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CaringBridge: Social Networking For Sick Loved Ones
If you've ever had a family member in the hospital, you know that keeping everyone informed about the patient's progress can be as exhausting as the nights spent in the waiting room. We rely on everything from phone trees to mass emails to get updates or find out where to send flowers, but I just discovered a website called CaringBridge that makes this very difficult task easier.
Sort of like Facebook for tough times, the free service lets you easily create a website to share updates on a loved one's illness, surgery, hospital stay, and progress.
Have You Ever Had Surgery?
I'll admit that I'm a huge fan of doctor shows like Grey's Anatomy and House — not that I think they're entirely accurate. I am intrigued by the diseases and entertained that the doctors can perform miraculous operations to make people healthy in just 60 minutes. Luckily, I haven't had to spend much time in hospitals, and the only surgery I've had was pretty minor.
Hospitals in Canada and the US to Get Fun Centers With Wiis
Here's a heartwarming story to put you in a good mood before the weekend. The Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation and Nintendo have teamed up to put Fun Centers featuring Wii gaming consoles in about 500 hospitals across the US and Canada by the end of the year, with 750 more to come later this year.
Fun Centers will not only come with a Wii and games like Super Mario Galaxy, Wii Sports and Mario Party 8, but will also feature a Sharp AQUOS flat screen TV and a DVD player.
Speak Up: Do Hospitals Make You Nervous?
I think it is hard to find anyone who has positive feelings about hospitals. For me, the only good thing to come out of them are babies, but I know so many women (including nurses) who opt to have their babies at home just so they don’t have to go to the hospital. Many people associate bad memories — too many ER visit for stitches as a kid, visiting a sick loved one — with hospitals or just feel that the institutions are germ factories.
Some Hospitals Now Allowing Cell Phone Use
Don't be surprised to see people chatting on their cell phones the next time you visit a hospital. According to Techdirt, a recent study found benefit in allowing mobile phone usage in hospitals, including improved communication among staff and lower error rates. Another study de-bunked the universal myth that cell phones interfere with medical equipment.
Owen Wilson Hospitalized
We were shocked to read Owen Wilson was hospitalized today due to dehydration which is usually a good cover for many other things in Hollywood. Apparently he was in very serious condition but has since been stabilized and switched to a more comfortable hospital. We were holding out for more sources than the NE and Star but they were the first to say Nicole was pregnant so they are not always off.
You Asked: Should I Help my EX?
Dear Sugar--
I was dating this guy about 4 years ago. We got really close and he ended up confiding in me things he never told anyone. He's severely bi-polar and has a history of depression, so he was self-medicating himself with alcohol, and was a heroin addict.
Hospital Chart Bloopers
There is nothing funny about being ill, but then again, we never get to see what the docs write down in those top secret hospital charts. Now there's some sick humor:
- She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.
- The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.
- She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.
- I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.
- Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.
- The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.
- The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stock broker instead.
- Patient was seen in consultation by Dr.
WTF?!
I guess this is what they mean by "in sickness and in health"...but if you ask me, they're all sick.
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Hospital Stay: Did You Stay or Did You Go?
Aside from the groans of labor and the sterile aroma, registering at the hospital to deliver a baby can feel a bit like checking into a hotel for a getaway, especially second time mothers. Moms-to-be who are bursting at the seams are typically beyond ready to welcome their wee one to the world and rest up after the tough task of pushing or surgery. From the second mama arrives, the nurses and doctors will be catering to her every need.
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