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stevenpiziks) wrote2017-10-15 11:01 pm
stevenpiziks) wrote2017-10-15 11:01 pm
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Mom and Me
Today my mother called just as I was looking for my phone to call her. Weird. We talked about her recent trip to Boston and other places on the northeast coast, and we talked about my difficulties with the hospital.
My mother is a retired nurse and is very wise in the way of hospitals. She pointed out a number of motivations to some of the hospital's actions, and was shocked when I said the hospital tried to put me on Heparin, which is a blood thinner administered to prevent blood clots.
"Were you on bed rest?" she asked. "Were you told not to get out of bed at all? Were you barred from walking around the room?"
To each of these, I said, "No."
"You weren't at risk for blood clots," she said. "They shouldn't have been giving you Heparin for two and a half days when you were getting up and walking anyway."
I'm looking for other health care options now, thanks to my mother.
My mother is a retired nurse and is very wise in the way of hospitals. She pointed out a number of motivations to some of the hospital's actions, and was shocked when I said the hospital tried to put me on Heparin, which is a blood thinner administered to prevent blood clots.
"Were you on bed rest?" she asked. "Were you told not to get out of bed at all? Were you barred from walking around the room?"
To each of these, I said, "No."
"You weren't at risk for blood clots," she said. "They shouldn't have been giving you Heparin for two and a half days when you were getting up and walking anyway."
I'm looking for other health care options now, thanks to my mother.