Well, i've been home 2 days now after 5 days in the hospital while my wife recovered from brain surgery. She had what is called a chiarri one malformation. Google it if you wish but basically it means the shelf above the spinal column that holds the back of the brain in place has deteriorated amd her brain was slipping down her spinal column. They went in and closed the spinal column hole, pushed her brain back where it was supposed to be, and rebuilt the shelf.
So, in the past 3 years, she's had this, a laminectomy to remove 2 slopped disks in her low back, 3 surgeries on a lis franc separation in her foot where ligaments and tendons tore completly off the bone along with 7 fractures and 3 dislocations, a surgery to fuse most of that foot together, tumor removal for breast cancer, and she's due for a hysterectomy in sept and needs to get another laminectomy on 2 disks in her neck. All by the ripe old age of 33
This is the same woman you all helped be able to walk the breast cancer 3 day a few years ago. Needless to say, she probably won't be doing that ever again.
Here's my wifes arm after the anesthisiologist in training got done with her. Granted, she's a hard stick anyway and her arm has looked worse worse after much more experienced techs have put in an iv but, knowing this, why would you put a trainee on her?
Here's the after effect of her surgery. Basically, her brain was slipping down a hole where her spinal column is. They had to push her brain back in, construct a floor plate that was supposed to be there but wasn't, and closed up the hole so the brain could't go down any further
I had to walk about 6 blocks to the downtown seattle group health to pic up her meds for home. Downtown seattle is a trip. I was wearing a washington huskies hoodie and costco jeans. I was apparently dressed too "poor" because i got many dirty looks and nobody would sit next to me at group health preferring to stand. I laughed because when i left i had in my pocket about $5000 street value worth of pills these idiots would have paid out of their ass for to feed their pill addiction. I also laughed when mall security (yes, downtown seattles group health is in a mall) stopped me to check my ccw licence because i was printing a bit. The looks on the rich peoples faces when the security guard said "have a nice day" was priceless. Granted, thisnwas justbdays after that guy shotnup that deli but, should have been all the more reason to expect people to carry a pistol. Not in seattle I guess. Btw, that massacre happened thenday of my wifes surgery and in a deli I was planning on eating at at some point. On some levels, I'm glad I wasn't there but, on some levels I'd like to think that I might have been able to do something. Here's some pics.
Heres a nice water feature at the entranc e to group health. LAST I CHECKED, IT WAS A DR.'S OFFICE AND NOT A DAMNED MUSEUM. now i know where my co-pays
Here's a douche that was sitting in the waiting room
Here's a close up of his $30 socks and $400 peter pan shoes
Come to think of it, this guy was probably WaW's gay shopping buddy.
I had to pee. After looking for 20 minutes, i found it, as well as this
seriously? WTF?
So, in the past 3 years, she's had this, a laminectomy to remove 2 slopped disks in her low back, 3 surgeries on a lis franc separation in her foot where ligaments and tendons tore completly off the bone along with 7 fractures and 3 dislocations, a surgery to fuse most of that foot together, tumor removal for breast cancer, and she's due for a hysterectomy in sept and needs to get another laminectomy on 2 disks in her neck. All by the ripe old age of 33
This is the same woman you all helped be able to walk the breast cancer 3 day a few years ago. Needless to say, she probably won't be doing that ever again.
Here's my wifes arm after the anesthisiologist in training got done with her. Granted, she's a hard stick anyway and her arm has looked worse worse after much more experienced techs have put in an iv but, knowing this, why would you put a trainee on her?
Here's the after effect of her surgery. Basically, her brain was slipping down a hole where her spinal column is. They had to push her brain back in, construct a floor plate that was supposed to be there but wasn't, and closed up the hole so the brain could't go down any further
I had to walk about 6 blocks to the downtown seattle group health to pic up her meds for home. Downtown seattle is a trip. I was wearing a washington huskies hoodie and costco jeans. I was apparently dressed too "poor" because i got many dirty looks and nobody would sit next to me at group health preferring to stand. I laughed because when i left i had in my pocket about $5000 street value worth of pills these idiots would have paid out of their ass for to feed their pill addiction. I also laughed when mall security (yes, downtown seattles group health is in a mall) stopped me to check my ccw licence because i was printing a bit. The looks on the rich peoples faces when the security guard said "have a nice day" was priceless. Granted, thisnwas justbdays after that guy shotnup that deli but, should have been all the more reason to expect people to carry a pistol. Not in seattle I guess. Btw, that massacre happened thenday of my wifes surgery and in a deli I was planning on eating at at some point. On some levels, I'm glad I wasn't there but, on some levels I'd like to think that I might have been able to do something. Here's some pics.
Heres a nice water feature at the entranc e to group health. LAST I CHECKED, IT WAS A DR.'S OFFICE AND NOT A DAMNED MUSEUM. now i know where my co-pays
Here's a douche that was sitting in the waiting room
Here's a close up of his $30 socks and $400 peter pan shoes
Come to think of it, this guy was probably WaW's gay shopping buddy.
I had to pee. After looking for 20 minutes, i found it, as well as this
seriously? WTF?