Question of the Day - Friday, September 27th, 2024

[fowltemptress]

longest time(that I remember, was basically in and out of hospitals the first 3 years of my life) was a month and a week in a hospital in New York. that was 9 years ago now........... I remember the smell of the hospital, what it looked like, the taste of the hospital food......... I can hear myself screaming. I was eight years old, and I can hear my own voice, wailing that it's the worst pain I've ever been in. but I can't remember the pain. This sounds strange, but the worst part is knowing the pain was there, but not being able to really remember, not even in the deepest recesses of my mind. It was awful, and whatever that pain was, I never want to feel it again....... but I can't help but feel like something's missing. The memory that defines New York, and the most important part's just............. gone.

Could be a blessing. I have this theory that our ability to forget pain is the sole reason anyone has more than one child.

 

[azurbanclucker]

5 days. What was supposed to be a simple procedure got more complex when they dove in, and I had to stay longer as a result.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Just hours to get stitched up, or cast put on. One night after MC accident for shoulder surgery.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Few hours including the waiting room.

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

A few days at the least. I was a young child and don't remember how long though, just remember random things about being there.

 

[Sally PB]

A day or two when I was born, or however long babies stayed in 1962. Other than that, a few hours at most for outpatient surgery.

 

[sourland]

Overnight one time.

 

[AntiqueB]

Three days when my son was born. I would have loved to go home sooner.

My mother was in and out a lot, though, for things like appendicitis and walking pneumonia. She hated hospitals, and usually just walked out when she had enough, kind of like @The Moonshiner .

 

[bill3607]

As a patient 3 days when I was 5. Other than that just a handful of times for a few hours each to the ED for broken bones, stitches, Xrays etc..

I have spent longer durations at the hospital as an employee than I ever have as a patient. Hopefully, it remains that way.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

The longest was about a week. A couple times.