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March 31, 2008, 4:13 pm PDT
 Quote From: ssenippah My Mom was admitted to the hospital approximately 6 weeks ago with an upper res. infec. While doing blood test and a million other tests, they found that she had colon, liver and lung cancer. Our family was devastated to say the least. While visiting my Mom every day my Dad and me were pulled aside and where told that we had to wear gloves and gowns when we entered her room and if we left her room we would have to take the old gown off along with the gloves and put on a new gown and gloves if we went back into the room because she had VRE. When I asked how in heavens name did she get that they said they were not sure. What they should have said was "it's from the catheter they were using for her." I was told by a doctor that was the absolute cause. Cathethers grow bacteria when not cleaned properly.
If using a catheter is one sure way of getting VRE, then don't you think that there should be safer ways of eliminating urine like a bed pan. I realize that if a person is bedridden and cannot move from the bed or other serious issues are going on, then better and safer care should be taken. My Mom is home now with the help of an Aide who comes 4 days a week, 4 hours a day and we all have to use gloves and gowns. My Mom doesn't need this extra crap to deal with in the short time that she has left to her life.
Why are hospitals and nursing homes so lax in their responsibilities to take better care of patients.
By the way, I do not believe for one minute that I am blaming someone else for my Mom's illness. If better precautions were taken I would not be having this conversation.
Why don't we start by looking at all the foreign travelers coming into this country with all the different diseases, bugs, superbugs, etc., etc., etc. When I fly anywhere, I sit in my seat with a mask on my face, take a can Lysol and spray everything around me. I was in the grocery store last week when a lady actually sneezed and coughed all over the APPLES. I said excuse me cover your damn mouth and turn away from the fruit when you have to sneeze or cough. What the hell is wrong with you. She looked at me like I had 5 eyes and walked away. What a JERK. So, tell me if I hadn't seen that and purchased some apples and decided to eat one on the way home what do you think would have happend to me.
People are getting worse and worsr every single day. They just don't care about anyone let alone themselves or they have become so self centered that nothing around them matters. Do you have any idea what those apples went through before they received a little sneeze? Why do you think they have to be thoroughly washed before eaten. Do you know that field workers urinate and defecate on produce while it's still in the field. What about the people that have a bowel movement and don't wash their hands afterwords. It's on your shopping cart, on the door handle, on the apples that they picked through, everywhere. I'm very sorry that your mom is so terribly ill and I assume that it's the real reason you blew up at the woman in the store. Just wash your produce, wash your hands for at least 15 seconds, and don't worry about the sneeze or the people coming in from other countries. You kind of sound like you have a case of obsessive compulsive disorder. I'm not putting you down, I have lived with it for years now, luckily I don't have a real severe case of it. Have you been diagnosed with it? Please let me know. God Bless your Mother and may she get some peace at this time in her life. I'm sending you best wishes also, I know how hard this to go through since I lost my father when he was only 47. |
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April 1, 2008, 9:10 am PDT
Quote From: ssenippah My Mom was admitted to the hospital approximately 6 weeks ago with an upper res. infec. While doing blood test and a million other tests, they found that she had colon, liver and lung cancer. Our family was devastated to say the least. While visiting my Mom every day my Dad and me were pulled aside and where told that we had to wear gloves and gowns when we entered her room and if we left her room we would have to take the old gown off along with the gloves and put on a new gown and gloves if we went back into the room because she had VRE. When I asked how in heavens name did she get that they said they were not sure. What they should have said was "it's from the catheter they were using for her." I was told by a doctor that was the absolute cause. Cathethers grow bacteria when not cleaned properly.
If using a catheter is one sure way of getting VRE, then don't you think that there should be safer ways of eliminating urine like a bed pan. I realize that if a person is bedridden and cannot move from the bed or other serious issues are going on, then better and safer care should be taken. My Mom is home now with the help of an Aide who comes 4 days a week, 4 hours a day and we all have to use gloves and gowns. My Mom doesn't need this extra crap to deal with in the short time that she has left to her life.
Why are hospitals and nursing homes so lax in their responsibilities to take better care of patients.
By the way, I do not believe for one minute that I am blaming someone else for my Mom's illness. If better precautions were taken I would not be having this conversation.
Why don't we start by looking at all the foreign travelers coming into this country with all the different diseases, bugs, superbugs, etc., etc., etc. When I fly anywhere, I sit in my seat with a mask on my face, take a can Lysol and spray everything around me. I was in the grocery store last week when a lady actually sneezed and coughed all over the APPLES. I said excuse me cover your damn mouth and turn away from the fruit when you have to sneeze or cough. What the hell is wrong with you. She looked at me like I had 5 eyes and walked away. What a JERK. So, tell me if I hadn't seen that and purchased some apples and decided to eat one on the way home what do you think would have happend to me.
People are getting worse and worsr every single day. They just don't care about anyone let alone themselves or they have become so self centered that nothing around them matters. I have to agree with your last two sentences....it's a fact that people are rude and inconsiderate and self-involved, more so than ever!
I, too, have a problem with foreign travelers (as well as illegal immigrants who circumvent vaccinations and general medical care for fear of deportation) coming into this country from other countries where sanitation isn't something they practice very well. That's one way bugs get spread around.
I'm afraid I also would have said something to that woman who sneezed and coughed all over the apples. It's disgusting!
However, having said that, we all have to be responsible for our own safety as much as possible....like washing our hands, covering our mouths when we cough or sneeze, washing all our fruits and vegetables (because someone made a good point about what the field workers do while picking our produce) using Lysol to spray surfaces we touch in public like doorknobs and such, and just generally using common sense. I was sanitizing grocery cart handles (a HUGE source of germs) with Lysol wipes way before the stores started putting a container of them at the entrances, and I didn't care whether or not people thought I was OCD....they weren't going to have to pay my medical bills! I'm not OCD... I'm just smart....and now look...most stores provide these for customers.
We live in a dirty, germy world. That's a fact. You can't be paranoid...but you do need to take normal precautions.
In your Mom's case, she was totally blameless. I hope she gets better soon.
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