Comments on: The First Eight Days Part Two http://www.expatmom.info/the-first-eight-days-part-two/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:37:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Expat Mom http://www.expatmom.info/the-first-eight-days-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-1742 Expat Mom Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:59:22 +0000 http://www.expatmom.info/?p=959#comment-1742 I have no idea what IGSS stands for, maybe something, Guatemala, Seguridad Social? Or something like that. Connie, I never heard of people being recruited to help so much in a hospital! Cool. It makes sense to let parents stay with their kids . . . I mean, kids FREAK out in scary situations and without Mama? I blame the majority of my bad birth experience with Dorian on not having anyone there to be with me and talk me through it . . . they just yelled at me to shut up. The second time, with Dante, the doctors were really nice and it was a million times easier. Gloria, Antigua is between my town (San Juan) and the hospital town (San Felipe) but the hospital is only about 20 min. from my house . . . 3 min. from Antigua. The hospital in the capital, where Dorian ended up, is an hour and a half away by car, far longer by bus. I have no idea what IGSS stands for, maybe something, Guatemala, Seguridad Social? Or something like that.

Connie, I never heard of people being recruited to help so much in a hospital! Cool. It makes sense to let parents stay with their kids . . . I mean, kids FREAK out in scary situations and without Mama? I blame the majority of my bad birth experience with Dorian on not having anyone there to be with me and talk me through it . . . they just yelled at me to shut up. The second time, with Dante, the doctors were really nice and it was a million times easier.

Gloria, Antigua is between my town (San Juan) and the hospital town (San Felipe) but the hospital is only about 20 min. from my house . . . 3 min. from Antigua. The hospital in the capital, where Dorian ended up, is an hour and a half away by car, far longer by bus.

]]> By: Gloria http://www.expatmom.info/the-first-eight-days-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-1738 Gloria Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:29:07 +0000 http://www.expatmom.info/?p=959#comment-1738 Go your MIL!! (on this one). How far is Antigua from where you were first admitted? This series are keeping me hooked onto you, as if I can't be more hooked onto you already! Go your MIL!! (on this one). How far is Antigua from where you were first admitted?

This series are keeping me hooked onto you, as if I can’t be more hooked onto you already!

]]> By: Connie http://www.expatmom.info/the-first-eight-days-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-1737 Connie Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:54:22 +0000 http://www.expatmom.info/?p=959#comment-1737 That is so scary! I mean, I guess I can understand the need for security, but I've only had experiences with hospitals in two countries... the US (all over the place, I get called to go to the hospital too much...) and in Egypt. Staying in room, 24hrs a day, esp. for children, is acceptable and often expected. In both places, family was a part of the 'nursing staff'. Caring, feeding, cleaning, taking patients to lab, helping with recovery room duties.... during a power outage at a Georgia hospital, when the people I brought in were already off to ICU and surgery, I was recruited to help in the ER. Assisting nurses with treatments, running lab samples, etc. I know I am not the only one who has been recruited to help with the care of loved ones in hospitals. It boggles my mind to hear of a health care system that locks out all this free help! I guess, if the help is generally 'less than helpful', well, maybe it makes sense, but it is hard to imagine. Part 1 of your story, I sent you hugs, for this part, I send them to Irving and your MIL... wow! That is so scary! I mean, I guess I can understand the need for security, but I’ve only had experiences with hospitals in two countries… the US (all over the place, I get called to go to the hospital too much…) and in Egypt. Staying in room, 24hrs a day, esp. for children, is acceptable and often expected. In both places, family was a part of the ‘nursing staff’. Caring, feeding, cleaning, taking patients to lab, helping with recovery room duties…. during a power outage at a Georgia hospital, when the people I brought in were already off to ICU and surgery, I was recruited to help in the ER. Assisting nurses with treatments, running lab samples, etc. I know I am not the only one who has been recruited to help with the care of loved ones in hospitals. It boggles my mind to hear of a health care system that locks out all this free help! I guess, if the help is generally ‘less than helpful’, well, maybe it makes sense, but it is hard to imagine.

Part 1 of your story, I sent you hugs, for this part, I send them to Irving and your MIL… wow!

]]> By: NICOLE http://www.expatmom.info/the-first-eight-days-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-1736 NICOLE Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:21:58 +0000 http://www.expatmom.info/?p=959#comment-1736 WHAT DOES IGSS STAND FOR ? WHAT DOES IGSS STAND FOR ?

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