Text 35247, 78 rader
Skriven 2010-02-27 20:36:04 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 35003 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: dox bah 824
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 19 Feb 10  21:55:00 <=-

 ML>> would have been a disaster if I'd had TB and been sent to the
 ML>> cardiac unit, with all those folks with depressed immune
 ML>> systems. Pneumonia, they all have anyway - it goes with the
 NB>> That does put a slightly different complexion on things...  Coming
 NB>> from Asia, you might be bringing another more virile strain of H1N1,
 NB>> too. ;/ 

 ML> They were acting from an abundance of caution - the fact of the
 ML> matter is that both countries I had spent any time in have better
 ML> hygiene and better medical care than almost everywhere in the US.
 ML> Which is why I brought up the issue of making conclusions based
 ML> on faulty assumptions.

I was, of course, being totally sarcastic.  I've about had my fill of
"abundance of caution", meanwhile...  that is exactly what managed to
steal away an entire week from me this week...  An overly cautious home
health agency nurse (actually two of them) put one of my more vulnerable
people first into the ED on Sunday (I got her sprung by evening) and
then directly into admission on Monday.  Her own doctors didn't think
she was sick enough to warrant hospitalization (which can cause even
more problems for her besides)... especially after they came in to see
her, and she was pretty much fine.  Plus, the hospital kept changing
their diagnoses for her...  Anyway, got her back home on Tuesday, but
have had the rest of the week trying to catch up on other stuff, and
sleep, etc...  She didn't have a kidney infection, or pneumonia... just
still hadn't gotten rid of a urinary tract infection... One of the
things that really has bugged me about this all, is that the agency
nurse(s) wouldn't wait for me to get there to weigh in on things, even
though I'm the one that usually is the front line for that... she wasn't
THAT sick, but they had this overcaution... bah, humbug!

 ML>> territory. The thing that gets me is that they didn't put me
 ML>> in the CCU until well after I qualified for it; this 1. would
 ML>> have been more comfortable and appropriate for me; 2. would
 ML>> have given them more money; 3. was half empty, whereas every
 ML>> bed on the general inpatient ward was full with a waiting list.
 NB>> Perhaps it was a computer glitch... or an overtired resident...  or
 NB>> just the luck of the draw...  sometimes I really do wonder what who is
 NB>> thinking when, when I've been dealing with hospitals, to say nothing
 NB>> of health care agencies...

 ML> I don't know - the blonde cardiologist thought that there were
 ML> turf wars in operation between the CCU and the general unit, but
 ML> why that should have been at all operative is beyond me.

Funding, no doubt.

 ML>> I do realize that there are circumstances when one must balance
 ML>> resources against preservation of life. But adding the profit
 ML>> factor just seems so inhumane.
 NB>> Quite agreed there.  And the humanity of some of the pencilpushers is
 NB>> in doubt in my mind, often as not...  :(

 ML> I heard to my chagrin that someone who thought that decided to
 ML> take matters into his own hands in Austin, where I will be next week.

I trust your trip went (or is going) uneventful.  :)  I can almost
understand the guy... but I still think it a bit overreactive...

 ML>> Oddly, I haven't been eating all that much fat, and my fruit
 ML>> and veggie intake has increased substantially.
 NB>> Apparently your internal balancing is working as it should...?  And
 NB>> the docs were wise enough (for a change) to let it do its work.

 ML> Of course balancing one thing unbalances the next, and my
 ML> blood glucose is back up a bit, fruits and veggies being what
 ML> they are.

Point.  Add in cinnamon, and plenty of bran and fiber, to help balance
the sugars...  ;)

ttyl        neb

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