Strangely enough, now I want some chicken wings. On Apr 18, 11:07 am, Me <clotht...@gmail.com> wrote: > **If this is too far astray for this group... Jim, go ahead and pull > it, but I thought -somehow- it needed posting: perhaps for no other > reason than to purge it from my brain** > > My wife is an RN. She works in PACU [basically to the common person, > that's the recovery room after one has surgery]. > > Last night she was on-call. Sure enough, at 11:15pm her pager goes > off and she needs to go in. My daughter and me kiss her and off she > goes. > > She arrives back home at 3:30am after recovering a 21yr old male who > had to have his gull bladder removed. He had come through the ER, > straight into emergency surgery, then to my wife. > > He weighs 431 pounds. > > His history is approximating about 16,000 calories per day, mostly > fast food, the rest 'homemade' food 'by mom' in the form of mac-n- > cheese, fried fish, lots of potatoes in the mashed variety, meatloaf, > fried chicken, biscuits, loves his vegetables [according to mom] with > butter & Velveeta cheese... etc. > Favorite Activity: video games. > > Yesterday he had eaten 44 'Buffalo' chicken wings and 3 orders of > 'chili' fries, a couple fried 'breaded' salmon steaks and cauliflower > with cheese when he began having extreme middle-back pain. After his > mom gave him 'a large bowl of ice cream & 2 TBSP of Pepto Bismol to > help ease the pain' and the pain didn't ease up, he was brought to the > ER where it was discovered his gull bladder was enlarged, discharging > bile, and about to bleed-out. > > He did okay in surgery. The surgeon had difficulty getting to his > gull bladder as his liver was so enlarged due to his size. > > My wife had difficulty with him in recovery do to his size... his > wound site kept bleeding because of his size, the pliability of his > abdomen due to fat, and he was reacting poorly to meds [stopped > breathing many times, and she had to 'bag' him 5 different times]. He > also vomited up his entire day's intake of food because of not > reacting well to the various agents given to him during his procedure. > > After my wife stabilized him, she transported him to his room. The > patient was lucid by this point, in discomfort, curious what had > happened to him, and asking for food, "something spicy". My wife > explained what had happened, and that spicy food was -more than > likely- not ever going to be in his day to day menu again -- due to > not having a gull bladder in his body any longer. > > When she got him to his room, his mom & dad were there waiting. > > His parents asked the usual questions. My wife answered them. > > As my wife was leaving the room with the boy's parents, his mom began > opening and emptying out a large grocery bag with the statement, "just > a little something for him, for the morning, when he wakes up". > > She pulled out 2 large bags of Doritos, a store-bought deli container > of 'Buffalo' chicken wings [24-count], a large squeeze bottle of > Hidden Valley ranch dressing, a 2-litter bottle of Coke and a 12" > double layer chocolate cake. > > My wife explained that this wasn't a good thing. That this food was > not going to do him any good favors, and especially after the gull > bladder removal. > > The mom looked at my wife and said, "You obviously don't have > children, boys just like to eat!" > > This kind of thing is heartbreaking to me. > > -Scott > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
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