"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> Sounds excellent!!!!!!! Oh I haven't mentioned MRSA and CD. Not many
> hospitals *don't* have them. Many people go into hospital with something
> small, catch one of these and die!!!!
>
> and no, it is not unusual.
>
> I went private for my knees. I contracted Staph. Aureous. I was ill for
> months and had a hickman line to administer my own antibiotics. I was
> lucky to be able to do that because it was a new system to allow people to
> go home. Otherwise I would have been in hospital for months. When I had
> the second knee done, David was in my room three times a day, wiping down
> everything with antiseptic spray and wipes.

DH was in the hospital 'for' a staph infection - a bite on his elbow that
got infected. His doctor was excellent. After two hours, I could see that
the nurses were very negligent; slopping IV all over the floor, giving shots
and letting them fall on the floor, disallowing him clean footsies, treating
him with disrespect. There was a couch-bed and shower in the room. The
doctor said I could stay there with him 24/7 until he was discharged. I went
home and got clothes and stayed for 3 days. I learned to do the IV for him
at home for 3 weeks afterwards.

This type of thing happens and has happened even worse in rehab to one of my
in-laws. It is really important that one has a person to watch over them.
When f-i-l was operated on and in rehab, we packed up and stayed in his home
to visit him each day during all visiting hours and stay with him at his
home for 2 weeks afterwards. Even though his health care is excellent, one
of us is with him at doctors' appointments and there are many -- this is a
long trip for DH, but we know how things can go wrong easily.

All the health care insurance in the world doesn't keep one being at the
risk of incompetents - or other things not even thought about.
Your David is wonderful.
Dee Dee