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The 5 Best Things About Staying in the Hospital

Posted by Lovelyn | May 4, 2009 .

In case you didn’t know, I was in the hospital recently. It was nothing serious, just an exploding fallopian tube and some internal bleeding. The doctors in the emergency room seemed to think that I only needed some painkillers to be fixed right up.

The following day, my doctor seemed to think it required emergency surgery. Imagine that! Such an over reaction. A little internal bleeding never killed anyone.

After the surgery, I got to stay in lovely Watford General Hospital for a few days. Hospital stays aren’t most people’s favorite things, so they usually do plenty of complaining about them. I think there are a lot of positive sides to staying in the hospital. Here are a few.

1. The nurses there cared so much about how I was doing that they woke me up every half hour during the  night to take my blood pressure and temperature.

2. I ate toast and strawberry jam for breakfast every morning. Living in a gluten free household, I never get to have toast and I love toast.

3. Every couple of hours someone would offer me hot chocolate.

4. Having a catheter means, you can drink as much as you want without having to worry about getting up every few minutes to use the toilet.

5. The absolute best thing about the hospital is finally getting to go home.

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  1. TonyaTko May 4, 2009 1:44 pm

    Aweee thats so SWEET!

    Um… but isnt it a lil WARM for hot chocolate? Maybe a Frapp or something! :)
    Get well soon momma

    -Tko

  2. Lovelyn May 5, 2009 9:03 pm

    It’s never too warm for hot chocolate.

    Thanks for the well wishes. My recovery is going well.

  3. Lisa May 5, 2009 10:17 pm

    Yikes! Sorry to hear about the exploding fallopian tube. I remember staying in the hospital after Nora was born. The nurses woke me up every 30 minutes to check something on either Nora or me, then they would “remind” me that I should sleep while the baby was sleeping.

  4. Lovelyn May 5, 2009 10:46 pm

    @Lisa
    Do you think they realize how ridiculous that is when they’re doing it?

  5. Hide the Fetus January 18, 2010 2:18 pm

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