There is some real scary stuff out there and a lot of people don't know about. I find it interesting as they would probably not like to be treated as they are treating other people. I think part of nursing or Dr. schooling is to actually be a patient where they are not known so they don't get special treatment. Might open some eyes.

After my flap surgery and being on a trach in the ICU with a G tube I had an unfortunate accident. One of the nurses came in and was probably giving me some meds or something through my tube. My best guess as I can't fully remember all of the events leading up to it. ;-) But when he was cleaning up he was doing it quickly and actually pulled my tube out! They spent almost the rest of the day trying to find another one to put back in. All this knowing that this is how I get my food, water and medicine. I swear I wasn't getting it. And then the one they put in was like the longest tube I had ever seen and became quite a pain. That was until it burst when we were trying to clean a clog. Then it was a trip to the hospital to get a new one.