Longjohn ★ Posted April 30, 2019 Share #1 Posted April 30, 2019 He crapped his bed four times yesterday. He sleep talks extremely loud all night and he growls really loud in his sleep. He set the bed alarm off four times. I want out of here but I can’t. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted April 30, 2019 I have never shared a hospital room before, it sux. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted April 30, 2019 Share #3 Posted April 30, 2019 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Parr8hed Posted April 30, 2019 Popular Post Share #4 Posted April 30, 2019 at least he didn't crap in your bed. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted April 30, 2019 Share #5 Posted April 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Longjohn said: He crapped his bed four times yesterday. He sleep talks extremely loud all night and he growls really loud in his sleep. He set the bed alarm off four times. I want out of here but I can’t. “He” should stop getting out of bed so that “he” doesn’t fall again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted April 30, 2019 21 minutes ago, Parr8hed said: at least he didn't crap in your bed. He left a crap trail all the way to the bathroom. It smelled like skunk. They were really tired of cleaning up his messes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted April 30, 2019 Share #7 Posted April 30, 2019 You have to share a room? I didn't think they did that anymore. Sorry you got a miserable one. ugh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted April 30, 2019 Share #8 Posted April 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, smudge said: You have to share a room? I didn't think they did that anymore. Sorry you got a miserable one. ugh... That is all they do. I have never not shared a room in a hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share #9 Posted April 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, smudge said: You have to share a room? I didn't think they did that anymore. Sorry you got a miserable one. ugh... I have never had to share a room before. I think it’s my crappy Medicare disadvantage plan the broker screwed me with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted April 30, 2019 Share #10 Posted April 30, 2019 23 minutes ago, Randomguy said: That is all they do. I have never not shared a room in a hospital. Nope. Been with HoSmudge too many times to agree with this. Also, I work in a hospital; all of our rooms are one-person now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted April 30, 2019 Share #11 Posted April 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, smudge said: Nope. Been with HoSmudge too many times to agree with this. Also, I work in a hospital; all of our rooms are one-person now. Converting to singe rooms seems to be the trend among hospitals these days. While the issues of 'roommate disruptions impacting care' is constant, the secondary benefit is elevating occupancy rates to justify and support hospital expansion plans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted April 30, 2019 Share #12 Posted April 30, 2019 Tell RG we said hi. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted April 30, 2019 Share #13 Posted April 30, 2019 cut his wires 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted April 30, 2019 Share #14 Posted April 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Longjohn said: He crapped his bed four times yesterday. He sleep talks extremely loud all night and he growls really loud in his sleep. He set the bed alarm off four times. I want out of here but I can’t. That's the mirror in your room. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted April 30, 2019 Share #15 Posted April 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Tizeye said: Converting to singe rooms seems to be the trend among hospitals these days. While the issues of 'roommate disruptions impacting care' is constant, the secondary benefit is elevating occupancy rates to justify and support hospital expansion plans. Yeah, and trying to maintain HIPAA restrictions with someone else in the room is complicated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted April 30, 2019 Share #16 Posted April 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, 2Far said: Yeah, and trying to maintain HIPAA restrictions with someone else in the room is complicated. My experience with the 2 hospitals in Kalamazoo, both remodeled and upgraded in the last few years, all the more general floors are built with capability of 2 beds but filled with one unless overflow is needed (flu season). The more speciality floors - cardiac care, cancer treatment.... were designed as single bed rooms. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted April 30, 2019 Share #17 Posted April 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, Kzoo said: My experience with the 2 hospitals in Kalamazoo, both remodeled and upgraded in the last few years, all the more general floors are built with capability of 2 beds but filled with one unless overflow is needed (flu season). The more speciality floors - cardiac care, cancer treatment.... were designed as single bed rooms. That is pretty standard from what I have seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted April 30, 2019 Share #18 Posted April 30, 2019 Our local went to single occupancy rooms when they remodeled about 15 years ago. My dad was in a car wreck near Rapid City, SD about 20 years ago. He had to share a room there. Unfortunately, he was probably the bad neighbor! