OT: Hurricanes Lounge XLVI: Really, It's All About Beer and Bojangles

[hblueridgegal]

Can confirm the desire to discharge. My wife had to have emergency surgery back on October 2nd for an intestinal blockage. A cecal volvulus. They removed the cecum and did a repair. They were trying to get her out of the hospital with a wound vac and oral dilaudid two days later, when they repair perforated and flooded her abdomen with contents of her digestive track. Back to the OR for a second emergency surgery that resulted in an ileostomy. She then spend the next month in the hospital bouncing in and out of the SICU on ventilators and lost about 20% of her weight. She was finally discharged the night before Halloween, but in a condition so weak and in need of care that I had to take the whole month of November off from work to be part of her at home health team.

So sorry that you both have endured all of that pain, recovery and scary moments . I hope she's doing better now.

The ileostomy journey is no fun either. My dad and sister endured it and were able to get theirs reversed eventually. Another family member is going through it right now and cannot even get the supplies needed on time.

 

[Svechhammer]

We have had 2 kids, my wife had a c-section for both.

The first kid, my wife was in terrible pain afterwards for about 24 hours until a nurse tells her that because she kept answering 9 on the "on a scale of 1-10 how much pain are you in" they were only giving her over the counter ibuprofen to ease the pain instead of actual painkillers, which they would only give to her after she answered 8 or less. Absolute horseshit policy that should have never seen the light of day.

Second kid, they rushed to discharge her from the hospital before she had fully gone to the bathroom despite my MIL, who was a surgical OBGYN, protesting that it wasn't safe. Anyway, fast forward 24 hours and she's admitted again for full blown post-partum preeclampsia, which they should have caught because she was retaining water like you wouldn't believe and her blood pressure never really fell. I think when they finally got her normalized she lost 5 pounds the first time she had to urinate, but hey, at least they were able to give that original birthing room to someone else!

But yeah, our healthcare system is just wonderful.

 

[MinJaBen]

So sorry that you both have endured all of that pain, recovery and scary moments . I hope she's doing better now.

The ileostomy journey is no fun either. My dad and sister endured it and were able to get theirs reversed eventually. Another family member is going through it right now and cannot even get the supplies needed on time.

She is doing much better. The wound vac and drains are gone, but she still has a G-J tube for tube feeds and venting. We are uncertain if she will get a reversal. They want her to be reversed, and we do as well, but with her GVHD and other related complications from the bone marrow transplant, it is uncertain if it will be able to be done. Even if it can be done, probably looking at the end of next year or 2026 before that happens.

Yes, the supplies are an issue for us already. They send you enough just barely on time assume everything is perfect and no leaks.....



....which of course is never the case.

 

[Svechhammer]

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Sounds like that hotline needs to be leaked and flooded with false alarms.

Also, that Wisconsin shooting is wild. 15-year-old girl shoots up the school, but leaves a note before she did. Note reveals that she had fallen deep into the Neo-Nazi pipeline, became unhappy with herself and wanted to commit suicide. But decided a school shooting would have "more of an impact"

 

[Borsig]

What law would have stopped what happened in wisconsin?

I'll wait while you struggle wasting entropy on it.

 

[Derailed75]

What law would have stopped what happened in wisconsin?

I'll wait while you struggle wasting entropy on it.

Maybe one of those gun free zone signs, that usually works.

 

[Svechhammer]

Thoughts and prayers apparently are good enough... Unless it's a rich CEO involved and then we have to change laws and policies to make sure it never happens again

 

[Blueline Bomber]

What law would have stopped what happened in wisconsin?

I'll wait while you struggle wasting entropy on it.

Well, how did a 15-year-old get access to a firearm?

 

[Negan4Coach]

Oh FFS

The drone thing will continue until a large one punches through the nosecone of a fully loaded 737 and brings it down with a frown, and then we'll see how magically and quickly the bureaucrats can secure the airspace.

 

[hblueridgegal]

I never had a problem eating at fine restaurants all over the world when traveling for business. It was indeed a pleasure. I agree with you that one thing I do miss about retiring was I used to get to travel to some incredible places and have made friends with co-workers or customers in those places. I still stay in touch with many of them, but it's not the same.

I prefer to seek out good places that aren't over the top expensive when it's on my own dime. It's not hard to do. Granted, places like NYC is a different animal.

I went out with friends to Chestnut in downtown Asheville tonight. It was packed on a Tues night which was so great to see. Many parts of Biltmore Village and the River Arts areas are still so damaged and closed or nonexistent now. The unemployment rate is around 9% right now due to Helene. The big fear is that so many folks are leaving the area that when things are more back to normal, there won't be enough workers.

 

[LakeLivin]

I went out with friends to Chestnut in downtown Asheville tonight. It was packed on a Tues night which was so great to see. Many parts of Biltmore Village and the River Arts areas are still so damaged and closed or nonexistent now. The unemployment rate is around 9% right now due to Helene. The big fear is that so many folks are leaving the area that when things are more back to normal, there won't be enough workers.

My sister put up a friend from that area for a couple weeks after Helene because her apartment was unlivable. The friend didn't go back to Ashville, she relocated to Florida. (I know, Florida; it was because she's got family down there)

 

[hblueridgegal]

My sister put up a friend from that area for a couple weeks after Helene because her apartment was unlivable. The friend didn't go back to Ashville, she relocated to Florida. (I know, Florida; it was because she's got family down there)

NC is often their home away from home! It's hard to find housing there in the best of times.

Right now debris removal is underway everywhere and affecting traffic flows, so if you are traveling this way for the holidays, you may want to pad your travel time a little.

My aunt and uncle still have no internet or TV service in Spruce Pine. Now that winter is here and they're indoors more, they're calling the satellite companies to see if they can help out.