Cat, I am so sorry to hear this news. I am glad she let you tell us now. You all are in my thoughts and prayers. Please tell Joyce she is loved...as are you, Cat. Sending out hugs to everyone!
I am so thankful of you all! I love you all! It is as the old times never missed too many minutes, yes?
She has her humor and she remembers many things recently. Her balance will become better and when she can, perhaps she shall ride her bike again with her dog.
I must say something very funny, and please I do not wish to offend.
Justin put carpet upon a large wall of the garage. He put also of small benches covered of this carpet and many hanging cat toys and very much catnip spray.
We have fun of this! Joyce has picked up the cats and gently throw them there and they are so very playful! We say it is "Toss the cats," and it is fun!
Joyce is happy to be home. Into the hospital, some nurses were mean to her. She was allowed her laptop upon the hospital wi fi but a nurse took it away for she told Joyce too retarded to understand of a computer.
Joyce was able to connect to to her writing form and speak, but in the midst of this, it was taken away. She also was able to reach her emails and was answering some.
She had 2 books she was reading and they took those away also and they took away her Nook and her puzzle books.
She had nothing but of the TV and she said she was not retarded.
Justin interveded and we brought her home. Perhaps she is slow but she is being much better of every minute.
I think perhaps when one has such of this, it is best to be of home to where there are pets and love.
That nasty nurse took away her teddy bear Justin brought to her. That nurse said Joyce must deal of realities and stop of fantasies of ridiculous stuffed animals.
Joyce does not stop now. She works of here, she has her therapy, she has been on the computer and she is coming back!
With love,
~Cat
What?? You do not use the word "retarded" in reference to a person, ever!!! That nurse should lose her job.
Glad you all got Joyce out of there! Hug her for me too, Cat!
Joyce had a brain clot March 1 and did not want to scare anyone.
I was not allowed to say of this before of now.
She is home now of March 21 with a home nurse and a home therapist.
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With love,
~Cat
I'm pretty new here at DC, but Cat, I too would like to send my good wishes for Joyce's speedy recovery.
Question?
"Brain clot" did she suffer from an Aneurysm?
Also, this nurse that attended her while in Hospital, have any of her family members filed a formal complaint, in writing, with the Director of this facility?
Surely this nurse has done such tings to others and should be removed.
I can't imagine prescribing only television to someone who is trying to regain their faculties after suffering such a devastating condition.
I am infuriated by this nurse's conduct, having been in the health care field for a number of years, this is NOT ACCEPTABLE behavior from a professional.
Nurses such as the one Joyce had to contend with should find another occupation. Or be transferred to another floor where all she is allowed to do is nothing. She should not be allowed patient contact at all. I am so sorry to hear that Joyce had to endure any of this. Joyce is now where she belongs. Surrounded by those that love her. I love your "Toss the Kitty" game. Sounds like a lot of fun.
Joyce is a tough broad! And I mean that in the most loving manner. After all she is a former Career Army Sargent. They don't come any tougher than that.
Cat, did they ever put the dogs down that did this horrible thing to Joyce? I know you said that they took the dogs away. I am not sure how I feel about these two dogs. I hate to think of any dog being put down, but these dogs do not belong in a neighborhood setting. And if the dogs have not been returned to the owner, I hope the neighbor has the good sense not to get new dogs of the same ilk. Or to train them to be so vicious. I am hoping that the neighbor has the good sense to be feeling enough guilt, that he is now using his common sense.
Love and BIG hugs to Joyce and Justin. Oh and take a couple for you and Mama also.
What?? You do not use the word "retarded" in reference to a person, ever!!! That nurse should lose her job.
Glad you all got Joyce out of there! Hug her for me too, Cat!
That word needs to be taken out of the dictionary. And that nurse needs to be horsewhipped. Someone should have reported her. What kind of archaic hospital did they bring Joyce to?
I'm pretty new here at DC, but Cat, I too would like to send my good wishes for Joyce's speedy recovery.
Question?
"Brain clot" did she suffer from an Aneurysm?
Also, this nurse that attended her while in Hospital, have any of her family members filed a formal complaint, in writing, with the Director of this facility?
Surely this nurse has done such tings to others and should be removed.
I can't imagine prescribing only television to someone who is trying to regain their faculties after suffering such a devastating condition.
I am infuriated by this nurse's conduct, having been in the health care field for a number of years, this is NOT ACCEPTABLE behavior from a professional.
If they have cameras in every room, why did it take a complaint from someone to do anything about this unprofessional nurse? Surely someone be watching the camera feed or review the videos after they are taken. You would thing a very good hospital would catch this kind of behavior before it went too far and a family had to complain....There are also the cameras in every room, and today we saw the nurse taking of her computer...
I've been thinking about this and it would be unrealistic. They would need someone for every room, 24 hrs a day, just watching a monitor. Nurses are too busy to spend all their time watching one or three monitors continuously enough that they wouldn't miss something. Sure, there might be room monitors at the nurses' station, but there might be heart and other important monitors that have to be checked as well. It's far too easy to miss something. If and when computer AI (artificial intelligence) gets smart enough, then a computer could keep track....
If they have cameras in every room, why did it take a complaint from someone to do anything about this unprofessional nurse? Surely someone be watching the camera feed or review the videos after they are taken. You would thing a very good hospital would catch this kind of behavior before it went too far and a family had to complain.
Yeah, I realize you meant the monitors attached to the cameras. I meant that if those are in the nurse's station, they would have a bunch of those to keep an eye on and the medical monitors.taxy, the "monitor" I referred to was not a medical monitor that a patient is hooked up to. Cat had mentioned that there are cameras in every room. I figured if a location (such as this hospital) goes through the expense of hooking up each room with a camera, there must be a room somewhere with an array of "TV" type monitors for someone to scan, watching for suspicious or malicious behavior on the part of staff, visitors, or patients. Otherwise, it seems like cameras are an unneeded expense on the hope that someone complains just to have archived video to refer to in case someone complains.
I am very sorry for the behavior of this nurse, it gives all of us nurses a bad name, something we have to overcome and regain the trust of our patients. I am glad the nurse was fired.
More hugs for Joyce and you Dear Cat!
I've been thinking about this and it would be unrealistic. They would need someone for every room, 24 hrs a day, just watching a monitor. Nurses are too busy to spend all their time watching one or three monitors continuously enough that they wouldn't miss something. Sure, there might be room monitors at the nurses' station, but there might be heart and other important monitors that have to be checked as well. It's far too easy to miss something. If and when computer AI (artificial intelligence) gets smart enough, then a computer could keep track.
taxy, the "monitor" I referred to was not a medical monitor that a patient is hooked up to. Cat had mentioned that there are cameras in every room. I figured if a location (such as this hospital) goes through the expense of hooking up each room with a camera, there must be a room somewhere with an array of "TV" type monitors for someone to scan, watching for suspicious or malicious behavior on the part of staff, visitors, or patients. Otherwise, it seems like cameras are an unneeded expense on the hope that someone complains just to have archived video to refer to in case someone complains.
Yeah, I realize you meant the monitors attached to the cameras. I meant that if those are in the nurse's station, they would have a bunch of those to keep an eye on and the medical monitors.
Even if there is a room somewhere with someone watching, how many monitors can one person watch at the same time and not miss stuff? There would have to be a minimum of one camera monitor per room. That makes for a lot of monitors in a hospital.
...like a bad penny.Hi! I'm back now!...
...like a bad penny.
Just kidding. Welcome back. Glad that you made such a speedy recovery. Now you need to relax and recover.
Thank you! Therapy will kill you. I'm sure my therapist wants me to die. I didn't do anything to him but he's trying to kill me.