On May 8, 10:15=EF=BF=BDpm, "Laura M. Young" <bridgeplaye...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:=
> On 5/8/08 5:31 PM,"JanieP" <i...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Michael's hooked up to all the equipment for his vitals and he's got
tha=
t
> > little oxygen line. =EF=BF=BDHis head is still bandaged - is someone
goi=
ng to change
> > the dressing? =EF=BF=BDWhat about the feeding tube? the catheter or
the =
diaper?
>
> > No wonder Carly changed her mind after 1/2 day! She forget to hire
some
> > nursing staff.
>
> > JanieP
>
> I've been waiting and waiting to see the round-the-clock staff of
private
> duty nurses! =EF=BF=BD So, Carly, who's medical experience
is...what....th=
ree days
> in school to become a therapist or something back before she got into
Tony=
's
> bed?...is supposed to change the bandages, deal with IV drips, empty
> catheter bags for both urine and feces, read the monitors for his
vitals,
> and change his bed with her "little boy" in it?? This is the woman who
has=
> had a fulltime nanny for the child ever since she came back and took him
> back from Jason and likely never even changed a diaper on him when he
was =
an
> infant!
>
> I'm really glad they didn't try to drag out this keeping-him-at-home
thing=
> for very long because it was such a ridiculous idea from the
> start...ESPECIALLY without nurses!
>
> On the other hand, I have to say that we've seen some really great
acting
> from Laura Wright, Maurice Benard, and Steve Burton as they've agonized
ov=
er
> what to do about Michael along with some decent input from Ingo and
"Kate"=
> (sorry, I forget her real name). =EF=BF=BDIf any of them get any
nominatio=
ns for
> soap awards this year, they should have plenty of material to choose
from.=
I'm glad you hit on this absence of private duty nurses, Laura,
because it's seemed so unrealistic to me too. With the gadzillions of
dollars that Sonny, Jason, Carly, and Jax all seem to have at their
fingertips you'd think there'd be at least one nurse sitting in
Michael's room at all times. In the past, whenever Carly has asserted
that *she* would do something, it nearly always meant that she would
hire someone to do it. Carly has never been the floor-scrubbing
sort . . . though, as I write this, we did see her actually folding
clothes that one episode. Hmm, are they really going to allow this
experience with Michael to be Carly's catalyst to finally grow the
hell up and stop being so self-centered? That might be nice.
PJ
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