[tijlover]

Originally Posted by EA

Oh I have a plan for that. Just take me in my wheelchair to grand canyon. I'll do the rest.

At the last LTC/Rehab facility I worked in, some years ago, some man had shot himself 2X and missed both times. The last shot did a lot of damage and he was in the hospital for a whole year, with them trying to piece his head back together. Then he comes to the Rehab center, and he gets to the point where he can wheel a wheelchair around, and what does he do? He was caught racing his wheelchair down to the super busy avenue and was attempting to race his wheelchair into the street, hoping to get run over. The nurses chased after him and caught him just in time. Poor *******! The poor guy just wants to die, for God's sake let him have his last wish!

And if you do land your butt in one of these facilities and you make it clear to a nurse that you want to die, then what happens? Legal 2000 sets in! You're a threat yourself, so you're then packed off to a Psych ward to pound some sense into you.

"I don't care if you're paralyzed or you're 85YO, you could have many good years ahead of you!"

And, of course, it's all about headcount in these facilities, compassion where art thou? Nurses come to work and you can see the panic in their faces as they ask: What's the headcount? Headcount too low, one nurse goes home, without pay.

[EA]

The water just keeps dropping. I want to see this full before I move in 10 years or so.

[NLVgal]

Originally Posted by EA

The water just keeps dropping. I want to see this full before I move in 10 years or so.

I’ve seen it full. It was a long time ago, friend. Don’t hold your breath.

[curiousgeorge5]

Originally Posted by EA

The water just keeps dropping. I want to see this full before I move in 10 years or so.

It wasn't like that when I saw it in '06.

[curiousgeorge5]

Originally Posted by tijlover

At the last LTC/Rehab facility I worked in, some years ago, some man had shot himself 2X and missed both times. The last shot did a lot of damage and he was in the hospital for a whole year, with them trying to piece his head back together.

And, of course, it's all about headcount in these facilities, compassion where art thou? Nurses come to work and you can see the panic in their faces as they ask: What's the headcount? Headcount too low, one nurse goes home, without pay.

He shot himself in the head but missed 2X?


How did this person survive a bullet wound that required piecing his head back together?


Is that last paragraph really true? They'll send a nurse home without pay? If so, I don't know how they keep nurses.

[tijlover]

Originally Posted by curiousgeorge5

He shot himself in the head but missed 2X?


How did this person survive a bullet wound that required piecing his head back together?


Is that last paragraph really true? They'll send a nurse home without pay? If so, I don't know how they keep nurses.

The first bullet just grazed the side of his head, the other did more damage, but his wife was there to quick call the ambulance, and got to the emergency room just in time to save his life.

At nursing homes, if the headcount is too low, they'll first ask if anyone wants to leave, and use up any PTO time, and if no PTO time left, then they're unpaid. But thankfully, there's usually a volunteer or 2 with PTO time that jumps at the opportunity.

[curiousgeorge5]

Originally Posted by tijlover

The first bullet just grazed the side of his head, the other did more damage, but his wife was there to quick call the ambulance, and got to the emergency room just in time to save his life.

Small caliber gun, I guess.

[ElleTea]

Originally Posted by tijlover

The first bullet just grazed the side of his head, the other did more damage, but his wife was there to quick call the ambulance, and got to the emergency room just in time to save his life.

At nursing homes, if the headcount is too low, they'll first ask if anyone wants to leave, and use up any PTO time, and if no PTO time left, then they're unpaid. But thankfully, there's usually a volunteer or 2 with PTO time that jumps at the opportunity.

I know someone who attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head...he missed. He survived but BADLY disfigured his face. He had to see that every day and he really struggled with it. Can you imagine? Seeing it in the mirror, people asking what happened...He did end up succeeding about a decade later.

[Hughie]

Originally Posted by ElleTea

I know someone who attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head...he missed. He survived but BADLY disfigured his face. He had to see that every day and he really struggled with it. Can you imagine? Seeing it in the mirror, people asking what happened...He did end up succeeding about a decade later.

I thought everyone knows you stick the gun in your mouth. I guess not.

[ElleTea]

Originally Posted by Hughie

I thought everyone knows you stick the gun in your mouth. I guess not.

He did, but somehow he slipped or something. His face looked caved in in the middle Terrible.