After our trips to the UK and France, I posted articles listing some interesting numbers from the trips. My hospital stay was certainly no vacation, but I thought some of the numbers from that whole experience might be interesting as well.
| Nights spent in the hospital during 2010 | 63 |
| Nights spent in the hospital when my kids were born | 2 (one each) |
| Nights spent in the hospital during the rest of my life (not including my own birth) | 0 |
| Number of hospital rooms I spent at least one night in | 7 (plus a couple of nights in the ER and one in the TV lounge) |
| Number of roommates | 10 |
| MRIs | 1 |
| ECGs | 2 |
| Ultrasounds | 3-5 |
| X-Rays | 5-8 |
| CT scans | 10-15 (including three since discharge) |
| Units of blood received | at least 7 |
| Units of fresh frozen plasma received | at least 13 |
| Number of drains in my body at one time | 4 |
| Number of drains total | 7 |
| Number of different tubes stuck up my nose | 4 (one at a time, thankfully) |
| Amount of dead tissue and fluid removed from my abdomen during surgery | 4 litres |
| Weight when admitted to hospital | 178 lbs |
| Weight at discharge | 151 lbs |
| Weight two weeks after discharge | 141.5 lbs |
| Number of doctors assigned to me (total) | at least 6 |
| Number of nurses assigned to me (total) | at least 25 |
| Number of nurses who offered me backrubs | 1 (but more than once) |
| Number of backrubs I accepted | 0 |
| Number of nurses who asked me to look up cheap flights to Poland (since I'm a "computer guy") | 1 |
| Number of nurses who spoke Zulu | 1 |
| Number of scheduled daily injections (i.e. needles) | as many as 6 |
| Number of staples holding my incision closed | 43 |
| Cost of having a phone in my hospital room | $14.69/week |
| Cost of having wireless internet in my hospital room | $20.95/week |
| Cost of having TV in my hospital room (with "premium" channels) | $90.40/week |
| Cost of having cable TV at home | ~$60/month |
| Watching Sidney Crosby score the gold medal-winning goal for Canada | Priceless |
This is likely the last thing I will write on my hospital experience. I don't want to turn this blog into a series of "feel sorry for me, I was really sick!" articles, but the fact of the matter is that I was really sick, and sicker than even I realized at the time. I spent more time in the hospital in two months than anyone else I know has in their entire lives, with the exception of one person – and my experience doesn't begin to compare with hers. We now return to our regularly scheduled blog.
1 comment:
OMG - 43 staples. What a shock.
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