CarrieRN2006

Yes I have registered for classes, but I can't remember my schedule right now. What is your name btw? If you don't want to post it I will understand, but I use MSN and Yahoo. On yahoo the screen name is gomertheking.

Yep, I got in. I am from Glencoe and ride with a friend from Imboden. Congratulations on getting in! I just found out today how much things are going to cost in the Spring, not looking forward to that, but I am excited to have gotten in. Have you been to MH before? If so, you prolly know me and vice versa.

gracie allen!!!:rotfl: loved her and george burns together...........

hahahahahahhaahahahahaha:chuckle .........i love anatomy too! male anatomy especially , seeing as i have more experience with the female stuff ( had it all my life afterall!! ) it is just interesting to find out such interesting (and sometimes funny) stuff about men and their bodies!!! hahahahahaha:coollook:

Thank you for your response. Just a note, my grandfather (papa) knew he was on a vent as he had requested to be placed on it during the first week. He had been struggling to breathe so much that he thought that it would be a welcome relief to not have to work so hard to breathe. The staff said they had never had a pt request a vent before him!:) And although the staff didn't let him know that we were turning off the machines, I did. I told him that we had all talked about it and had decided that he would be better off in Jesus' arms because there was nothing else that we could do to help him.

Its nice to know that this isn't the norm for everyone, although it will never remove this experience from my memory........Thank you for your thoughts and any others that may have some other thoughts to offer also.

Not quite sure what you mean, he was 77 when he died. The accident was April 13, he passed May 23. After the disconnect it was a excrushiating 10-15 minutes before his heart finally stopped.

a blonde walks into a bank in new york city and asks for the loan officer. she says she's going to europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. the bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for the loan, so the blonde hands over the keys to a new rolls royce. :uhoh21: the car is parked on the street in front of the bank, she has the title etc, and everything checks out. the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. the bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the blonde for using a $250,000 rolls as collateral against a $5,000 loan.:rotfl: an employee of the bank then proceeds to drive the rolls into the bank's underground garage and parks it there. two weeks later, the blonde returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41. the loan officer says, "miss, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. while you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. what puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?":rolleyes: the blonde replies....."where else in new york city can i park my car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there when i return?":rotfl: :imbar

I wasn't quite sure where to place this question. My grandfather, who, I have to mention, raised my sister and me along with the help of my grandmother, was involved in an accident on April 13 '04. He received multiple injuries on the left side broken clavicle, scapula, shoulder, all but 2-3 ribs (both sides), shattered hip, broken pelvis, femur, ankle, wrist, neck, and a tear to the aorta. He was sent to the Elvis Presley trauma unit in Memphis, TN. while he was there, he received amazing care from some very qualified nurses. Thank god there are those that can do it. By the way, I am not a nurse yet and will begin my nursing classes soon, so I have a few questions. On may 22 we arrived at the unit and stayed most of the day (we were given unlimited access to him, and I knew enough then to know that they weren't very hopeful). Anyway, during the afternoon we had asked if the vent was the only thing holding him and they said no that his heart was still holding up and that his blood pressure was stable. Knowing that we went to eat and when we returned his pressure had dropped, and we were told that he could live a couple of days more b/c of the vent or we could disconnect and it would only be a few minutes. After a family meeting and a meeting with a Chaplin, we decided to disconnect and let him go. the staff was fine with that and agreed that it was the best step I was waiting to be prepared for what to expect, and no one said a word, they just began disconnecting everything to make it as quiet as possible so that it would be peaceful as possible. Well, what happened after that was something I don't believe I will ever get over. He had been on morphine for a while and was nonresponsive before they started the disconnect, and then immediately when they disconnected the vent his eyes flew open and he looked at me with a horrible look on his face as if screaming from his mind that he couldn't breathe and what is going on.....he then began really struggling and turning purple and his tongue hit the roof of his mouth and he was making horrible noises and tears started pouring out of his eyes. So, my question is, is this the norm, are family members usually not prepared for this, and how am I supposed to help patients when I become a nurse (which I am seriously beginning to doubt that I can now)? I feel like I will just be reliving this over and over. He was like my dad ... sorry for the long entry, but this is bothering me, shouldn't they have prepared us even a little? And just for the record, I could not have left the room regardless; I could not let him pass alone. Thank you for your time, and let me at least get this off my chest for the moment.

a little note, some of us live in the south and know that this little story has been on many different urban legend shows and proven not only wrong, but very unlikely.:imbar not that it isn't a funny story, but it is just that a story. by the way, are you blonde? :rotfl:

hey, my name is carrie, and i have completed my first year of college at asu mountain home. i should get to begin my nursing classes in the spring lord willing. i was just wondering if there was anyone on here that lives in these parts!