Day Seven in the hospital to be filed under you can't make this shit up...

[WCGreen]

As I may have mentioned before, i can't sleep in hospitals, especially when I am coughing almost non stop and the staff is attracted to all of this commotion made more entertaining with quips from me channeling William Powell and Shecky Greene. It also helps that my sister, the nurse practitioner, we are so proud, and her husband the doctor, we are blessed, make me almost one of the family. Did I mention the candy and donuts? Every little bit helps.

So last night they forgot to read a key gremlin factor; don't feed the beast, me, Ambien especially if you Have given him a flexoral.

The thing is I hadn't been sleeping. In the last 6 days, maybe, maybe I slept a total of about 6 or 7 hours. Non of this in any thing longer than a nap. I was on the edge, weepy sentimentalist, deep thinker and providing poignant and spot on analysis on any range of subjects.

They decided to give me a Xenix, which I had never taken before. I instantly napped and in one short hour, I felt like Neo when he realized he was the one. It was all in slow motion and nothing anyone could through my way would stop me as I proceeded to tame my wild side with the same goofy calm Neo had as I fought off Mr. Anderson and his cronies to reach ultimate calm.

My problems and fears had been taken in and put under the control of Xenix.

But somewhere, way off to the other side of calm came that Al Pacino voice yelling out Say Hello to my little friend and so Ambien made a fateful appearance.

Suddenly, paranoia burst out of me like an Alien springing from Riley. "Chips, Chips, there are chips, oh there are chips in your head and they will tell you things, convince you that New Gingrich is an intelligent sentient being and you will never know from this point on what is true and what are stings of figments cobbled to together as a supposed reaality...

I tore the pic from my shoulder knowing I could escape if I could just get past the door. The pod in the middle of the circular designed set of rooms was the key. It was late, after 3 or 4 am. I had to make my move.The blood was oozing from the pic hole as i pressed against to window not wanting t draw attention to myself.

And then, I was suddenly back in my bed, deep in sleep.

My knew nick name on the floor; Secret Agent Man.

I am so embarrassed.

My doctor said today in complete deadpan manner, we will try to monitor you more carefully Mr. Green...

[knowbody0]

1. been there, done that

soon this will all be a hysterical series in your memory bank.

sleep deprivation is so very dangerous

get well soon, buddy

[Gormy Cuss]

2. Day 7!

That was a pretty coherent post for someone so sleep-deprived. Hope you're able to have some RESTFUL sleep soon.

[WCGreen]

4. I'm pretty calm right now....

A lot had to do with anxiety over blood in the lungs.

Well, we shall see. After the late night incident, I was able to catch about four straight hours of sleep.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. you tore out your picc line? bad boy, You! Get some rest.

Hang in there and get better soon.

thanks for the laugh :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. I don't know whether to laugh or be horrified!

I've had patients pull out their lines before, and it isn't pretty!:scared:

Glad you finally got some good long sleep...


:hug:

[MissMillie]

6. the nurses never let you sleep in the hospital

blood pressure readings every 2 hours??? seriously. You'd think after the first 7 or 8 readings they'd get the idea that the bp is ok and maybe change the schedule to once per shift (especially considering that the nurse to patient ratio is really pretty lousy).

[WCGreen]

7. Well, M.I have a series of series bugs so they let the machine mesure

the BP...

[crim son]

8. This is beautiful:

"I was on the edge, weepy sentimentalist, deep thinker and providing poignant and spot on analysis on any range of subjects."

:rofl: Sorry about your experience, though and yes, you may need to be monitored more carefully OR hospital personnel might consider reading your chart before administering meds.

[w8liftinglady]

9. I(a nurse) was the patient from hell

I kept climbing out of bed..with my catheter,tying my iv neatly in knots,trying to pee around the cather,and setting my bed alarm of ad nauseum.They didn't want to restrain me because I worked there,gave me lots of ativan to countract the dilaNTIn toxicity and seizures that were causing this.12-4 are thw witching hours-it's when patients go nuts,have chest pain and other weird shit.The nurses were right to check you.I am still taking some of those drugs,hence my spelling grammer faux pas.

[EndersDame]

10. I guy I used to do stupid stuff with said You can go with out sleep for 6 days and be ok

but on the 7th day God rests so that is when the hallucinations and shadow monsters come out . I never touched Ice because of that