Hello
This last week has been very interesting. The only way I could go and visit mom in White Rock, was to agree that I would go back to the hospital after and spend the nights their. While they see how bad I have made myself. And to pump me full of the, whatever it is they have been giving me to feed me. I can't hold down real food anymore. So I have to continue this for awhile now. I am not well enough to be released.
Yes during the day I come home and go visit mom and then go back for the night to the hospital. And get plugged in again to feed me.
Mom is now in White Rock. The place Ocean Side is a palace compared to ValleyView. It is nice and new. Mom has her own room and washroom.
Getting their is a whole different thing. I have not got use to the bus schedule. But I have not got it down to the point where I can figure out how to get their at a certain time.
Like today, I left Coquitlam at 1:00pm thinking only two hours to get their. Well I got their at 5:00pm That is 4 hours. I had to wait for a bus at Coquitlam Centre then for the Sky Train Then 45:00 minutes at Surrey Central. Then another one half hour in White Rock. Not taking into account the time it takes on the bus and Sky Train. And then over 2 hours to get back. I am at home now and am not going back to the hospital.
I want to sleep in my own bed and at this point in time, I can't hold anything down. So no problem with the eating thing. Still no Groceries. Oh well. still have my tea. Earl Grey. I get this given to me.
I miss writing this.
I am on the ward with mom and the other patients. It seems that the staff don't have a problem with me. I am getting along with them.
Mom is actually calm. She has given me shit for not getting their when I say I am going to get their. Or for just disappearing for a meeting with some of the staff. Even though I tell her. But I guess she doesn't think it is going to last as long as they do. I don't either. I ant to get back visiting with mom as well. After all that is why I am their.
I will say one thing they knew all about me before I even got their the first day. And right away I had meetings with different people. The director, managers etc... The legal department was spoken too. They knew about my blog and the fact that Riverview had one shut down. All about the situations.
I was even given a workplace safety manual. Describing what is good and bad conduct within the workplace. I thought that was funny.
I told them as long as nothing goes on like it did at Riverview, there would be no need to write anything bad about them. But I will continue to write my blog and will report to all of you what goes on. And if anything negative does go on I will write about it. I explained this to them.
I will not be stopped. But so far so good. Like I said it is a very nice place. Open concept. Bright and airy. Air conditioned. They even have hot meals. Unlike Riverview, which served the food cold.
But Peace Arch Hospital is a very small hospital. The ER is hardly busy at all. Except this one guy has been in the ER most nights when I leave. If he is their again, I am going to ask him if he likes it their or what. Just an observation. It takes about two minutes to walk through the hospital. From when I walk in to use the washroom before I leave to the other side of the place. And about as long to walk from the other side through the Hospital. Small!
I am though very tired from the bus ride. I even put an add on Craigslist to see if I can get a SUV donated to me. Because it only takes 30 -45 minutes to drive their. But the bus has some very interesting characters on it, through Surrey.
And White Rock is nice, but at a much slower pace than Coquitlam. In Coquitlam, I walk slow because of my injuries. And the seniors walk faster than me. But in White Rock, well slow is not the word. Really I do walk slow, but I am at least moving forward.
Well the mall, I did not even know any of the stores their. And they close at 8pm Thursday and Friday. And I think their are more employee's working their than actual shoppers. And trying to find a cup of tea after 8pm well impossible. I can't make hot water at Ocean Side. No place to do so. And no place mom and I can be private and mom eat her fruit. But that is Ok I guess. I am their for her dinner and that is good.
Well I am just exhausted and I am going to go to bed now
GOD Bless and good night.
Kris Schmuland
