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Posted 2/2/2012 11:56 AM (GMT 0)
  I am still waiting for the punch line. first emergency ostomie, blood infection, transfered to another hospital, then transfered to cicu, last night blood presure dropped to 88 over 60, so i had to decide between pain meds or med for panic. 4:00 this morning i wake up to a priest giving me last rites, oppssss wrong cubicle but sense he was already there wanted to know if i wanted confession, i actually swore at a priest ,deffinently not one of my proudest moments. i swore i wasn't going to post for a few days that i was going to get as much rest as possible between the machines beeping, the lights and the nurses coming in. the priest just freaked me out. just venting i fell like i am in an episode of twilight zone. well i'm going to go have a nervous breakdown or maybe i allready had one and i just don't know it. don't ecspect you to reply just needed to get this out.                           Hugs, Rose nono
Posted 2/2/2012 12:30 PM (GMT 0)
I probably would have had some choice words for that priest myself! Never mind freaking you out by the last rites thing, but if you aren't known to be Catholic it is crazy for him to ask you if you want to make a confession.

You poor dear. I know it seems crazy and chaotic, but things will get better. I don't know if it helps or not, but I always run really low blood pressures while I'm in the hospital. I think it's typical for them to go pretty low when you're just laying in bed on pain meds.
Posted 2/2/2012 2:47 PM (GMT 0)
Jeeze, you'd think a priest doing last rites would be careful he had the right person! When you get better you might complain to the patient advocate about that (and it will be a very good story, as many outrageous things are).

My BP used to be a lower than yours when I was in the hospital -- it's not necessarily a big problem, although it depends. I used to get all kinds of people freaking out when they read 80 over 50 or something, but it was OK (not ideal, but not a special problem). Of course if you regularly run a lot higher, it is something to look at.

It can really help to vent to people who get it when you're isolated as you are. So if it feels good to post and get replies, don't feel bad about it -- might help you calm down and rest more.
Posted 2/2/2012 8:16 PM (GMT 0)
Rose, I can imagine the terror you felt waking up to a priest giving you last rights. It sounds like the beginning or the end of a really bad joke. It is not the first time something like that has happened. A rabbi once told me that he went to visit a patient in a hospital and was under the impression that she was dying, and spoke to her about it, and she told him she was being released that day and was going on vacation the following week with her family. I am guessing it is just lousy coordination between nurses, the hospital social workers, and the pastoral counselor.
The punchline I wish for you is that you get out of there and go home feeling much better, no priests or beeps.
Posted 2/3/2012 2:13 AM (GMT 0)
Good Lordy. I would have freaked if someone was giving me last rights. Yikes. WIshing you better days ahead and good healing. Rosemary
Posted 2/4/2012 2:41 PM (GMT 0)
     My mother had the last rites about four times when she was ill and hospitalized.  Ironically, she died here in my home (she lived with us for about a year after my dad passed).  I wasn't even aware that she was dying.  She was on peritoneal dialysis, in and out of the hospital..stubborn as all getout and always said she did NOT want to die in the hospital.  Well, God granted her that wish.  I figured she had enough last rites to get her that ticket into heaven :-) .
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