Comments on: Newly discovered horror pictures

By: Susannah

Susannah — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:34:58 +0000

Elisheva-Yep-J did that with one of mine many years ago-and hearing the engineer say how incredibly clever they are was surely a massive compliment for GlaxoSmithKlein !

Steve-that's amazing about the 4 day IV rule-doesn't exist here-like I said I had one stuck in for 2 weeks until I could bear it no longer and yelled at them to get it out.

Haven't had my feet used yet-but both ankles yes, groin plenty, worst of mine so far was the index finger of my writing hand.

My veins are still usable-bendy, scarring now and collapse a lot but at least they're not buried. If my veins gave up I'd want a Port-ever considered that yourself?

Keep on healin' mate

Sus xx

By: breathinstephen

breathinstephen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:18:22 +0000

Yes, I have. They actually they actually teach that now in RT school. Knowing how the thing works, make it easier to understand the most effective way to get the medication into your lungs.

By: breathinstephen

breathinstephen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:14:44 +0000

You actually noticed the ET tube holder? Yeah, I noticed that too, pretty spiffy eh! And yes, by law ALL IVs (cannulas) have to be dated and changed out every 4 days . You havent lived until you've had an IV inserted in your foot..Ouch! Thankfully, I was asleep when they put it in. In fact, I woke up with an A-line and the foot IVs! They must have waited till I was knocked out to put those in, because they know how much I hate em.

By: Elisheva

Elisheva — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:03:14 +0000

Hey, I was wondering if you've ever taken apart a diskus inhaler. I did in one of my posts and Kerri said you might be interested. So here's the link: http://gingitkchula.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/its-...

Hope you never need to go thru that kind of stuff ever again. Eek!

By: Elisheva

Elisheva — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:40:19 +0000

*shudders* Hope you never need to go through that again, Steve.

By: Susannah

Susannah — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:47:03 +0000

Zombie Steve or what!
Have a few grim ones of my own but not of the "I can't be sedated" state you were in. So what are they using now?
Of interest to me-nice mouthpiece for the tube-why don't we get those in the UK? Such 5 star treatment over there!
And-do they really write the date by your IV cannulas? I guess they should do that here too-I once had one left in me for 2 weeks-nobody thought to pull it out incase it was needed again-ouch!

Keep em coming-but only historically please-stay home for a bit at least!

Sus xx

By: breathinstephen

breathinstephen — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:23:57 +0000

My partner has been through this with me so many times, he always takes photos….just in case. He's kinda morbid that way.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:35:36 +0000

Halloween-worthy? Yes, definitely. Gave me the heebie-jeebies. I do not have a single photo of myself while in hospital and I'm pretty OK with that. *shudder*