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the hospital has a family computer room!
Oct. 23rd, 2005 04:44 pmSo, Maine Medical Center in Portland has a family room for families of patients, with a computer and web access.
I flew into Manchester NH Saturday morning, rented a car - they didn't have a compact so I got a free upgrade to midsize, not that I wanted it. I've got a Chevy Malibu. American car - yuk. Automatic transmission - yuk. Anyway, it was a nice drive up to Portland, lots of foliage.
Stayed last night in the Doubletree, as that was the only nearby place that had a vacant room. I don't know why they get so specially high ratings, nor why they get away with charging that much. Their towels aren't any bigger, the room lighting is just as bad, the pillows just as lumpy, as the motel I'm staying in tonight at less than half the price. As best I can tell, what I got for $129 that I'm not getting for $54 is about a foot more of closet space, fancier carpet in the hallways, and a restaurant - which was closed at 3 PM when I wanted lunch, and the bar/grille was not yet open, even though the sign at the restaurant said it would be.
Yesterday afternoon, among other things, I accompanied my dad on a "walk" - he has to build up his strength. He made it down one hallway. Today, we made it around the periphery of one of the wings, about 4 times as far as yesterday. He's making bad puns, doing the daily crosswird puzzle in pen, and guessing the answers to Jeopardy questions before the contestants. This should reassure those worried about his mental state. To do the quintuple bypass, they had to take veins from both legs, a mammary, and one arm. So there's ugly scars healing up, but healing they are. Everything is going fine, again for a definition of fine that includes a quintuple bypass in the first place.
I'm fine too. Now that I know about this computer, I'll try and post once a day. I can't hog it though, so if you have emailed me and haven't received an answer, that's because I'm not spending 45 minutes checking my innumerable email accounts. I'll do that later in the week when I get home.
Now back to the room to see if Dad's awake. I brought him some tangerines and pears.
I flew into Manchester NH Saturday morning, rented a car - they didn't have a compact so I got a free upgrade to midsize, not that I wanted it. I've got a Chevy Malibu. American car - yuk. Automatic transmission - yuk. Anyway, it was a nice drive up to Portland, lots of foliage.
Stayed last night in the Doubletree, as that was the only nearby place that had a vacant room. I don't know why they get so specially high ratings, nor why they get away with charging that much. Their towels aren't any bigger, the room lighting is just as bad, the pillows just as lumpy, as the motel I'm staying in tonight at less than half the price. As best I can tell, what I got for $129 that I'm not getting for $54 is about a foot more of closet space, fancier carpet in the hallways, and a restaurant - which was closed at 3 PM when I wanted lunch, and the bar/grille was not yet open, even though the sign at the restaurant said it would be.
Yesterday afternoon, among other things, I accompanied my dad on a "walk" - he has to build up his strength. He made it down one hallway. Today, we made it around the periphery of one of the wings, about 4 times as far as yesterday. He's making bad puns, doing the daily crosswird puzzle in pen, and guessing the answers to Jeopardy questions before the contestants. This should reassure those worried about his mental state. To do the quintuple bypass, they had to take veins from both legs, a mammary, and one arm. So there's ugly scars healing up, but healing they are. Everything is going fine, again for a definition of fine that includes a quintuple bypass in the first place.
I'm fine too. Now that I know about this computer, I'll try and post once a day. I can't hog it though, so if you have emailed me and haven't received an answer, that's because I'm not spending 45 minutes checking my innumerable email accounts. I'll do that later in the week when I get home.
Now back to the room to see if Dad's awake. I brought him some tangerines and pears.
