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Harpoon
...hiding a wide grin...
Ummm.... Try $400,000 and climbing here... We don't have an exact total yet, the hospital and my insurance are still haggling, but I'm fondly refered to as "My half a million dollar man" by my wife now.
Granted I had an extremely rough experience which included several surgeries to take care of bleeding issues and other problems after the big one.
As for the list, I'd like to back up a few points, especially #3 and #9.
I was DRIVEN to get out of that bed. Every chance I got (and a few that I stole on my own and paid for, whoops!) I got out of bed. One night it was 3am and I couldn't sleep so I asked to go for a walk down the hall on the floor. I spent some time sitting at the nurses station reading one of my books and listening to the radio with the other nurses. The other nice thing was a big tropical fish tank at the end of the hall with a 2-seat couch across from it. I sat there a lot and drew in my sketchpad or just watched the fish. Even got to see a woman come and feed the fish a few times, raw meat, not the little processed fish flakes. Get up and get out of bed. The more you do that the better of you'll be. Laying in bed all the time just makes it harder to get up when it's time to go home, if you get to that point.... I always had folks helping me out and they knew how important it was for me to get up and move around. I got to shave a few times in a bathroom (brought an electric razor, they wouldn't have allowed it if I had a straight razor becaue of the coumadin) and even a few showers. Oh yeah, and getting out of bed keeps the bed sores away. I had a pair of those from being stuck on my back for 4 weeks while I was on the vent.
Ummm.... Try $400,000 and climbing here... We don't have an exact total yet, the hospital and my insurance are still haggling, but I'm fondly refered to as "My half a million dollar man" by my wife now.
Granted I had an extremely rough experience which included several surgeries to take care of bleeding issues and other problems after the big one.
As for the list, I'd like to back up a few points, especially #3 and #9.
I was DRIVEN to get out of that bed. Every chance I got (and a few that I stole on my own and paid for, whoops!) I got out of bed. One night it was 3am and I couldn't sleep so I asked to go for a walk down the hall on the floor. I spent some time sitting at the nurses station reading one of my books and listening to the radio with the other nurses. The other nice thing was a big tropical fish tank at the end of the hall with a 2-seat couch across from it. I sat there a lot and drew in my sketchpad or just watched the fish. Even got to see a woman come and feed the fish a few times, raw meat, not the little processed fish flakes. Get up and get out of bed. The more you do that the better of you'll be. Laying in bed all the time just makes it harder to get up when it's time to go home, if you get to that point.... I always had folks helping me out and they knew how important it was for me to get up and move around. I got to shave a few times in a bathroom (brought an electric razor, they wouldn't have allowed it if I had a straight razor becaue of the coumadin) and even a few showers. Oh yeah, and getting out of bed keeps the bed sores away. I had a pair of those from being stuck on my back for 4 weeks while I was on the vent.
