Comments on: At the hospital: waiting it out https://thenewneo.com/2006/10/01/at-hospital-waiting-it-out/ A blog about political change, among other things Sat, 23 Nov 2024 08:32:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Ymarsakar https://thenewneo.com/2006/10/01/at-hospital-waiting-it-out/#comment-25860 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:16:14 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/at-hospital-waiting-it-out.html#comment-25860 The human condition, in all its uncertainty and wonder.

]]> By: Sissy Willis https://thenewneo.com/2006/10/01/at-hospital-waiting-it-out/#comment-25871 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:09:40 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/at-hospital-waiting-it-out.html#comment-25871 As Goomp always says, old age is not for the faint of heart. All good wishes to you and your mother.

]]> By: Anonymous https://thenewneo.com/2006/10/01/at-hospital-waiting-it-out/#comment-25870 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:27:41 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/at-hospital-waiting-it-out.html#comment-25870 Best wishes. We just buried a brother-in-law from pancreatic cancer. His mother, age 101, was at the funeral, fully functional but frail, though she went up 4 steps by herself using the handrail for support. Hope always floats.

]]> By: Fausta https://thenewneo.com/2006/10/01/at-hospital-waiting-it-out/#comment-25869 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:42:29 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/at-hospital-waiting-it-out.html#comment-25869 My hopes and prayers are with you and your Mom.

]]> By: Stephen Britton https://thenewneo.com/2006/10/01/at-hospital-waiting-it-out/#comment-25868 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:11:36 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/at-hospital-waiting-it-out.html#comment-25868 Best wishes for your Mother’s health, Neo.

Lost my mother last year after a lengthy illness….

]]> By: Teresa https://thenewneo.com/2006/10/01/at-hospital-waiting-it-out/#comment-25867 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:24:02 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/at-hospital-waiting-it-out.html#comment-25867 Prayers and good wishes for you both. It’s tough to sit and wait like that. I’m very happy it turned out to be not serious. And I hope for both of you that this doesn’t happen too often – I know it’s very tiring (not to mention the ER being tiresome).

]]> By: Suzi https://thenewneo.com/2006/10/01/at-hospital-waiting-it-out/#comment-25866 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:00:43 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/at-hospital-waiting-it-out.html#comment-25866 I am a registered nurse. Often, I am humbled by the moments I witness in people’s lives. The other day, I listened to a woman talking to her daughter on the telephone. She said, “I have some bad news; I have lung cancer”. I realized that the moment and those words will forever be with that daughter.
And I heard it…right before I gave report to the next shift, right before I was to leave for the day, right before I was on to my own life.
It stops me in my tracks frequently. The saving GRACE is that I can speak these words to the patients…I can be honest about how extraordinary and humbling it is to witness their life developments.
We sit quietly, hand holding and thinking and feeling….
I’m glad your mom is okay.

]]> By: ginger https://thenewneo.com/2006/10/01/at-hospital-waiting-it-out/#comment-25865 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:04:59 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/at-hospital-waiting-it-out.html#comment-25865 also, for good information and normally wonderful assistance, your local/county hospice can be a godsend. My husband died while in southern California….I simply don’t know what I would have done without the San Bernardino County hospice Association. Best of luck to you Neo.

]]> By: jgr https://thenewneo.com/2006/10/01/at-hospital-waiting-it-out/#comment-25864 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:43:05 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/at-hospital-waiting-it-out.html#comment-25864 All of us privileged to live for and care for older lives, even parents, know what you describe. But you are there for her, and that’s the life saver. I wish you both the joy of that life, yours and hers. God bless.

Note: I’m not sure what you use for your source of public medical information, but our family likes the health Newsletter from Consumer Reports, and the magazine itself. It warns one to monitor well your loved one when she is in medical institutions.

]]> By: ExPreacherMan https://thenewneo.com/2006/10/01/at-hospital-waiting-it-out/#comment-25863 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:36:39 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/at-hospital-waiting-it-out.html#comment-25863 Neo,

Will most certainly pray for you and your Mother..

ExP(Jack)

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