I wish I lived in a world where I could be shocked by yesterday's events

[Ms. Toad]

61. Not much yet.

The patient in the next bed has been in crisis, made much more complex by the d#$@ hospitalist system. Unlike most of my daughter's roommate's this past year, she knows to much to be quiet. So while I'm glad she's a strong advocate for herself, it does make sharing a room with her more challenging.

Our family also knows too much. Aside from the worst period during COVID, no one in our family who isn't physically or mentally capable of defending themselves stays alone in the hospital. (An unfortunately, sometimes that's not even enough. This is the 10th-ish hospitalization or ER visit in 10 months caused by one bad decision by the hospitalist in September, who lied about having consulted the GI specialist before giving her a medication which is absolutely contraindicated. 30 years without a single hospitalization for her ulcerative colitis - now 3 hospitalizations, and at least a half-dozen ER visits - and we are just now beginning to see the light of day.)