July 6, 2017<

[Gone again]

Wow @gaulsuerou your showing amazing restraint with an incompetent nurse. Hopefully she will be shifted to bed pan duity in another part of the hospital. Your doing amazing good luck with the stairs and going home.

 

[gaulsuerou]

Thank you ladies for gentleman for reading my blog, I look back on it and it's almost funny and I didn't really keep my head through it all but there were definitely a lot of mistakes made, never having had a hospital stay I am kind of a doofus don't know there is a patient care management team and when I spoke with that lady the next day she said she spoke with me and preop and I should have gone and found a patient care advocate, somehow all that information disappeared in the back of my mind when I was at preop and my head was spinning


Sent from my iPhone using BoneSmart Forum

 

[labosc]

Great picture of you Yes you have to tell them as soon as I awoke in recovery, I told my nurse I am in bad pain her reply I gave you Dilaudid already, and now I am giving you Demerol. As soon as she put it in iv I said yes that works. They really don't know your pain level when I said 10 she did act quickly.
Just rest now and take it easy.

 

[cpollock]

@gaulsuerou thank you for sharing your story so far. You definitely didn't need to deal with all you had to. I had s couple issues in the hospital as well but nothing compared to yours. I'm sure once you are home and have your pain managed ok, your recovery will go better. I'm thinking of you and sending positive thoughts for a great recovery. Cheryl

Sent from my SM-G935W8 using Tapatalk

 

[KiKi60]

@gaulsuerou
Wow, what a circus--that nurse is putting both her patients and the hospital at risk with her negligence. She should be reported to the state board of nursing as well; she is a disgrace to the uniform, as they say in the military.

Hope you are safe at home soon!

 

[gaulsuerou]

Thank you everybody for caring enough to read my long winded blog, cpollock, Layla, mojo333, labosc, Josephine, Jaycee, Irish Joe, gone again, froggymom, bluesky's, grannyc, zauberflöte, djklaugh, horseshoe, sammylou99, KiKi60, I could not have made it through all of this without you and please please forgive me if I did not mention your name in this post, each & everyone of you, has been invaluable in my recovery, you need to talk to somebody who is facing/faced it to get somebody who really understands it


Sent from my iPhone using BoneSmart Forum

 

[cpollock]

@gaulsuerou I hope you will be going home soon. Once your pain is managed orally and you manage the washroom on your own that is. But with both your hips done it may more challenging at the start. I can tell you have spunk and will be ok. And there are lots of us here on bonesmart to encourage you along your journey. I wish you the best. Cheryl

Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

 

[sharonslp]

@gaulsuerou I love that you are keeping your sense of humor in spite of all the medication snafus. When you do get home, just work at staying ahead of the pain, and remember that ice is your friend.

Sharon

 

[Horseshoe]

Do you want me to get that? Um yes, since they just replaced BOTH of my hips and I can't move and I'm in pain, yes... Please get it!!!!

@gaulsuerou a sense of humor will def get you through this! My first thr stay was great however the second was a comedy of errors and can relate to your experience. Pain was woefully managed, could not bend my super swollen leg (knee) to get into the car after discharge. I later read my hospital notes and one nurse wrote that I had a peculiar gait when walking (geez.. I just had my femur head removed!).

It gets better and you won't remember much after the meds wear off anyway

 

[dougie0216]

@gaulsuerou Thank you for the update and Welcome to the Other Side!
I'm glad you have the meds under control. I noticed in the pic you had the dreaded IV in your arm. Getting that thing out was a small victory. It didn't hurt, but it was sure annoying.

 

[gaulsuerou]

Well the good news is I was just discharged and arrived at home, I timed it perfectly so I could have lunch first LOL the food is pretty good there even if the first night shift is not, had a very nice visit three times this morning with my doctor/surgeon. Came home with a bunch of flowers from friends, and a slew of medications which I will be tapering off of as time goes on. One of the best tips I got from all of my reading I'm sure it was somewhere here was the plastic bag under the butt for swiveling into the car, for swiveling around on my micro suede reclining sofa, it makes life easy, as I am sliding all over the place with ease. First thing the cat did was jump on my incision but if that is the worst thing that happened I think I'll live after everything I've been through.


Sent from my iPhone using BoneSmart Forum

 

[Nivea]

Wow! Some story @gaulsuerou You sure had a time of it. Some day, it may be a comical story to tell...comedy of errors. However, it's not funny and to have nurses like Dottie just is not right. My mom was very sick and in/out of hospitals for 9 years. Let me tell you, some nurses just shouldn't be in the field. It was an eye opener for sure. Yes, I've had my run ins myself but when you see people in pain and it takes so long to get meds, etc., it is so wrong and very upsetting.

Fortunately, I had a very positive experience with my LTHR. I was in the hospital a total of 27 hours from admittance to discharge. It was also a 24 bed, all private room, all orthopedic facility. If I rang for a nurse and mine wasn't available, someone else was in the room within minutes. The food was actually declicious and prepared as in a restaurant, not en masse. Limited menu but a variety.

Not sure where in VT you are but have vacationed in Killington and Stowe. We are not skiers but have gone in the summer/fall and loved it. My moms best friend retired to Vergennes.

Good luck with your recovery.

 

[Gone again]

Returning home is a big step

 

[gaulsuerou]

Hi @Nivea, yes, I have never spent hardly any time as an inpatient in the hospital and it was an eye-opener for me as well there are such good nurses and such horrific nurses. Overall it was a good experience once we got things straightened out, my sister and I had a long discussion about big hospital versus small hospital, my surgeon is a superstar and I'm sure he will not be here in the small town area very long he met with me three times before I was discharged, he is very hands-on and truly cares about how you turn out you are not just a number to him, I found out he has only two years out of residency but the time he put into the fitting of my hip due to a case of dysplasia I never knew I had was impressive, I would go to him again any day of the week, I have minimal bruising no soreness, no log leg, nothing bad. We are way up on the eastern side of Vermont closer to Canada it is a beautiful state but there is a trade off sometimes in services but they're a bad nurses in big hospitals too. It was a learning experience and I told my surgeon if he ever has anybody facing the same procedure that wants to talk to somebody I would be so happy to ease their mind.


Sent from my iPhone using BoneSmart Forum

 

[gaulsuerou]

 

[Jaycey]

a slew of medications which I will be tapering off of as time goes on.

When you start forgetting dosed then it is time to taper off. For now - as prescribed around the clock. Far to early to think about decreasing. You need your meds to increase your mobility.

 

[Layla]

Home Sweet Home.....Love it!
There's no place like home for resting and recovering!
Hugs!

 

[gaulsuerou]

Yes, @Jaycey I know that rule, I think I am just getting scampi with myself because they were so skimpy with it when I was in the hospital, I am taking my medications as prescribed but only Celebrex and Tylenol and I have the dilaudid for breakthrough pain. I cannot believe the minimal amount of pain that I have just some pins and needles which he said are coming from stress to my IT band hips are amazing feet are amazing I am completely astounded for all of my fear and trepidation that I came out this good. Happy dance on my new hips


Sent from my iPhone using BoneSmart Forum

 

[gaulsuerou]

Hi @Layla, The first thing that cat did was jump on my incision, but it didn't hurt that bad, not as bad as the night nurse that first night in the hospital LOL


Sent from my iPhone using BoneSmart Forum

 

[Mojo333]

Happy dance for you. Not sure but might have some residual from epidural... I'm so proud for you because I had some pretty powerful pain for the first 10 days or so and the meds were the only way I could handle it. The one day I decided I needed to shop a dose it took me about full day to get it back under control.
Glad you're on this side and glad you are good!!!