Some People Are Hard To Help
Bad Behavior, Health & Body, Hospital, Non-Dialogue, Parents/Guardians, Patients | Healthy Related | May 29, 2022
My mother has PTSD from a lot of hospitalizations and surgeries as a kid in the 1950s. About a week ago, she had a routine MRI done, and they found evidence of a small stroke, so they admitted her to the hospital.
On day two, my mother lost it when she was told that stroke patients weren’t allowed out of bed until cleared and she’d have to use the bedpan. She experienced rage, panic, and confusion all in one huge fit. She kept claiming the stroke had never happened and it was all some sort of money grab. At a couple of points, she threatened to bite the nurses. She even threatened to fling herself onto the floor, despite being a wheelchair user who can’t stand at all.
My favorite part was when she repeatedly compared the hospital to prison, claiming, “Jeffrey Dahmer was treated better! He just got executed!”
She was a lot better after a chemically-induced nap. The nurses all swore they had seen worse, which really made me feel for them.
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