It's time for me to be an adult and tell everyone to kiss my ass!

Scott has been in the hospital since Wednesday. After an emergency room visit, the doctors felt it was best to admit him and run a lot of tests.

The first test was to run blood work. They have stuck so many needles in his hands and arms, he is bruised. Yesterday, a rude nurse came in to take more blood and did something to the vein in his hand. I'm sure that she knew what she was doing, but her being a rude-ass didn't help matters any. He was in pain for about 45 minutes with his hand burning, and the bitch gave up and left without any blood. His nurse said that the vein probably collapsed, but it would feel better soon.

With the exception of that rude bitch, and a nurse at the nurses station that ignored Scott's pages, all of the nurses have been wonderful.

The stupid bitch at the nurses station just about had her ugly ass pulled over the counter on Friday. Scott was in pain, and he pushed his call button. She answered, he told her what he needed, and then there was nothing but silence. Well, we kind of thought she heard him and was on her way. Umm...after 15 more minutes of him being in pain, he hit the button again. Again, she answered and he told her what he needed. Again, she didn't say anything. She did not even acknowledge that he has even said anything. Well, I let this go on about another 10 minutes because I know that nurses are busy, and I don't want to be a pest. Earlier in the day, a maintence guy had come in the room to change the call buttons. My thoughts were that maybe this woman had not even heard Scott and maybe something was wrong with the button. I can understand that, but what I can not understand is if someone pushes the call button, and you can't hear them, wouldn't you go to that patient's room to investigate? They could be having a heart attack or maybe they've fallen.

So, I take my ass up to the nurses station and very politely say that the patient in room 129 needs his pain medication. The bitch barely looks up and says, "Well, I couldn't hear him!" I had to be calm because all of this has really gotten to me. I think I am so close to having a stroke, and I was not going to let this bitch push me over the edge. I calmly explained to her about the call buttons, and that we thought that maybe the guy didn't hook them up correctly. Again, she looks at me with her dumbass face and says that she will tell his nurse. As I walk off, I hear her say, "Sorry for making him wait." STUPID BITCH!!!

With the exception of those two assholes, everyone has been great. On Thursday, the doctor ordered a whirlpool bath for his leg. Well, we thought they would just put him in a wheelchair and take him to that room, but they actually brought a whirlpool to him. The hydrotherapy guy said that they don't do that often, but they were just doing this as a courtesy for him. I was very pleased.

They have also done a bone scan on his leg to make sure that the infection has not reached the bone. Thank God, it hasn't.

So, after bone scans, bloodwork, and growth cultures, we found out today that the doctor believes that it is simply a very stubborn infection and it is not very deep. She is waiting to see the rest of the cultures(I don't know if that is spelled right)to see what kind of antibiotics will work on it. She thinks that we have been throwing the wrong antibiotics at it for months. Not our fault, but it's best to get the right drugs in his system.

I think that when the doctor visits him tomorrow, he will probably be released. They want to set up some type of home health care and have someone come by the house a couple of days a week to change the bandages. I'm not sure if this will pan out or not, but I am fully capable of handling this.

He'll have to make frequent visits to the hospital during the week to get his hydrotherapy, and they've already told him that working is out of the question. He has a meeting to apply for disability on Sept. 20. It would only be temporary, but the doctors seem to think that it will take at least another year for this to completely heal.

So, this has been the past week.

Oh, and I've also talked to my family about how they have been treating Scott. Since he moved here last August, they have made no attempt to get to know him. Recently we have been excluded from family events. My feelings are hurt, and now I'm pissed. Not one of them has visited him in the hospital. I'm very ashamed of them, and I've already told them that. They seem to feel that because Scott has only had two jobs since he has been here and that I am on the verge of filing for bankruptcy, that he is taking advantage of me. He is not and if they knew him better, they would know that.

I'm done with family holidays and anything else with this family. If my mother was still alive, she would be so pissed and would have already put everyone in their place!

I told my father about how I feel and what my plans are. I told him that he is welcome in my house to be at any holiday or just a simple dinner anytime he wants. He has been very supportive, and I think after our talk today, he sees what is going on.

Well, I've talked entirely too much, but I just wanted to update and maybe vent a little bit.

-lata

eating: nothing
hearing: wife swap on abc family
reading: some kind of hypothesis for ethics class
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