tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post1590535417827666858..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Today's QuizGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-28040928950193842132010-04-05T11:25:13.276-04:002010-04-05T11:25:13.276-04:00I am so insensitive because I am laughing hysteric...I am so insensitive because I am laughing hysterically at this moment!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-3253361796233063442010-02-15T11:42:04.350-05:002010-02-15T11:42:04.350-05:00That would be my family. Much easier to bitch abou...That would be my family. Much easier to bitch about the Betadine splotches on the floor or the nurse where English wasn't her first language, than process the mayhem on hand.<br /><br />I'm certainly not like that, but surround by an entire tribe who is.<br /><br />LD50 RatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-53249095821439193672010-02-15T01:57:09.405-05:002010-02-15T01:57:09.405-05:00Lessee, my late grandmother (who would come up wit...Lessee, my late grandmother (who would come up with good reasons why drivers did dumb things in front of my grandfather) would have said, "They were worried about the doctor coming in next having to wash his or her hands and not having a sink in good condition. Concentrating on this made it easier for them to deal with losing their family member."<br /><br />Or the grandmother could have had a massive bleed to get away from them obsessing about maintenance issues, who knows!Kat's Katshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05519016601947528061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-90229542949977019292010-02-15T01:28:19.743-05:002010-02-15T01:28:19.743-05:00Perhaps focussing on something else is their way o...Perhaps focussing on something else is their way of coping with the stress and news. Some people are just like that. They do their breaking down and crying in private.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-49090060138895546832010-02-14T22:35:32.188-05:002010-02-14T22:35:32.188-05:00Let's give this family a break - in the face o...Let's give this family a break - in the face of overwhelming stress/grief, it is so much easier to focus on a small detail that IS fixable. Ranting about the sink is just their way of delaying the inevitable. They'll deal with Grandpa's stroke soon enough.<br />-whitecapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-24484705149444923212010-02-14T20:27:32.840-05:002010-02-14T20:27:32.840-05:00Having been with other families who are sobbing hy...Having been with other families who are sobbing hysterically because grandma is going to die of a brain bleed.....all I got to say is PEOPLE. They're too much. Seriously, really?<br /><br />Hope you feel better soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-22433648368010453602010-02-14T20:03:19.413-05:002010-02-14T20:03:19.413-05:00Priority check, room with broken sink?Priority check, room with broken sink?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-11061195258622970072010-02-14T19:16:19.625-05:002010-02-14T19:16:19.625-05:00As we say in hospice at times like this, "Eve...As we say in hospice at times like this, "Everyone grieves differently." And we include the quotes when we say it.terri chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398808840234914275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-5705216280961144342010-02-14T19:05:02.322-05:002010-02-14T19:05:02.322-05:00for some, any control is better than no control. o...for some, any control is better than no control. odds are the grandchild is from out of town and has had no contact with grandpa in years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-14307995530528335462010-02-14T19:01:59.697-05:002010-02-14T19:01:59.697-05:00not the reaction i would expect ...not the reaction i would expect ...Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-48248867574654115872010-02-14T18:28:33.349-05:002010-02-14T18:28:33.349-05:00And then you call the chaplaincy service and reque...And then you call the chaplaincy service and request an emergency consultation because it appears that a family member has been possessed by Satan and transformed into a blithering asshole. <br /><br />How sad for the rest of the family...and do feel better soon, Dr G.pjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18247276024229719691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-91641925604420859332010-02-14T18:28:22.778-05:002010-02-14T18:28:22.778-05:00I would probably do A, B, and C at some point in t...I would probably do A, B, and C at some point in the next few minutes. As for E, WTF is the difference if you're being moved out of the room anyway? (It might have been another story if this was a patient room on the floor; then I would have just discreetly asked the nurse if she could call maintenance when she had a minute.) I'm sure that's what you wanted to ask her in the back of your mind, and I would have wanted to tell her to quit the complaining and focus on what's really important. (I would never have made it as a nurse!)thecatsmeowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269681849332498912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-54613104270444323832010-02-14T18:15:59.892-05:002010-02-14T18:15:59.892-05:00Maybe she/he wanted to go with number 1, but neede...Maybe she/he wanted to go with number 1, but needed to wash her/his hands first - precautions, just in case grandma had swine flu.<br /><br />Or, maybe not...StudentDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830536301077719899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-56505278389577538572010-02-14T18:02:57.054-05:002010-02-14T18:02:57.054-05:00OMG that is horrible! But I can totally see this h...OMG that is horrible! But I can totally see this happening. Sigh. How did we become so numb to our fellow human(s) and demanding of others?Filet-o-bitch RPhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150522997875773024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-27688926474342847462010-02-14T17:51:40.397-05:002010-02-14T17:51:40.397-05:00Amazing how some people cope!Amazing how some people cope!Joannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873298945787016849noreply@blogger.com