(This is the story of my recent hospital stay, told with humor to make it interesting)
We didn't anticipate spending a few days at this "hotel" called Mercy (hospital). We thought it would just be a quick pit stop on our journey. Boy, were we wrong!
Warning- going to the ER might result in not being able to leave for several days. You might be subject to countless pokes and visits by the nurses.
(On Saturday, the pain got so much worse so we called the on call doctor and he told us to go to Mercy Hospital. He called them and told them I was coming, and continued to talk to the doctors in the ER.)
Upon arriving on Saturday afternoon, we spent a while waiting in the lobby because it was the place to be apparently. I was treated so nice and even had the privilege of having someone push me around in a wheelchair. Such good service. We were then taken to a room in an area they call the emergency room. The man in charge of the emergency area came in and ordered a CT scan and some pain medicine and fluids.
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The next few pictures are of my luxurious private room. I even had a private bathroom!
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how high it goes!!! My dad discovered this. We had lots of fun playing with this!
Look at that view from my room!
Now, lets talk about room service.
Every night, you have turn down service. During the day, maids come in a clean your room and they don't even kick you out for it! They bring everything you need!
Saturday night, sleep was not there. Nurses came in and out so much. At 5 stinkin AM, this lady comes tearing in my room, grabs my arm, sticks a needle in, and draws blood. Then she leaves. She didn't say anything.
At 6 stinkin AM, the hotel manager decided it was time to talk! He comes in my room and flips on all the lights. I have never in my whole life seen someone as happy as he was at 6 stinkin AM. Good grief, I tried to ignore him to see if he would just go away but he didn't. He decided that I needed exploratory surgery in the next few days.
When the happy guy finally left, we tried to go to sleep and I'm pretty sure I was asleep until 8am. At 8am, they do a Bible reading over the loud speakers. Could we maybe read scripture a little later in the day? I would love to read scripture with you anytime after noon. They did it at 8pm too.
The food service is great. You can order anything you want and they will deliver it to your room! The only problem was that they put me on an all liquid diet so all I could have was pudding, ice cream, some soups, and drinks. But I could order it anytime!
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On the side of the bed at this hotel, there is a button that calls the nurse if you need anything. They come running whenever you call and will get you anything you want!
You definitely won't get lonely at this hotel because there are people coming in and out of your room every hour 24/7.
The floor that I was on was the pediatric floor. There was only one other person on the floor besides me and they were older. Since the hotel wasn't full, the service was great! The nurses would hang out in my room since there was nothing for them to do. It was nice having the floor to ourselves.
Here are some other perks of this hotel.
You get to wear your pajamas and no one expects you to dress up. You're not expected to wear make-up or do your hair.
Showering is optional. With all the IVs and monitors, along with being sick, it's hard to take a shower.
Lots of people want to see your awesome room so they come see you! Okay maybe they don't care about the room.
Well that pretty much sums it up!
I'm writing a more detailed post so that will be coming soon!
