As someone who is currently going through the process of having surgery, and know people who went through sudden surgeries, I do have to say that Fitzpatrick got some things wrong and others right.
First off, yes, people can spend extraordinary little time in hospitals after major surgery. Personally, I am having fairly invasive surgery and they are kicking me out after two day (unless they have to go very invasive, but that's a different story). My (male) cousin had his head bashed in by his psycho friend, resulting in brain damage, and they let him out after a week. My boyfriend was released the same day he had hernia surgery, and my (female) cousin (who is the sister of aforementioned cousin) was released the next day after having a Cesarian and her spinal cord leaking. So, either my family is horribly cursed, (don't...get me started on my papa) or hospitals don't really like having patients stay, waste of beds. Then again, I live in Canada.
Second, they actually wean you off the initial painkillers because just because you don't get addicted to them, doesn't mean you won't suffer withdraws. They aren't going to just take you off the heavy stuff without replacing it with the lighter stuff, that's just cruel. Seeing how much of an idiot she is, I'm actually shocked she's not popping the painkillers all ready.
Thirdly, Vee must be a fallen angel herself because NO ONE is so superhuman, that they get out of a hospital and go back to normal life after ONE DAY. My mom and I already have major plans for my post-hospital care. Granted, yes, I have a lot of time to plan it but in all reality, Vee shouldn't even WANT to leave the confines of her bed. My boyfriend, after his hernia surgery, had to sleep on the couch for a week because he couldn't even walk up the stairs to get to his room. I know for me, I'm going to probably going to have to consider walking to the bathroom in my single-level house and forget getting my own food, that's why they invented bells.
In conclusion, while she did get one thing right (maybe, I think my family is just cursed), ultimately, Fitzpatrick is a major idiot who probably never had surgery/knows someone who had surgery/probably hasn't been within a stones throw of a hospital.
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Date: 2011-07-06 06:28 am (UTC)First off, yes, people can spend extraordinary little time in hospitals after major surgery. Personally, I am having fairly invasive surgery and they are kicking me out after two day (unless they have to go very invasive, but that's a different story). My (male) cousin had his head bashed in by his psycho friend, resulting in brain damage, and they let him out after a week. My boyfriend was released the same day he had hernia surgery, and my (female) cousin (who is the sister of aforementioned cousin) was released the next day after having a Cesarian and her spinal cord leaking. So, either my family is horribly cursed, (don't...get me started on my papa) or hospitals don't really like having patients stay, waste of beds. Then again, I live in Canada.
Second, they actually wean you off the initial painkillers because just because you don't get addicted to them, doesn't mean you won't suffer withdraws. They aren't going to just take you off the heavy stuff without replacing it with the lighter stuff, that's just cruel. Seeing how much of an idiot she is, I'm actually shocked she's not popping the painkillers all ready.
Thirdly, Vee must be a fallen angel herself because NO ONE is so superhuman, that they get out of a hospital and go back to normal life after ONE DAY. My mom and I already have major plans for my post-hospital care. Granted, yes, I have a lot of time to plan it but in all reality, Vee shouldn't even WANT to leave the confines of her bed. My boyfriend, after his hernia surgery, had to sleep on the couch for a week because he couldn't even walk up the stairs to get to his room. I know for me, I'm going to probably going to have to consider walking to the bathroom in my single-level house and forget getting my own food, that's why they invented bells.
In conclusion, while she did get one thing right (maybe, I think my family is just cursed), ultimately, Fitzpatrick is a major idiot who probably never had surgery/knows someone who had surgery/probably hasn't been within a stones throw of a hospital.