What do you expect

[SeaCat]

So what do you expect when you go to the hospital?

For myself I expect my wounds to be cared for and my medication to be delivered on time. Other than that I expect to be treated with respect.

You would be amazed at what some people expect. How about you? What do you expect?

Cat

 

[rgraham666]

That I come out alive and feeling better than when I went in.

 

[tickledkitty]

I've only been in the hospital once, and it happened really quickly, so I don't think I had any expectations. Mostly, I just wanted to get out as soon as possible.

 

[R. Richard]

That I come out alive and feeling better than when I went in.

Rob's comment brought to my mind, the unfortunate story of Mack Lee Hill. Way back in 1965, Mack Lee Hill was a second year running back for the Kansas City Chiefs [24 years old?] Mack Lee Hill was 6 feet tall, weighed 230 pounds and was known to his teammates as 'The Truck.' He suffered torn knee ligaments late in the 1965 season and was taken to the hospital for 'routine knee surgery.' Mack Lee Hill's surgery was the kind of thing they do maybe 50 times a season for a pro football team. He had the best doctor, the best staff and the best the hospital had to offer. Mack Lee Hill died on the operating table.

If anyone in Literotica thinks they are stronger or in better condition than Mack Lee Hill was, then mental help is needed.

If one has your number on it, it's all over.

 

[Stella_Omega]

You know what, Cat--

When I effed up my hand so badly that I spent four days in two different hospitals, I knew what to expect, and I knew how to make my nurses' jobs a little easier, and I understood so many things about what was going on on the floor.

Reading your posts has educated me. That's the truth.

 

[Trinique_Fire]

I expect consistency. I expect the doctors and nurses to communicate with each other, and I expect to be kept up to date on what's going on, what procedure is happening next, etc., and by that I don't mean moments before it happens. I expect to be treated respectfully and not spoken to as though I am completely incompetant.

Also, I expect not to have to explain to a nurse how to use a temporal thermometer or how to put on a pulse oximeter...ESPECIALLY since I am NOT in the medical field.

 

[cloudy]

When Spidey had his heart surgery (at five months old), I really didn't think about what I expected - I was more concerned about his surgery and recovery than anything else.

That said, the staff at Childrens Hospital in Birmingham were beyond wonderful to us for the week or so that we were there. At the time, we lived over an hour away, so stayed there at the hospital. His room had these fold out chair things that we slept on, and the nurses would grab us when a shower on the floor was empty so that we could bathe, brought us sodas, etc. I can't sing their praises loudly enough.

 

[Trinique_Fire]

When Spidey had his heart surgery (at five months old), I really didn't think about what I expected - I was more concerned about his surgery and recovery than anything else.

That said, the staff at Childrens Hospital in Birmingham were beyond wonderful to us for the week or so that we were there. At the time, we lived over an hour away, so stayed there at the hospital. His room had these fold out chair things that we slept on, and the nurses would grab us when a shower on the floor was empty so that we could bathe, brought us sodas, etc. I can't sing their praises loudly enough.

Ah yes...the famous sleep chairs. Did the pull out foot/leg part every collapse on you?

 

[DesertPirate]

I expect to have things done properly and to be stabilized so I can go home and get well.
If it's the ER, I also expect a minimum of 8 hours wasted. (sad comment on the local hospital, can take 14)

 

[Techomancer]

Competence, compassion, candor.

Not unlike how I operate at my job. Except nobody gets the you're going to die speech, well - no body who doesn't deserve it.

Remember to be nice to the nurses, they can be as kind or as rough as you ask them to be.