Comments on: Hospital Mode http://fourtran.com/2008/04/06/hospital-mode/ (actually, three Trans and a Cao) Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:02:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Megan http://fourtran.com/2008/04/06/hospital-mode/#comment-849 Megan Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:25:24 +0000 http://fourtran.com/2008/04/06/hospital-mode/#comment-849 Jennifer, thanks for the prayer request for our little Elijah! Tears are streaming down my face as I read through your post because all of this is hitting way too close to home. This hospital life will be ours soon, and my stomach is turning at the thought of it all. It's an awful thing to have to endure, I wouldn't wish it on anyone. I definitely believe that we parents have some sort of post-stress disorder following surgery and ICU time. It's awful. If nothing else, experiences like this DO make us more appreciative of our freedoms and families and life. Thanks for writing this post! Jennifer, thanks for the prayer request for our little Elijah! Tears are streaming down my face as I read through your post because all of this is hitting way too close to home. This hospital life will be ours soon, and my stomach is turning at the thought of it all. It’s an awful thing to have to endure, I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I definitely believe that we parents have some sort of post-stress disorder following surgery and ICU time. It’s awful.

If nothing else, experiences like this DO make us more appreciative of our freedoms and families and life. Thanks for writing this post!

]]> By: erika http://fourtran.com/2008/04/06/hospital-mode/#comment-847 erika Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:38:36 +0000 http://fourtran.com/2008/04/06/hospital-mode/#comment-847 FYI - we can and DO suffer from PTSD as a result of all of this. I had awful flashbacks for months after we came home, and then again after his Glenn. And I remember being SO ANGRY at the nurse who told me to go to bed (in the parent bunks) the night before Sammy's Norwood. Here she was, telling me to LEAVE MY CHILD before he had open-heart surgery? Was she insane? But she was right - I needed to take care of myself, too. It's funny, I see so much of what I'm feeling in what you write. But when I'm reading it, I feel this overwhelming urge to hug you and comfort you and tell you that it gets easier, it gets better. And yet, I'm feeling everything you are! I'm dreading hospital mode. We have Sammy's last card appt tomorrow before surgery in May. I've been a wreck for days. FYI - we can and DO suffer from PTSD as a result of all of this. I had awful flashbacks for months after we came home, and then again after his Glenn.

And I remember being SO ANGRY at the nurse who told me to go to bed (in the parent bunks) the night before Sammy’s Norwood. Here she was, telling me to LEAVE MY CHILD before he had open-heart surgery? Was she insane? But she was right - I needed to take care of myself, too.

It’s funny, I see so much of what I’m feeling in what you write. But when I’m reading it, I feel this overwhelming urge to hug you and comfort you and tell you that it gets easier, it gets better. And yet, I’m feeling everything you are!

I’m dreading hospital mode. We have Sammy’s last card appt tomorrow before surgery in May. I’ve been a wreck for days.

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