He's Back.

In addition to life and work getting in the way of posting, I had the complication of a blood infection with high fever that put me in the hospital for five days.  I'm back at home now, cooler and weaker.

In spite of feeling miserable for the couple of days, it was a pretty pleasant stay.  The nursing staff at LRMC is phenomenal - professional, friendly, polite, knowledgeable and patient.  All the attention made me feel like I was staying a special hospital themed resort.

Here are some things I learned:

• In addition to the phone, your IV pump has a higher chance of going off when you're in the shower.

• Don't stop breathing when a doctor or nurse places a stethoscope on your back.  In spite of what we learned with our toy stethoscopes in kindergarten, they can be used to listen to anything inside your body, not just your heart.  Learned this when a nurse mentioned how much it irritated her when people stopped breathing when she put a stethoscope on their back

• Hospital gowns can be comfortable and if tied properly, discreet.