What a tangled web we weave
@GardenGerty (157551)
United States
November 15, 2017 8:48pm CST
The quote says "what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive".
I got my come uppence.
Right after I posted saying I was going to go early and surprise my husband, he called. They were ready to dismiss him could I get there by ten o'clock?
So my early arrival was a just in time arrival. He was ready to leave, they made him wait for a wheel chair.
The poor nurse on the cardiac care unit. . . three people were dismissed at the same time and she had a new group of patients being admitted, and the shuffling of people had to wait on wheel chairs. It is a rule about patients being dismissed leaving in a wheel chair.
I am glad he was released early. I was dreading today, as the people had indicated it might be late when he was dismissed. I was afraid I would arrive for a noon dismissal and it would be something like two or three. I am thankful to have my husband home.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
He was threatening to just barrel on out through the doors. By the way, we went out through the Children's Entrance.
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
18 Nov 17
I function best early in the day, so that was good.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
He went in for what we thought was a regular pace maker, but it turns out it is an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. It is like a very small computer and if he goes into Afib--which is what caused his stroke--it will give his heart a shock to be back in the right rhythm.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16534)
• China
16 Nov 17
What was up with your husband? Hasn't he fitted with pacemaker?
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Actually it is a bit more elaborate than a pace maker. It is an ICD. I know you will probably research it. It does the job of a pacemaker but it will also shock, or defibrillate, his heart if he goes into an Afib heart rhythm. The Afib is what caused him to have a clot that went to his brain and caused the stroke.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16534)
• China
17 Nov 17
@GardenGerty I know a little about Afib.My late Mom had it,but wasn't fitted with ICD due to her being up in years and having heart failure.
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
It is from some piece of classic literature. Probably Shakespeare.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
He will be on four meds probably for the rest of his life. We will see.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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17 Nov 17
@GardenGerty (I think one of my aunts had similar surgery, she does have to take some medications every day.)
@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
17 Nov 17
My dad just got out of the hospital today. I am glad he was ready when it was time to take him home.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
It feels so hard to have loved ones in so many places, away from home.
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
It was hard to keep him waiting.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
16 Nov 17
Good job it all got sorted out for you too.
Have a great day ahead tomorrow both of you.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
I was back at work today. Work tomorrow, then thankful for the weekend.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
17 Nov 17
@GardenGerty
I am keeping myself busy on here for a while too.
I have tried to find a job to no avail as to yet.
@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
16 Nov 17
Dismissals can take time here too, I remember once I had to wait until late afternoon and it was supposed to be at 11 am or 12 noon. Glad your husband is home.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Something often seems to come up and interfere.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
16 Nov 17
Im glad you got to get him home early.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Me too. I hated coming home in the dark the one night.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
16 Nov 17
I'm glad he is out which means he is doing well.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Yes, he is the type of patient the doctor likes. Relative thin, active, and not giving up.
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Yes, It felt really good that they were ready so early.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
16 Nov 17
oh i imagine you are and i am so happy for you to have him back home. yes, they do tend to make us wait hours if we are on time. you hit it lucky
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Compared to the day before, I certainly did.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
16 Nov 17
So glad he is home. I hate when Keith works the late shift. I don't care to be home alone all night with just me and the kids.
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
I was exhausted the night I was home alone, or I would have never slept.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
17 Nov 17
@GardenGerty When I was in my 20's and single with the older kids it did not bother me much. Now, I don't like it at all. I wonder if its because I am older and realize so much more of the things around me going on or if its the fact that people seem to be meaner these days. I am so glad that Sandy is such a good watchdog. She lets me know if a squirrel or raccoon or possum is around and if there is a human around she is all over the place. She seems to be a good deterrent.
@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
17 Nov 17
@GardenGerty When I was in my 20's and single with the older kids it did not bother me much. Now, I don't like it at all. I wonder if its because I am older and realize so much more of the things around me going on or if its the fact that people seem to be meaner these days. I am so glad that Sandy is such a good watchdog. She lets me know if a squirrel or raccoon or possum is around and if there is a human around she is all over the place. She seems to be a good deterrent.
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
16 Nov 17
Glad it was not a late coming home Heather.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Oh yes. I hated driving home in the dark the other night, and I had not left a porch light on.
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@1creekgirl (40523)
• United States
16 Nov 17
It's always wonderful to be home from the hospital. Hope your husband will continue to heal.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
I think he will, he has positive goals.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Nov 17
For sure. I try to act like I am not sentimental or anything, but I appreciate having him here.