My surgery story

[DriedMangoes]

Fwiw, I had several outstanding male nurses in ICU -- which, from what I hear, is where a lot of nurses want to work, so they get the cream of the crop. These guys were heroes to me. I'd often tear up at how diligently they worked (at some pretty gruesome tasks, sometimes) to help me. They were just pros. Some of the stories I heard later about how closely they monitored me during my most critical period were very impressive and reassuring. I heard nothing but praise for them from my family and friends. They did an outstanding job. These guys deal with critical, often life and death situations every day, and sometimes it turns out death. I'll never again complain about my job being hard.

Nice!

I want to get into NICU, that's ICU for neonates.

 

[Plainview]

Fwiw, I had several outstanding male nurses in ICU -- which, from what I hear, is where a lot of nurses want to work, so they get the cream of the crop. These guys were heroes to me. I'd often tear up at how diligently they worked (at some pretty gruesome tasks, sometimes) to help me. They were just pros. Some of the stories I heard later about how closely they monitored me during my most critical period were very impressive and reassuring. I heard nothing but praise for them from my family and friends. They did an outstanding job. These guys deal with critical, often life and death situations every day, and sometimes it turns out death. I'll never again complain about my job being hard.

Sounds like you could never have asked for a better team there to help you get through it and support you. I'm glad they were there for you and helped you go through all of this.

 

[Andy]

Congrats on the recovery! Having been given a 2nd chance at life so to speak is something that I am sure you will make good and you will in many ways see what you've been through as a blessing.

Thanks, Oblong. I'm not there yet, but I hope to be. I feel like I'm at sea right now in choppy waters, and I haven't reached the new shore yet. In a weird transitional phase where things feel out of joint. It's good -- I needed shaking up -- but it's also unsettling.

I want to turn this to the good, but I feel very weak. I have a lot of plans for what I want to do, but I'm too weak right now to carry most of them out. I just have to be patient while I regain my strength. My spiritual faith helps, too, although I often forget about that and heap everything on my shoulders, which just makes me feel worse.

I don't know, it's a weird time, and I didn't sleep well last night (up till 4 am.), so I'm feeling out of sorts today.

Nice!

I want to get into NICU, that's ICU for neonates.

That would be some intense work, caring for critically ill babies. Good for you, I hope you get a chance to do that. There's probably a lot of competition.