Those comments....let's get to the bottom of this!

Yeeoowzer, those were some heavy comments on my last post. I never meant to irritate anyone and wow, I was kinda surprised to read all that I did. Thank you to my friends who back me, you know me and I appreciate your kind words.

I do have to say that some of the comments really made me think. I do complain and whine a lot and this was something I was supposed to be working on. However, when I get upset enough over something, I vent. I thought I was clear in my last few posts that I was venting about a few individuals who treated us without respect when we were trying to be polite and keep our cool.

I was not venting about a profession. It never even crossed my mind. 

My choice of words, well, I am not the best with words, I think in pictures and I am often at a loss for words, conveying my thoughts is tough and writing them out, well, I guess I am not so good at that either.

I do seem to be quite good at boiling blood however, yikes!

There was no excuse for our treatment in the second hospital. The kicker is, despite the policy at the hospital and the shortage of beds this is what happened.

We were allowed to stay in one room, with one crib and one mommy bed, they never moved the bed down the hall from the room where Ethan was supposed to stay therefore freeing his  bed and room. However, because of their policy they left the room in his name and all his food was sent to it. The room was left empty and I had to trek down the hall at every meal to get his jello and broth.

When we left the staff was scrambling to clean his unused room and get ours clean so that they could handle the waiting kids from the ER. 

This policy needs to be looked at!

Anyway enough about that. I do have to say that the doctor's and nurses here are under a lot of pressure and are far underpaid for what they do.

We did have some great nurses as well. I did not blog about them and I should have. I guess they provided the standard of care that I thought would be the norm and what I usually see.

While in the ER at the General the care was above and beyond. We were checked in on regularly. Nurses offered to watch the kids if I needed a break but I declined because I could see they were busy. I did not want to burden them with little nothings.  There was a suicidal man behind the curtain across from us, a woman with strange pain shooting down her legs and weird blotches on one side of us, and another woman who had swallowed a pin and was pooping blood on the other side of us.

I had packed a few sandwiches, bottled water and some fruit because I knew that ER's can be crazy and we might be waiting all day.

As it was we were in the ER for about 6 hours waiting for a bed. 

One particular nurse, bless his heart brought the kids stickers... 

and popsicle's..... 

and then showed up with a boxed lunch for me. 

I was so grateful! This was way more than I ever expected. They were so busy, and yet he thought of my needs even when we were trying to be so quiet and stay out of their hair.

My heart sent up a prayer of thanks.

They were so wonderful to us. If I ever see any of them again I will hug them tight!  They really where great individuals and cared about what they did. They were passionate, and

I thanked them over and over before we left. I knew that they might not feel appreciated for what they do on a regular basis, similar to the Bible story about the lepers that Jesus healed and  only one came back to thank Him, well I wanted them to know I was thankful.

When we were transferred, we drove our own kids as I did not want to take out our car seats to put in the ambulance because it would inconvenience us. I also knew that the kids had been getting the hydration they needed for the last 6 hours and they would be fine capped off for 20 min's. Therefore freeing up much needed ambulances for major emergencies.

I never had crazy demands and always tried to be as polite and understanding as possible. This is why I was so shocked to be attacked by the nurses booking  us in at the next hospital.

I do NOT think nurses are stupid! I was just really upset at a few that treated us so badly. 

I admire nurses for what they put up with every day. I don't think I would be able to handle even a few minutes in their shoes. This is why, despite insisting that I be with both children while feeling belittled by this one nurse I stayed quiet. I understood she was most likely stressed. I never bothered them for water or a shower break, or basically anything for myself. I tried to stay out of their way as much as possible, so they could attend to the important things.

That is why I vented here. I thought it was safe. I guess I should have conveyed the whole story better, but somehow I always expect people to read my mind. Big oops!

If it wasn't for amazing nurses we wouldn't have a health link to call for advice, there would be no one to do my kids immunizations, no one to give the much needed IV's to get their fluids up, and to count the poops the kids took to say they were healthy enough to go home.

Nurses are amazing, they give of themselves till they are spent and can hardly walk due to exhaustion and heel spurs. 

I am sad to say that since living here we have had a few rough health care experiences. I think this just goes to show how much strain there  is on the understaffed and underpaid profession.

Nurses, you really are amazing!

Thank you for what you do, for what you provide and thank you for your patience. I get emotional just thinking about the good and great experiences I have experienced.

The popsicle's, the stickers, the boxed lunch, and the little tickles to cheer up the kids. You break my heart with gratitude. 

Looking back I should have focused on these incidents, not the one negative point. I am still learning and growing. 

The picture is so often larger than what is portrayed, yet with little sleep and no time I get cranky and think about the rough spots. 

The fact that this one little incident with a few individuals got some of you so riled up, well, you should know that there are  stress points that sometimes break, this time it happened with us, in this one isolated incident.

As for those few nurses who were so rude to us, I am sticking pins in my voodoo dolls right now, just kidding, baww-haa-ha, they probably just need to get laid!

What I really want to do is to thank you nurses who work your butts off, you know who you are, you go above and beyond to provide the kind of care you would give to family despite the treatment you get from crazy patients.

You really deserve honor and respect, thank you from the bottom of my heart!