Home At Last...Again!

Elspode · 01-06-2004, 10:40 PM

Well, my boy is home. He was released this afternoon, and is now sitting on my couch watching his favorite 80's Stephen King film.

Beats the hell out of watching holiday programming while stuck in the hospital, I'd say. Thanks again to everyone who has lent support and said so many nice things. I haven't had a chance to drag him to the computer to view his 'get well card' thread yet, but I will do so tomorrow night, and give him an opportunity to deliver his thanks in 'person' (meaning he'll type using my login).

He's still got a couple of weeks recuperation to do here with us before he's ready to head back to his own apartment, but man, it is *so* much easier having him home!

Here's a terribly candid shot of the poor lad, busying himself this evening by removing some of his medications from the demonic packaging the pharmacy decided to furnish it in this time, for some unfathomable reason.

elSicomoro · 01-06-2004, 10:48 PM

Good to hear, Ep! What's his prognosis?

Elspode · 01-06-2004, 11:24 PM

As long as he doesn't develop an infection again, his prognosis is back to his old self. Repeated compressions and re-expansions of his brain don't seem to have done any permanent damage, but he is still a bit more scattered than he was before all this started. Understandable, I think, given the fact that he's done more than his share of morphine, hydrocodone and Lortab over the past month or so. I'd be spacey, too. Come to think of it, I *am*, and I didn't even get any good drugs through all of this.

He's pretty tuckered out. For some reason, spending lots of time in a hospital bed turns out to be not at all restful...

He's not completely out of the woods yet, but he's well enough right now to be out of the hospital, so we'll take that, and hope that he just grows more hair and not more staph bacteria.

wolf · 01-07-2004, 12:04 AM

Great to see him relaxing at home.

I do think you're right, once the pain meds are out of his system you'll see more of the Stephen you're used to. Some people get really, really nutty, particularly when they are in ICU (where the lights are never off and the activity level is about the same 24-hours a day). The lack of any real time-sense plus the normal wooziness of pain meds and problems related to whatever got you there to begin with can result in a condition called "ICU psychosis."

Glad you didn't have to go through any of that.

Now, which SK movie did he watch? Inquiring minds want to know ...

Elspode · 01-07-2004, 12:27 PM

Silver Bullet. He identifies heavily with 'underdog' films, and the kid in the wheelchair really fills that bill for him.

warch · 01-07-2004, 01:36 PM

Good news!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-07-2004, 06:12 PM

Looking good! The remote, drugs and pussy, what more could a man want.

OnyxCougar · 01-07-2004, 06:33 PM

YAY!!!! Glad to see he's home!!

Elspode · 01-07-2004, 09:49 PM

Unfortunately, the drugs are anticonvulsants and the pussy has some sort of a rash right now, so really, the remote is all that is well and truly good in what could have been male Nirvana.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-07-2004, 11:04 PM

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so really, the remote is all that is well and truly good

Nay, nay. You forgot the best,...HOME. WooHoo!!

plthijinx · 01-08-2004, 12:38 AM

OUTSTANDING!! welcome home stephen!! it's very good to see you there! best of luck to you in your recovery!!

01-06-2004, 10:40 PM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Home At Last...Again! Well, my boy is home. He was released this afternoon, and is now sitting on my couch watching his favorite 80's Stephen King film. Beats the hell out of watching holiday programming while stuck in the hospital, I'd say. Thanks again to everyone who has lent support and said so many nice things. I haven't had a chance to drag him to the computer to view his 'get well card' thread yet, but I will do so tomorrow night, and give him an opportunity to deliver his thanks in 'person' (meaning he'll type using my login). He's still got a couple of weeks recuperation to do here with us before he's ready to head back to his own apartment, but man, it is so much easier having him home! Here's a terribly candid shot of the poor lad, busying himself this evening by removing some of his medications from the demonic packaging the pharmacy decided to furnish it in this time, for some unfathomable reason. Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-06-2004, 11:24 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	As long as he doesn't develop an infection again, his prognosis is back to his old self. Repeated compressions and re-expansions of his brain don't seem to have done any permanent damage, but he is still a bit more scattered than he was before all this started. Understandable, I think, given the fact that he's done more than his share of morphine, hydrocodone and Lortab over the past month or so. I'd be spacey, too. Come to think of it, I am, and I didn't even get any good drugs through all of this. He's pretty tuckered out. For some reason, spending lots of time in a hospital bed turns out to be not at all restful... He's not completely out of the woods yet, but he's well enough right now to be out of the hospital, so we'll take that, and hope that he just grows more hair and not more staph bacteria. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-07-2004, 12:04 AM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Great to see him relaxing at home. I do think you're right, once the pain meds are out of his system you'll see more of the Stephen you're used to. Some people get really, really nutty, particularly when they are in ICU (where the lights are never off and the activity level is about the same 24-hours a day). The lack of any real time-sense plus the normal wooziness of pain meds and problems related to whatever got you there to begin with can result in a condition called "ICU psychosis." Glad you didn't have to go through any of that. Now, which SK movie did he watch? Inquiring minds want to know ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-07-2004, 12:27 PM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Silver Bullet. He identifies heavily with 'underdog' films, and the kid in the wheelchair really fills that bill for him. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-07-2004, 09:49 PM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Unfortunately, the drugs are anticonvulsants and the pussy has some sort of a rash right now, so really, the remote is all that is well and truly good in what could have been male Nirvana. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-06-2004, 10:48 PM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Good to hear, Ep! What's his prognosis?

01-07-2004, 01:36 PM	#6
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Good news!

01-07-2004, 06:12 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Looking good! The remote, drugs and pussy, what more could a man want.

01-07-2004, 06:33 PM	#8
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	YAY!!!! Glad to see he's home!!

01-08-2004, 12:38 AM	#11
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	OUTSTANDING!! welcome home stephen!! it's very good to see you there! best of luck to you in your recovery!! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

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