. They sorted me out and rewrapoed it but the floor looked like a crime scene. Mostly because it was wrapped so well a whole lot of blood was behind the plastic and when it finally burst a ton came out.
But I’m good and sitting in my hotel thinking about where to go for dinner.
"You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
-Cormac McCarthy -
I tolerated it so well they let me out right after my infusion finished rather than keeping me overnight just in case.
I did have a last minute incident. They took out the PICC line and wrapped it per protocol and gave me my discharge papers. As I was getting my things together to leave my room it suddenly started gushing blood. I put a towel on it, raised it, and called for help. They sorted me out and rewrapoed it but the floor looked like a crime scene. Mostly because it was wrapped so well a whole lot of blood was behind the plastic and when it finally burst a ton came out.
But I’m good and sitting in my hotel thinking about where to go for dinner.
@jon-nyc said in Reflections on being at Duke Hospital for the first time in 9 years:
I tolerated it so well they let me out right after my infusion finished rather than keeping me overnight just in case.
That is awesome!!!
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Yeah, though relatively small victory. The real test will be what happens to my lung function in the coming months.
But thanks all the same. I appreciated having a night as a real human rather than a patient.
"You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
-Cormac McCarthy -
Yeah, though relatively small victory. The real test will be what happens to my lung function in the coming months.
But thanks all the same. I appreciated having a night as a real human rather than a patient.
@jon-nyc said in Reflections on being at Duke Hospital for the first time in 9 years:
Yeah, though relatively small victory. The real test will be what happens to my lung function in the coming months.
But thanks all the same. I appreciated having a night as a real human rather than a patient.
I’ll bet. Even small issues like for me today are an interruption.
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@89th said in Reflections on being at Duke Hospital for the first time in 9 years:
it shows how humans can live so much longer as compared to 100+ years ago when these modern marvels weren’t in place.
Yup, and I am sure that people 100 years or so in the future will look back at medical in 2025 and laugh at how primitive it was.
@taiwan_girl said
Link to videoYup, and I am sure that people 100 years or so in the future will look back at medical in 2025 and laugh at how primitive it was.
