Herb, glad to hear that things are looking up!
When my husband was operated on for lung cancer, and was on the way to recovery two days later, he went into atrial fib and was moved back into the critical care unit. Early the next morning I had a call from the thoracic surgeon who wanted to talk to me before I went back to the hospital. My husband had gone into "hospital psychosis." If it weren't so sad, it would have been hysterically funny.
I found him in a straight jacket!
I was the only one he "could trust." The nurses, the respiratory therapist, the x-ray tech....were all in a conspiracy to kill him...and probably me. They were listening behind the curtains. AND he was now becoming sure that his surgeon was a part of the plot. They were trying to find out how much money we had, they were going to do away with both of us, and take all our money!!
Believe me, the rules about only 30 minutes with a patient were abandoned...they even brought me meals if I would just stay with him. It was horrible for me when, apparently completely rational, he explained all the horrors to me and begged me to believe him!! When he recovered, he did remember everything and was MORTIFIED.
Long tale...but glad you survived the infection, the surgery, AND the psychosis!!
Sara Anne
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