Comments on: Old man with the clipboard http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:19:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Netmom http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6614 Netmom Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:07:32 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6614 Hang in there, AT. She knows you're fighting for her, and it means everything. "...and the greatest of these is love." Hang in there, AT. She knows you’re fighting for her, and it means everything.
“…and the greatest of these is love.”

]]> By: newscoma http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6623 newscoma Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:26:16 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6623 You got mad. Good. Get it out. Your human, and being that I have been in a situation similar to this a few years back (with a mother, not a spouse) we get mad. Best to get that stuff out here writing about it, feel it, get it over with and move on. Being human sucks, especially during times like these. Hang in there. You probably made her laugh a little with all of this. Love is like that. You got mad. Good. Get it out. Your human, and being that I have been in a situation similar to this a few years back (with a mother, not a spouse) we get mad.
Best to get that stuff out here writing about it, feel it, get it over with and move on.
Being human sucks, especially during times like these.
Hang in there. You probably made her laugh a little with all of this.
Love is like that.

]]> By: The Editor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6628 The Editor Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:39:05 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6628 When my dad was at St. Mary's, there were so many times I was hopping mad at the hospital big-wigs. The nurses seemed to know the score far better than the docs. I sent Joe out to kick some butt on several occasions (since my high-pitched screaming didn't seem like the way to go at the time). What I came to realize in most instances is that the staff on ICUs and critical care units should be and usually are well equipped to handle stressed out loved ones. They are supposed to do whatever they can for you as well as your wife--they are supposed to accommodate the both of you. So don't feel bad about getting mad. You deserve to be mad. If the staff can't accommodate that anger, well, I know where there's a lake they can go jump in. When my dad was at St. Mary’s, there were so many times I was hopping mad at the hospital big-wigs. The nurses seemed to know the score far better than the docs. I sent Joe out to kick some butt on several occasions (since my high-pitched screaming didn’t seem like the way to go at the time). What I came to realize in most instances is that the staff on ICUs and critical care units should be and usually are well equipped to handle stressed out loved ones. They are supposed to do whatever they can for you as well as your wife–they are supposed to accommodate the both of you. So don’t feel bad about getting mad. You deserve to be mad. If the staff can’t accommodate that anger, well, I know where there’s a lake they can go jump in.

]]> By: Jacket http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6637 Jacket Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:04:27 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6637 Badges? You don't need no stinkin' badges! Badges? You don’t need no stinkin’ badges!

]]> By: meice http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6645 meice Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:23:53 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6645 Well done. Well done.

]]> By: Evan's mom http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6646 Evan's mom Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:27:31 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6646 hi my heart goes out to u and your family, my son Evan is a friend of yours and he told me last nite about your wife, i prayed a prayer for her complete recovery last nite, i will continue to pray for her...pls hold on to your faith...believe in a miracle, it can happen i feel your pain..hold on hi
my heart goes out to u and your family, my son Evan is a friend of yours and he told me last nite about your wife, i prayed a prayer for her complete recovery last nite, i will continue to pray for her…pls hold on to your faith…believe in a miracle, it can happen
i feel your pain..hold on

]]> By: AT http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6658 AT Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:13:25 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6658 Jacket, I've been saying "we don't need no steeking badges" all day. Rock on. Jacket, I’ve been saying
“we don’t need no steeking badges” all day.
Rock on.

]]> By: Jacket http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6659 Jacket Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:18:53 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6659 Keep sayin' man. Badges are for insecure people that don't know their place. Some folks carry them to look big. I really know about that one. Again, you don't need no stinkin' badges. That really sucks. Keep sayin’ man. Badges are for insecure people that don’t know their place. Some folks carry them to look big. I really know about that one. Again, you don’t need no stinkin’ badges.

That really sucks.

]]> By: Netmom http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6690 Netmom Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:01:34 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6690 Like the whole CCU staff doesn't know him by now... Like the whole CCU staff doesn’t know him by now…

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6692 Atomictumor Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:11:52 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-6692 Night shifts taken over now. I've got them trained... Night shifts taken over now. I’ve got them trained…

]]> By: Sue Williams http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-7025 Sue Williams Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:43:10 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-7025 I'm so unbelievably relieved that BJ has turned a corner. It is truly the power of prayer. If you prefer, call it the power of focusing your will towards a specific outcome of and event, and multiply that energy by many, while at the same time, holding an attitude of humility for the power that is called and channelled. St. Paul says that often we don't get what we pray for because we pray for the wrong things. There isn't anything righter than praying for BJ and her family. I've been away for a couple of days, but left instructions to Ralph to keep on top of this, and call me immediately if there was any need. I didn't get any calls. I have never been so happy to not be called. I'll continue to pray and ask for prayers, but with a more confident heart, and for her complete recovery. Now, man, get some sleep, it is still a long haul until she is home and back into the groove of everyday life. Love you. I’m so unbelievably relieved that BJ has turned a corner. It is truly the power of prayer. If you prefer, call it the power of focusing your will towards a specific outcome of and event, and multiply that energy by many, while at the same time, holding an attitude of humility for the power that is called and channelled. St. Paul says that often we don’t get what we pray for because we pray for the wrong things. There isn’t anything righter than praying for BJ and her family. I’ve been away for a couple of days, but left instructions to Ralph to keep on top of this, and call me immediately if there was any need. I didn’t get any calls. I have never been so happy to not be called. I’ll continue to pray and ask for prayers, but with a more confident heart, and for her complete recovery. Now, man, get some sleep, it is still a long haul until she is home and back into the groove of everyday life.

Love you.

]]> By: Sue Williams http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-7030 Sue Williams Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:50:36 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-7030 When I was in your position, I threatened to beat a helpless old man with his own cane on his huge swollen foot, if he tried in his crazy drugged state to use the crook of his cane to move my man's iv unit again. The nurse had to show me out, and arrange to have the said poor old man moved to another room. So it worked out. I swear, I would have. One gets protective. One has to, this is no time to be nice. Kind, careful, considerate, yes. But not nice for the sake of nice. Don't sweat it. If I'd been there, he might be missing body parts. You did well. When I was in your position, I threatened to beat a helpless old man with his own cane on his huge swollen foot, if he tried in his crazy drugged state to use the crook of his cane to move my man’s iv unit again. The nurse had to show me out, and arrange to have the said poor old man moved to another room. So it worked out. I swear, I would have. One gets protective. One has to, this is no time to be nice. Kind, careful, considerate, yes. But not nice for the sake of nice. Don’t sweat it. If I’d been there, he might be missing body parts. You did well.

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-7032 Atomictumor Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:59:52 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/11/07/old-man-with-the-clipboard/#comment-7032 I forget, Sue, that you've been there. I'm sorry to say that I wasn't there for you. I had no idea, what you were going through. Thanks for being there for me, Sue. Thank Norman for me, too. I forget, Sue, that you’ve been there. I’m sorry to say that I wasn’t there for you. I had no idea, what you were going through.
Thanks for being there for me, Sue. Thank Norman for me, too.

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