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Back in the ER with the boss. 3 surgeries since March and at lease one in the spring. I hope she does not have to get two more this month. I am getting worn out. I waiting for the MRI, CT and lab reports.
 
I hope this does not cross any "Guidelines"...

What made me Sad, for this post was that the Terrorists in Iran, have condemned a Doctor to death, just because he was doing his duty, Saving lives!

@Wurger , Marcel Marcel

I'm not sure about writing more details, including name and city he was in.
 
ARTESH said:
I hope this does not cross any "Guidelines"...

What made me Sad, for this post was that the Terrorists in Iran, have condemned a Doctor to death, just because he was doing his duty, Saving lives!

@Wurger , Marcel Marcel

I'm not sure about writing more details, including name and city he was in.
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IMHO not more details for the post is correct and enough. The thread is for what made you sad but not for the news.
 
DBII said:
Back in the ER with the boss. 3 surgeries since March and at lease one in the spring. I hope she does not have to get two more this month. I am getting worn out. I waiting for the MRI, CT and lab reports.
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It never ends. My wife has still not been placed in a room. No vacancies. They told us at 5 am we should have a room between 9 and 10. This is a huge hospital and there are no empty rooms. We are in an holding room in the ER. One bed and one chair. I finally laid on the floor and slept from 12:30 to 3:20 am. My wife need surgery. They told us it would be around 12:00. At 12:30 they started to wheeled her out to pre-op and the tech got an email saying the surgery been pushed back. The doctor is tied up on surgery. At lease we are not in a hall way for hours on end like during Covid.
 
DBII said:
It never ends. My wife has still not been placed in a room. No vacancies. They told us at 5 am we should have a room between 9 and 10. This is a huge hospital and there are no empty rooms. We are in an holding room in the ER. One bed and one chair. I finally laid on the floor and slept from 12:30 to 3:20 am. My wife need surgery. They told us it would be around 12:00. At 12:30 they started to wheeled her out to pre-op and the tech got an email saying the surgery been pushed back. The doctor is tied up on surgery. At lease we are not in a hall way for hours on end like during Covid.
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Now the surgery will be tomorrow late in the day if they can get to her. It is not an emergency so we are 4 on the list for the surgeon. If he cannot no it, when will have to go home and make an appointment in the next two weeks. We are still not in a room and may not be able get one unless she has the surgery. I really needs a drink and an airplane fix.
 
DBII said:
Now the surgery will be tomorrow late in the day if they can get to her. It is not an emergency so we are 4 on the list for the surgeon. If he cannot no it, when will have to go home and make an appointment in the next two weeks. We are still not in a room and may not be able get one unless she has the surgery. I really needs a drink and an airplane fix.
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It took 24 hours to get from the ER to a room. That sounds worse than it was. It not like people were stacked in the hallways like during Covid i curious if it was cause by the lack of rooms or staffing shortages. I am north of Houston in a major urban area. There are 4 major hospitals within minutes of each other plus several specialty hospitals. It was not like that when I moved here 20 years ago. I do have access to the best medical facilities in the country. I am better off than most people in the world.
 
DB: I can understand the frustration about growth. We moved to Houston in 1965 and everything ended at Rayford-Sawdust Road, going north, til you hit Conroe proper. Last time I was down that way, From north of Huntsville to Hobby Airport, there wasn't any open space anymore. Miss the old Camp Strake. Spent many a weekend and summer there.
 
cvairwerks said:
DB: I can understand the frustration about growth. We moved to Houston in 1965 and everything ended at Rayford-Sawdust Road, going north, til you hit Conroe proper. Last time I was down that way, From north of Huntsville to Hobby Airport, there wasn't any open space anymore. Miss the old Camp Strake. Spent many a weekend and summer there.
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I did not know you were also in the area. I live between Conroe and Willis. I moved to Humble to The Woodlands and then to my current location since the 80s. I just cannot get away from Houston's growth. I work in Huntsville and it is even reach that far north. The piney forest is being replaced by apartments, Mexican food restaurants and car washes. Hobby is a drive. That is where I saw B17 Thunderbird for the first time. The Lone Star Flight Museum was just starting and has not moved to Galveston yet. Time moves forward and now I am old. My brain is still young.
 
We moved out in 1980/81 timeframe. Dad worked for Texaco, in the Engineering department and had taken a transfer to Caltex when they moved their offices from NYC to Los Colinas. We lived right off West Belt Road and I-10, right at the western edge of Houston. WBR is now Beltway 8..... Used to ride my bicycle to Memorial Park and to downtown with a couple of friends before we could drive. Rode out to Eldridge Road to our gun club lots of times. No one blinked seeing a 13 year old on a bicycle with a rifle headed down the service road....Those were the days. :headbang:
 
DBII said:
I did not know you were also in the area. I live between Conroe and Willis. I moved to Humble to The Woodlands and then to my current location since the 80s. I just cannot get away from Houston's growth. I work in Huntsville and it is even reach that far north. The piney forest is being replaced by apartments, Mexican food restaurants and car washes. Hobby is a drive. That is where I saw B17 Thunderbird for the first time. The Lone Star Flight Museum was just starting and has not moved to Galveston yet. Time moves forward and now I am old. My brain is still young.
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The growth here outside Austin is awful. After my mother dies I will be moving out west, towards Big Bend. I want nothing to do with this "let's put the city everywhere!" approach. They've destroyed so much beautiful landscape here.

I know when I took my museum tour last year, the Pineys -- which I visited regularly as a boy, my dad's side of the family is from there -- were looking sad and somewhat shabby.
 
Thumpalumpacus said:
The growth here outside Austin is awful. After my mother dies I will be moving out west, towards Big Bend. I want nothing to do with this "let's put the city everywhere!" approach. They've destroyed so much beautiful landscape here.

I know when I took my museum tour last year, the Pineys -- which I visited regularly as a boy, my dad's side of the family is from there -- were looking sad and somewhat shabby.
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I understand. I always thought I would retire and move to New Mexico. I got married late in life and the boss said no. Make in 1982, I wanted to buy land and move to the Austin area. I was never in the position to buy and am glad I did not. I work for the state and travel to Austin at lease once a Year. Might as well be in Houston. The traffic is terrible and everything is a toll road. Really $35 to $50 a day for hotel parking.
 
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