My Sunday trip to the ICU

Hang in there my brother!

Us old guys gotta stick it out 'til the end....

a reply to: baddmove

Yeah, "oldness" seems to be catchin' up with me fast these days!

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Well there’s another image ingrained into my mind that I could have done without.

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk Stay strong and prayers!

Omg, stay strong.

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Safe recovery!

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

OH wow!! Lots of positive vibes coming your way.

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Just read your OP.

Wishing you all the best and a safe and speedy recovery.

originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: baddmove

Yeah, "oldness" seems to be catchin' up with me fast these days!

I’ve always thought a mature mind in a young persons body could be a very dangerous thing!!

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Prayers and wishing you a speedy recovery.

originally posted by: JBurns
a reply to: Bigburgh

Is that out of the West Mifflin base?

STAT AGH LifeFlight is one hell of an air ambulance service

Allegheny County Airport brother inlaw and I went out to see the old Fire Crew and STAT that day. I worked for both STAT and LifeFlight AGH.

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

It's always live in the moment and you never know when you're gonna go....
If the moment happens to be sitting in an office then at least try and enjoy it??
Best wishes to you

Curious... have you been vaccinated?

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Prayers are with you , get well soon . Your family needs you and so do we .

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk
Prayers to you,FCD.

Hope you make a full recovery...stay strong,my brother.

Bummer man a reply to: crazyeddie68

Well, got discharged from ICU just before midnight last night. After a day in General Population, I wasn't doing much except for taking up space so they cut me loose to go croak or not on my own. They sent me off with a great big bag full of drugs I have to take now at all times of the day and night. Plus, they also gave me a list of another bag full of drugs they either didn't have at their pharmacy, or things which are OTC, to purchase myself.

Still pretty sore in my leg and can't really walk, but I'm not complaining...hey, I'm alive, so I'm pretty happy about that! I'm going to try to keep it that way for a while. At the end of the day, I got no guarantees though.

So there's the update, FWIW. My real reason for posting tonight is something I've been itching to say for 3 days now, but I didn't want to jinx anything until I was out. This is pretty unreal!!...

From the minute I walked into the 1st ER, and all through my time in ICU, and all through the rest of my time at the hospital, not once...NOT ONCE...did I see one sign, did I hear one word, from every single person I interacted with...not ONE SINGLE thing about covid! Not once! There were signs everywhere about MRSA, all manner of other safety signs (falls, etc), but not a single person said the word "covid" even a single time. It as so obviously missing I almost felt like the word "covid' was completely forbidden.

The only time I heard the word "covid" was during my discharge when I was about to walk out the door and my discharge nurse said..."Oh, BTW, and if you're interested, here's a barcode coupon to get a free covid vaccination at any of our facilities if you wish."

I didn't pick this network for any other reason than the ER was close and it was in my network.

Is that weird, or what???

ETA - One minor correction. They did require me to take a covid test before the helo ride, but that was the only time I heard the word. At one point they during intake they asked if I was current on my "immunizaitons". I gave a puzzled look, and they said "you know, like tetanus, polio, flu, etc". I responded that I was current except for no "flu" shot. They were fine with that. I thought they were headed down the covid road with that question, but nope.