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Payless shoes carry imitation Crocs.About 1/2 the nurses and aides on our busy med/surg floor wear them.They are so comfotable.Like wearing your house shoes all day.The cost is right around $15.00.Comes in black,light blue,neon pinkish orange & yellow, I think. As far as tennis shoes go,the most comfortable ones that I have found are Hanes Sport "Cheerleading" shoes-runs about $20,can be washed in the washing machine,air dry.I washed mine about once a month in the washer(between times used baby wipes-not just for bottoms anymore ) and they still lasted over a year.When the leather became scuffed,bought another pair and spray painted the old pair with flat white paint.Actually worked better than shoe polish... Good luck with shoe hunting.Once I find something comfortable,I buy an extra pair,because as soon as you REALLY like something, it becomes discontinued!

Elijah was stillborn at 26 weeks,6 days, on July 1,2005.There was a manilla envelope w/ footprints on some kind of certificate and a sealed envelope with photos of him. The nurse brought the manilla envelope & the death certificate paperwork in for her to fill out while she was in the room by herself.Sis had sent BIL back to the house for him to get some sleep,by that time,I was asleep w/ my niece. If I had known that they would have brought that in to her that night, I would have went back to the hospital when my brother in law came back from there.I don't think anyone should have to do that without a support person with them. Neither of them held him.He was so tiny.When he was delivered,my BIL saw them holding his limp little body and blocked my sister's view,afraid that she would go into shock.After they released her from the hospital,he was unpacking her things,and looked inside the envelope.He locked his self in their room and wept. He was not prepared for how the baby looked in a photo. I explained to him that even babies w/ no problems can temporarily have facial distortions from lady partsl delivery.That the photo taken after birth was not actually how he would have looked.I didn't know how to explain to him that the lack of amniotic fluid had caused what he saw. I guess that in a way, I am the luckiest person in this situation.When the OB doc did the cervical exam,and he was crowning, I asked my sister if I could look.She told me that she didn't care.So I looked over the doc's shoulder when she did the exam.I saw his tiny little head crowning.He had a head full of hair. So that is my memory of my nephew.Heart still beating regularly,before amniotic sac was ruptured.Head full of hair. That is how I will remember him. Can you tell me more about the Resolve thru Sharing program? They had such a hard time and are having a hard time finding answers.most difficult was not having access to counseling when they knew that more than likely they would be needing it.

My sister went into preterm labor (after she had been on bedrest) after she had taken our Mom to the ER for low BP on wednesday june 29. While waiting for mom to be triaged,a guy came into the waiting area,walked past my mom to tell the triage nurse that he had a gun.My sister saw it,told the triage nurse that she was taking mom to another hosptal.Nurse asked why,sister stated that she felt unsafe there(MCG).Took mom to the other hospital,mom was dehydrated,IV fluids infused,mom was being discharged when sister felt "leaking",went to BR to check,blood in the underware,so back to MCG to labor & delivery.Sister's doctor is there,as she was high risk pregnancy. back up 7 weeks:sister was (finally)transfered to high risk OB doc @~20 weeks because doc treating her finally decided that she needed to be treated high risk after she had to be admitted when labs showed K+ was panic low,also had spotting due to placenta previa.was placed on bedrest-that was why Mom was there. She had been being treated for N/V for several months, finally Zofran 4mg po q 4 hrs prn actually decreased vomiting significantly.New OB does ultrasound showing oligohydraminos & placenta was very large.Ultrasound was done each week after that.OB told her that placenta had growths on it,amniotic fluid was practically nonexistant.Each week for six weeks,just more bad news.No infection,baby's heart functioning normally,ultrasound showed urinary tract all there. My dad calls me june 30,thursday morning saying that he's going to GA,I said pick me up,I'll be ready,called my director,told her that my sis had went into labor, I needed that evening until at least Monday off to go to GA.Had already told my boss about my sis so she would know the whole story as to why I was needing time off work.Kissed husband and son bye,drove 13 hrs to Augusta,went to hospital next morning(Friday),then back again that night to stay with sis.OB doc had started second day of mag sulfate drip that evening.BIL & I were planning on spending the night with Sis,who had IV,foley & strict instructions not to get OOB,as even sitting up could increase chance of delivery.Sis said she needed to pass gas, I told her if she could lift a cheek to pass it,then she could.She told me that she kept feeling gassy.I asked when they had checked her cervix last when she asked what it felt like to "push",(3 yr old at home was via csection due to being in the breach position. "sometime yesterday".I called nurse to ask them to check cervix,OB doc comes in,sister is at a 10.Crowning, Doc calls everyone in to deliver baby,heartbeat still in 130-140's.Doc breaks amniotic sac,cord prolapses,NICU doc asked what they want to do,did they still want to have the csection?Sis &BILhad decided,save the baby at all cost. Down the hall for a csection with 1 of the many OB docs hand in there to prevent prolapsed nuccal cord from doing anymore damage,once in OR,anesthesia said they were going to "crash"her,sister took off o2 mask and asked what did that mean,they told her she would have to be "knocked out".BIL said he could not risk loosing his baby and wife too.baby's heart rated kept decelerating to way less than 30.Sis gave one really good"poo" push instead of abdominal pushes;Elijah Eugene was stillborn that night weighing ~1.5lbs, placenta weighed 3-4 lbs.OB doc had told them baby had less than 2% chance of living if delivered full term,had warned about all the possibilities,except what oligo can do to facial features because of cramped quarters. Not Potter's syndrome.Hope that someone has some information.Her doctor's told her that they had never before seen a placenta that size and could not come up with a reason for the oligohydraminos.Sis didn't have high BP.Am very glad that sis didn't have c-section, was worried that c-section would cause her to loose too much blood. Do OB staff have info on grief counseling?This was a ?? from my sister.I thought they would have. Nurse on duty that night,took footprints & pictures put in a sealed envelope, told my sister that they may not want to look at them now,but in time may want to and then not have the chance.Once babe was born,sister no longer had nausea.She had lost over 15 lbs since beginning of pregnacy.Sister and brother in law finally found grief counseling.MCG used a turned oak leaf with a tear on it on the door to signify loss.Nurse that came in to check IV pump didn't see oak leaf sign,saw pit drip asked Sis where baby was.She told nurse"my baby's dead".THis really upset my sister,that someone coming into her room asked that question. Sorry this post was so long, just wanted to get details in that may be important info so someone can tell me what can cause all these prenatal problems together.

right out of nursing school, i had a pt with priapism(side effect from trazadone that his friend had given him to help him sleep).That was not a subject we had talked about much in nursing school. I was rather proud of myself when I figured out how to listen for bowel sounds without making either one (well, me...) of us more uncomfortable by my stethoscope being in the wrong place. I just switched hands to listen to the other side of the abdomen... Last night, I said knock knock as I walked into a pt's room to retrieve an IV pump that was not in use,saw that his gown was up,sheets were down,and he was busy,which anyone else in the hallway could have seen as well, I just turned around, shut the door and went to the desk to call supply for an IV pump. I now know why his room mate spends so much time taking walks in the hallway.