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted April 30, 2019 Share #19 Posted April 30, 2019 54 minutes ago, Kzoo said: My experience with the 2 hospitals in Kalamazoo, both remodeled and upgraded in the last few years, all the more general floors are built with capability of 2 beds but filled with one unless overflow is needed (flu season). The more speciality floors - cardiac care, cancer treatment.... were designed as single bed rooms. From what I've seen so far, single rooms probably only highly specialized care. This is in large acute care hospitals in Toronto. Private room is top-up benefit that is not part of public health insurance.... I would have to ask various siblings who work in hospitals about the bed situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted April 30, 2019 Share #20 Posted April 30, 2019 5 hours ago, Longjohn said: Roommate from hell Sounds like that poor guy is in a really bad place Hope he also recovers from his suffering. When my wife had surgery years ago, she had an ok roommate, but the person across the hall had dementia and moaned & said "Help me" for hours on end. It was horrible and tragic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted April 30, 2019 Share #21 Posted April 30, 2019 At least you only have to put up with him a short time! When I lived in the graduate dorm at IIT in the '70's there was a guy from Japan named Yoshi who had a roommate from Pittsburgh we nicknamed "Gross Paul." Yoshi had to deal with him for a year. When Yoshi returned to Japan, I bet he didn't have a great report to give his people about Americans and their habits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted April 30, 2019 Share #22 Posted April 30, 2019 Every time I've visited a parent in a hospital, it's been a shared room. Only once was it a difficult roommate, and in that instance they transferred my Mom to a private room (that was at a physical rehab hospital). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted April 30, 2019 Share #23 Posted April 30, 2019 7 hours ago, Longjohn said: Roommate from hell: He crapped his bed four times yesterday. He sleep talks extremely loud all night and he growls really loud in his sleep. He set the bed alarm off four times. I want out of here but I can’t. ...this would make a very impressive Yelp review. But don't post it until you leave the hospital. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 30, 2019 Share #24 Posted April 30, 2019 The local hospital here went to single rooms, laid off chunks of staff and because of occupancy restrictions gets to turn away many medicare patients in favor of higher paying ones. This of course was after they got bought by a giant complex of hospitals and health care with a CEO worth millions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted April 30, 2019 Share #25 Posted April 30, 2019 8 hours ago, smudge said: You have to share a room? I didn't think they did that anymore. Sorry you got a miserable one. ugh... We're a high acuity hospital, and the main building is older. We'll be replacing it in 5 - 10 years. The new tower will be all single bed rooms. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted April 30, 2019 Share #26 Posted April 30, 2019 8 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: We're a high acuity hospital, and the main building is older. We'll be replacing it in 5 - 10 years. The new tower will be all single bed rooms. ...was this an executive decision made in response to increasing numbers of bad Yelp reviews ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted April 30, 2019 Share #27 Posted April 30, 2019 I thought I had a bad one last year. I even yelled at him a couple times for being a douche. But LJ's roomie takes the cake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted April 30, 2019 Share #28 Posted April 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Page Turner said: ...was this an executive decision made in response to increasing numbers of bad Yelp reviews ? Probably not far off. We have the sickest of the sick, but even they have options. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 1, 2019 Share #29 Posted May 1, 2019 5 hours ago, Square Wheels said: Probably not far off. We have the sickest of the sick, but even they have options. I'll have mayo with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr ★ Posted May 1, 2019 Share #30 Posted May 1, 2019 16 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: I'll have mayo with that. