Bring Me a Baseball Bat, Please
The Baron and I were in his hospital room. He was tired, finally able to relax. I was in the recliner, also trying to rest my eyes. Earlier, he had hung up on yet another upsetting phone caller. There had been too many visitors who stayed too long that day. Our Care Coordinator came in and told us that there were some ladies from his church outside to see him. Allan told her that he just wanted to get some sleep. I offered to tell them, but the Care Coordinator said she’d tell them.
Moments later, our Care Coordinator came in, with a stricken look on her face. One of the “ladies from the church” had asked her, “Is he softly slipping?”.
Our Care Coordinator had to hold me back.
Any thoughts?
January 21st, 2006 at 9:29 am
I have a couple but they wouldn’t be very ladies from the church friendly. Why can’t people just deal with the fact the person, who isn’t feeling well in the first place, wishes to rest or just done’t want to be around people? I don’t understand!
Sam’s Darling Wife
January 21st, 2006 at 10:03 am
Wonder if the “Care Coordinator” knew that you were from NYC, and offered to speak with these ladies in an effort to prevent homocide in the first degree? ;=)
Actually, given all the horror stories you’ve told recently (I have absolutely no doubt that they’re 1000% true, BTW), I find it amazing (given your place of upbringing) that you haven’t gone Postal at least 10 times…
On an unrelated matter, the dog went crazy when a evap cooler water line froze and burst–yes, it does get that cold at night here in Kizmai, AZ–and somebody knocked on my door to inform me that I had a geyser on my roof. Since I was not home at the time, she chewed another hole in the boxspring barring her way to the front window that she’s broken four times, along with ripping up the piece of panel I used to guard the boxspring. Then, while the fellow I called to replace the water line to the swamp cooler was working on the roof, I had to keep her calmed down as she was yipping (that high pitch drives me crazy–although that ain’t much of a drive) and barking. And she was on Valium at the time. Perhaps she should be let loose on little old ladies from church disturbing tired patients in the hospital…
Kirk & Sheba The Insult Comic Dog
January 21st, 2006 at 9:02 pm
I have been there. One person just would/could not get that we were tired and needed rest. They put Sean in isolation and told the visitors they could not come to visit due to isolation….Sean needed quiet and rest until further notice. We had the operator and charge nurse screen calls.
Good luck….Sorry for not calling…I have been so busy. I am home tomorrow afternoon…1pm on.
January 22nd, 2006 at 7:07 am
Insensitive dolts! Maybe they DO need to meet the valium dog.
People did similar stuff to my wonderful late mother-in-law. She hung on through sheer grit, after a terrible heart attack, to return to her home where she deserately wanted to be. She valued and needed peace and privacy. However, distant relatives, unseen for years, dropped in and stayed for SIX hours. It was her house, we were just running the farm here and living in town, but we finally had to tell them that we were going to bring the dogs (our stock dogs) indoors for the night to run them off. The dogs didn’t really ever come in the house, but it did the trick.
What is wrong with people?
January 22nd, 2006 at 9:37 am
Good thing I am not a care coordinator. I probably would have decked the church ladies myself!! Linn
January 22nd, 2006 at 12:37 pm
A baseball bat would not be good enough…A BIG gun would on the other hand
Mike
January 22nd, 2006 at 2:32 pm
Maybe you should have slipped them a mickey, or a few lefts and then some last rights I will come out to help you with that if you need. Love Steve.
January 23rd, 2006 at 8:42 am
Would you like the wooden bat or the metal one?
*hug*
I wish I could make these insensitive people leave you alone!
January 23rd, 2006 at 8:50 am
Have you posted your “etiquette for dummies” on the baron’s door and given copies to the nurses? After this crap you really should!
I’d be happy to if you don’t have time or energy to- just tell me where to send them to! Bright pink , orange or green?
January 23rd, 2006 at 8:05 pm
what a jerk!
January 29th, 2006 at 6:07 pm
Softly Slipping???? What kind of a useless phrase is that? Oh the idioticies that have been done in the name of Christian charity.
Many hugs
January 30th, 2006 at 4:38 am
Hi, Moos.
I see you visited my place and that you are writing again.
Your previous posts about your husband left me weepy and wanting to reach out. I guess I was speechless, thinking that there wasn’t much I could say that would be of help.
Yes, there are plenty of people in this world who make coping an uphill battle.
Peace.
Red