What a tangled web we weave
@GardenGerty (169490)
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 (169490)
• 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 (169490)
• United States
18 Nov 17
I function best early in the day, so that was good.
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@GardenGerty (169490)
• 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 (17242)
• China
16 Nov 17
What was up with your husband? Hasn't he fitted with pacemaker?
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@GardenGerty (169490)
• 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 (17242)
• 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 (169490)
• United States
17 Nov 17
It is from some piece of classic literature. Probably Shakespeare.
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@GardenGerty (169490)
• 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 (20254)
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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.)
(I think one of my aunts had similar surgery, she does have to take some medications every day.)
@snowy22315 (209014)
• 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 (169490)
• United States
17 Nov 17
It feels so hard to have loved ones in so many places, away from home.
@GardenGerty (169490)
• United States
17 Nov 17
It was hard to keep him waiting.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• 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 (169490)
• United States
17 Nov 17
I was back at work today. Work tomorrow, then thankful for the weekend.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• 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 (11116)
• 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 (169490)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Something often seems to come up and interfere.
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
16 Nov 17
Im glad you got to get him home early.
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@GardenGerty (169490)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Me too. I hated coming home in the dark the one night.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
16 Nov 17
I'm glad he is out which means he is doing well.
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@GardenGerty (169490)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Yes, he is the type of patient the doctor likes. Relative thin, active, and not giving up.
@GardenGerty (169490)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Yes, It felt really good that they were ready so early.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• 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 (169490)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Compared to the day before, I certainly did.
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@Shellyann36 (11383)
• 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 (169490)
• 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 (11383)
• 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 (11383)
• 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 (70020)
• United States
16 Nov 17
Glad it was not a late coming home Heather.
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@GardenGerty (169490)
• 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 (44560)
• 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 (169490)
• United States
17 Nov 17
I think he will, he has positive goals.
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@GardenGerty (169490)
• United States
17 Nov 17
For sure. I try to act like I am not sentimental or anything, but I appreciate having him here.
