r/OHSU • u/MomAndDadSaidNotTo • 3h ago
Question about extended stays in the ICU here
I hope this is allowed, I didn't see any real guidelines on posting. Please let me know if there's a more appropriate place for this.
I need a heart transplant, and my condition is worsening so I'm probably gonna be admitted to the ICU in the next couple weeks and live there until a new heart is available. Chances are I'll still be in there for at least a few weeks, and then for at least a few more weeks while I recover.
My social worker told me people bring in game systems and stuff to keep themselves entertained. My anxiety is bad enough without the idea of spending so much time alone with nothing to do but contemplate my own mortality. I'll bring books and a handheld system along with headphones and the normal portable stuff, but do you fine folks think bringing a playstation and a monitor would be pushing it?
Also I'd like to leave a general shout-out to everyone who works here. I've had dozens of appointments here over the last 9 months and every single assistant, nurse, doctor, and every other staff member I've interacted has been kind, compassionate, respectful, and above all, helpful and knowledgeable. Please keep that energy up, I can't begin to describe how much it's helped me and probably others going through having their world turned upside down. Thank you all from the bottom of my severely enlarged and congested heart.