I Was Eight Years Old...

@Hate2Iron A pinkie is a volunteer. We wore pink uniforms and thus the name "pinkie"

Have to ask... what is a "pinkie"?? Never heard that term before??

Cool that you made it that long before visiting a hospital. I just posted my 6 year old self had surgery and never went into a hospital again until I had children....

So glad that your mom was allowed to stay. That would have been really frightening for a 6 year old!!!

@LadyDuck I have never broken a bone... knock on wood, but I can't imagine how that must have been for a little girl!! Tell, me it wasn't over the summer!!

@Hate2Iron As I could not move my right arm at all, I needed help to do everything.

@Hate2Iron ......It sure is.

Strep throat... that is incredibly painful isn't it??

@celticeagle I hope that you didn't get it more than the once!!

@Hate2Iron Same here. The only time I didn't hate it was when I was in the hospital to give birth. They had to induce me coz I wasn't in labor but was already in full term. They had to administer oxytocin in my body through IV.

Oohhh... even as an adult, I hated IV in the hand!!

@toniganzon I was induced too... because my little guy was quite happy to be where he was!! Turned out that he was a month overdue...

@1creekgirl They definitely were icy cold on your throat... I just was annoyed that they didn't give me ice cream too! ;) My inner child was coming out!!

Why did everyone get ice cream but me?? I'm sure all I got was orange popsicles. Now I'm going to dream about ice cream tonight... I just know it. ;)

@Hate2Iron These days, I'd much rather have the orange popscicles!

I got to stay for a week... so I guess that makes up for the ice cream they didn't give me. (I had 2 c-sections so I got to stay longer ;)

@Courtlynn Mine was an emergency c section... that's probably why!! But they did have me up the very next morning. Something I will never forget lol! Damn that hurt!!!

@Hate2Iron oh wow. everyone i knew who has had csections were out within like 4 days as they want you up and moving around way sooner now than years ago.

I was going to ask you about how sore your throat was after the tonsils were taken out... I had forgotten about those!! The brain tumor episode must have been terrifying. I'm glad that they finally got it right and removed it!!! Wow, that had to be scary!!!

@Hate2Iron I remember that my throat felt like it was burning, that is way beyond sore like my parents told me it would feel. And I was told that I'd get lots of ice cream, but they didn't tell me it would be vanilla. The brain tumor wasn't too bad. The weeks and months leading up to it were painful. But the actual surgery was unique. They had to keep me awake during the 8 or 9 hour operation because they give you instructions during the whole time, wiggle your fingers, can you feel your legs...….And still to this day I can remember the songs that the staff were singing and how very cold it was in the OR and what they chatted about. I was young enough to trust my parents and obey them when they told me to behave and it wouldn't hurt (much). The dye test that they used back in those days hurt pretty badly, I remember lying on the OR table on my back and a single tear fell from the outer corner of my eye when they inserted the IV into my skinny little hand.

@Juliaacv You got ice cream?? I got popsicles!! I think that ice cream would have been more soothing... but vanilla is rather boring with all of the other flavors to be had. ;)

Aren't you the lucky one to have two uncles on staff!!! And your nurse sounds awesome!! She must have realized what it was like to be sooo young and in a hospital!

@Hate2Iron I agree, she was good to me....

All I remember is popsicles... but there must have been something other than that!!!

@Hate2Iron I'm sure there was.

You are a lucky one!! My grandmother cured my colic with a home remedy too!

@Hate2Iron yes, I think I am very lucky. Thanks.

OOh... that must have been awful at 4 years old!!

@Hate2Iron I have no memories of it.

Nope... don't think that we ever said a word to each other!! Just 3 days rest before hey sent you home?? I think that every new mother should get a week... because they won't be sleeping soundly for a good couple of years!!

So you got a present when you left!! I think that I got a sticker.

You are lucky!! Not a whole lot of fun!!

@Hate2Iron I'm sure it's not. I would die if I went to the hospital. Hospitals and doctors are very scared of me.

Did they manage to clear up the ear issue. Ear aches as a child can be pretty painful!!

@Hate2Iron Yes, thanks although my ears get incredibly itchy from time to time.