Oh, and while I was there today, I dropped a little something in the inter-office mail to a guy I know in psychiatry ...

Sounds like they are doing what they can and she is finally in the right place.

Does "a little something" = resume per chance? If so, good luck.

wolf, how much do you charge per hour next time I end up in the hopsital?

yes hopsital. that's what we used to call it. it's more fun

Yes, the little something was a resume, but with a handwritten note to the dude I know rather than a fancy ass cover letter full of additional bullshit. Actually this guy interviewed me about 10 years ago, and really wanted me (as did his daytime compatriot) but they didn't know their boss had already filled the position when they were seeing me.

I type it that way too, monster. And the vehicles that take patients there, they're called ECNALUBMAs.

i do the hospital visiting and advocating for transportation and food. Well, less than that, actually. crazynurse is on disability and she hasn't got any money. But she wants to reimburse me, even when she's sane, because she's a nice person.

You're a nice person too wolf. Don't lose sight of that, don't discount that.

I don't, but it's very nice to be reminded of that every now and again.

Thank you!

*tips cap*

you're welcome.

Yeah, but horsepistol is even funner.

The results are in and the winner is ... Providencia rettgeri

Usually gives travelers diarrhea, but when a systemic infection can cause hypotension.

there's a lot of information about this fairly rare bug online ... including the fact that it is most often a nosocomial infection ... which means it's something that you get from being in a healthcare facility. So ... clean procedure at the nursing home probably isn't.

I'm going to leave soon for today's visit, they're supposed to be moving her off ICU back to cardiac as soon as a bed becomes available there.

Wht about HoSpittle?

When was she in RI? (Providence)

*giggle*

She's totally out of it now, or nearly. Not quite unconscious, but not conscious, either. She does recognize me, unless she's calling everyone by my first name and saying they're her best friend in the whole world.

And now it may not be P. regetti ... only the first cultures from the ER show it, so it may have been in her, or it may have been artifact or contamination. So they're still looking.

They put in a central line last night ... docs threw me out of the room, probably because they are used to family members freaking out over stuff like that, but oh well. I suspect that they didn't want me to see that the junior resident (he started in July) did the procedure rather than the senior resident that her sister insisted on having do it. But it gives them better IV access and the ability to try meds that might be too much for a regular IV line.

Best wishes for her, poor crazy nurse :(

Grandad always referred to it is as horse-piddle.
Until he was ill enough to have to be in one. Then he too thought it was a film set.

As Classic said, at least they're doing something and at least some of the staff are capable.

And as everyone else says, good luck to her and the best of everything to you for not just caring, but doing something about it too.

Just got a call from crazynurse's daughter.

They put her on a ventilator this morning.

It's not looking good.

I'm going to be leaving shortly to see her.