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Longjohn ★ Posted May 1, 2019 Author Popular Post Share #31 Posted May 1, 2019 15 hours ago, BuffJim said: I thought I had a bad one last year. I even yelled at him a couple times for being a douche. But LJ's roomie takes the cake. I really need to apologize for judging this guy. It’s pretty hard to control what you do in your sleep. He is 82 years old and must really be loved. He has a constant stream of visitors checking up on him every day. He is in a similar situation as me. He doesn’t feel well and wants to get out of here as bad as I do. Some of his problems were probably made worse by his lifestyle but everyone can’t be a health freak. I wasn’t feeling well, was in constant pain, and couldn’t sleep with all the noises he was making. I requested earplugs and that part quit being a problem. Again you can’t control what you do in your sleep. I’ve been talking to the guy a lot now and he is actually a pretty cool guy. His meds make him pretty forgetful. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted May 1, 2019 Share #32 Posted May 1, 2019 Are they going to spring you today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share #33 Posted May 1, 2019 They say they are but they said that yesterday. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted May 1, 2019 Share #34 Posted May 1, 2019 15 minutes ago, Longjohn said: They say they are but they said that yesterday. Well, I hope today is the day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted May 1, 2019 Share #35 Posted May 1, 2019 9 hours ago, Longjohn said: They say they are but they said that yesterday. Are you out yet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 1, 2019 Share #36 Posted May 1, 2019 9 hours ago, Longjohn said: I really need to apologize for judging this guy. It’s pretty hard to control what you do in your sleep. He is 82 years old and must really be loved. He has a constant stream of visitors checking up on him every day. He is in a similar situation as me. He doesn’t feel well and wants to get out of here as bad as I do. Some of his problems were probably made worse by his lifestyle but everyone can’t be a health freak. I wasn’t feeling well, was in constant pain, and couldn’t sleep with all the noises he was making. I requested earplugs and that part quit being a problem. Again you can’t control what you do in your sleep. I’ve been talking to the guy a lot now and he is actually a pretty cool guy. His meds make him pretty forgetful. You sir, are amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 1, 2019 Share #37 Posted May 1, 2019 9 hours ago, Longjohn said: They say they are but they said that yesterday. But It's spring. Can't they have you back then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted May 2, 2019 Share #38 Posted May 2, 2019 You are a good, good man. Are you home? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr ★ Posted May 2, 2019 Share #39 Posted May 2, 2019 Hope you are home & resting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Longjohn ★ Posted May 2, 2019 Author Popular Post Share #40 Posted May 2, 2019 6 hours ago, Airehead said: You are a good, good man. Are you home? Got home about supper time last night. My son snapped this picture as I was praying with my wife. I was amazed how good I looked. I still have a lot of pain but it’s good to be home. 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted May 2, 2019 Share #41 Posted May 2, 2019 What wonderful news. Glad you are home. Take care. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share #42 Posted May 2, 2019 How did my wife and I get so old so fast? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post donkpow Posted May 2, 2019 Popular Post Share #43 Posted May 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Longjohn said: it’s good to be home. You have a better roommate now. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share #44 Posted May 2, 2019 8 minutes ago, donkpow said: You have a better roommate now. Absolutely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted May 2, 2019 Share #45 Posted May 2, 2019 How do you feel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted May 2, 2019 Share #46 Posted May 2, 2019 Glad to see you home where you belong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 2, 2019 Share #47 Posted May 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Longjohn said: How did my wife and I get so old so fast? A funny thing happened on the way to the forum. :D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share #48 Posted May 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Randomguy said: How do you feel? Going from standing to sitting and vise versa is extreamly painful. Standing is moderately painful, sitting down or laying down isn’t bad. I never anticipated it would be this bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Grass Posted May 2, 2019 Share #49 Posted May 2, 2019 5 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Going from standing to sitting and vise versa is extreamly painful. Standing is moderately painful, sitting down or laying down isn’t bad. I never anticipated it would be this bad. John, I'm unaware of what you are afflicted iwth. If you feel like it give me a thumb nail sketch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted May 2, 2019 Share #50 Posted May 2, 2019 I hope your new room mate doesn't crap the bed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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