Greetings from St. Marys Hospital in lovely Rochester! Yes, I am still here. The nutshell is that I had a few complications along the way but I am doing great and basically just here, waiting at this point.
I have to have a skin graft done on my stomach - but things have to be at a certain stage in order for that to happen. Today is "watch week". They tell me it is looking fabulous - but I am still a ways off from a graft. So, my feeling is that they will continue to keep me until my stomach gets to a point where I can dress it myself more easily at home.
Most days I feel silly to be here. I am not connected to anything at this point and just stroll around in my robe all day long. Yesterday, I found out how easy it was to blow my last 9.00 in the Cafeteria. An 8 ounce salad, milk and a brownie. Back to the free in-room menu for me.
I have so many stories about this place I wouldn't even know where to begin! For every 10 nurses I get that are fabulous, I get one that usually just rubs me the wrong way her entire shift. My latest pet peeve is the "careless nurse".
Every time I get a pill or a shot I will, without fail, step on a wrapper or needle cover in my room later that day. Those little needle covers have quite a roll to them, too. I have decided I might start collecting these little treasures and then drop them in the hallway along my daily walks. Much like Tim Robbins dropped wall particles during his walks outside in ShawShank Redemption. Come to think of it - I see several more similarities between here and there! LOL
I become increasingly amused by how easy it would be for me to simply change into my regular clothes and walk out the front door and hail a cab! Then of course, I must consider the point in doing that - so it remains in my amusement for now!
My head is FULL of television. I hate that - but it's hard after I have completed most of the other things you can do here. Reading anything with a cover is challenging because if I have taken a pain killer I can be reading along and suddenly realize I am thinking about the color of the wall paper we just hung in the bedroom! So I walk short walks several times a day.
Well - more later - I need to find something to drink.
2 comments:
Yippee! You're alive! I've been thinking about you. Keep me posted on your progress.
Wait a minute... I thought the Hospital was a magical place filled with sexy nurses in white stockings and garters, and all the ice cream you could eat. ???
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