So, since Jillian has spent so much time in hospitals and appointments, I've heard some pretty hilarious stuff, this might be a regular kind of post that I do! Depends on how much I hear! ;) Not to mention, I'm a pretty good eavesdropper (Right Meg?!)
Btw. Thank you everyone for all of your support on my last post. It really means a lot to me. Another BTW. I'm getting a new blog and a new home. I can't say thank you enough to Lisa from
Garden of Many and Stef from
Mommys Quiet TimeNow, onto the fun.
When Jillian was first born, I overheard a lot in the NICU. There is one situation that I overheard. There were a homeless couple with a child in the NICU. The father was creepy, the mother was strange and this was their FIFTH child that was going to be taken by CPS. Sad situation. Anyway, I was doing Kangaroo care
with Jillian, so the common practice is to put a clean gown on so it does up in the front. I was only 3 days postpartum and the homeless man was there. He scanned me up and down and said "WOW! Looking HOT!" disgusting.
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OH! I just remembered a GOOD ONE!! When I went into the hospital when I was pregnant with Jillian, I was in triage to see is my water had broken. This other woman stumbled in and they started asking the routine questions. She had thought her water had broken. So, they were almost done taking her history and she piped up with a question "I went swimming yesterday. did that cause it?!" Uh, dude. If you're going to be someones MOTHER, you might want to look into things.
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When I was in the ER for my broken ankle (this past summer) there was a man in the curtained area beside me. His complaint was swollen testicles, which he said rather loudly. The nurse then asked him to remove his pants so she could see the affected area. He refused to pull his pants down. He just wanted them to take his word on it. Strange man.
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When I went to Jillian's AFO fitting on Friday, there was a woman there with her child. Now, Maureen the one who does a lot of the AFO work, plus works for a neonatal followup clinic in that hospital. She's VERY well known about preemies. I had seen the child and thought "Hmmm... That child doesn't look quite RIGHT, but I can't put my finger on it." I'm not saying anything about special needs, OBVIOUSLY since Jillian IS special needs! (I need to tell you that Maureen is VERY blunt and to the point- which works for me. I don't want people dancing around things with me) so, Maureen proceeds to ask the mother if the child has any medical conditions. Mother replies "NO" and Maureen then asked "was she diagnosed with anything" mother replies "
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome" Now, Maureen says "So, she has FAS" the mother said "Only when she was born" Maureen then pretty much looses her shit and says "FAS IS A LIFE LONG CONDITION! IT DOESN'T JUST GO AWAY!" phew... She didn't need to talk to that mom like that, but, I'm quite glad she wasn't aiming that anger at me!
Stay tuned for another episode of Overheard. Coming to a blog near you soon. ;)
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