How Do We Deal With A Medical Crisis?

Restless nights in the hospital, pints upon pints of blood, and a wake-up call on the importance of love, family, and nurses. Link recounts his mom's husband's (not stepdad's) near brush with death when he visited LA recently in this episode of Ear Biscuits. Warning: There will be mention of blood and certain medical procedures that may trigger the queasy.

EB #194, Original Release Date: 5/26/2019

2:23 - Father-in-laws, stepdads, and secret families
5:58 - Link’s mom and Louis come to visit
10:35 - Christy saw the hospital trip coming
15:50 - Good news means lunch at a Japanese Steak House
21:04 - Link’s blossomed appreciation for nurses
26:23 - How did Link put aside his blood-related fears?
37:37 - Louis finally stabilizes
41:00 - Rhett and Jessie visit the hospital but Rhett gets lost
46:14 - Link evaluates his own level of selfishness
57:18 - It’s finally “good, good, good”
01:02:30 - Louis is back to his routine in North Carolina
01:04:48 - Recs in Effect: “Science Vs” Podcast

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[cassbutler]

acute care nurse here!! thank you for your appreciation, nothing like an ear biscuits podcast to pick me up after a hard 20 hour shift. ❤️

[elizabethbeck]

They need to make travel mugs. I cannot have open containers at work but the travel mugs are allowed. Seriously, GMM travel mugs need to happen!

[harpurr]

nurses are AMAZING and UNDERRATED. in an emergency situation i won't share details about, i recall being in & out of consciousness in a hospital bed, and crying, and there was a sweet nurse at my bedside with a tissue to wipe my tears and talk to me soothingly, telling me her name, where i was, and she told me that i'd be okay. and i was!! now i work semi-closely with nurses, and still see them often due to a chronic illness (unrelated to previous anecdote lmao) and i have so much damn respect for the work nurses do. everyone best be out here saying "thank you" to any nurse they meet.

[keetrandling]

Has Lily's surgery really been two years ago? My, how time flies! So glad she recovered well, and of course that Louis, too, is back in the swing of things.

[DaelinD]

Thank you very much for sharing this, Link. I am a male nurse working at a gastrointestinal ER in Denmark, and we do get acutely sick patients with the same diagnosis as your step/in-law/whatever father, though rarely as critical, thankfully. Your perspective on the relative's experience of such an uncertain and dire situation was very insightful. We nurses see and deal with this every day, and I can assure you, it is as present and profound for health professionals as for everyone else involved. Simply because we too are human. Heck, nurses write their Bachelor, Master and PhD thesis on how to care for relatives of critically ill patients. So yeah, I appreciate your willingness to share such a personal story and your thoughts on it. And Lewis' reaction to the lemon ice was so heartwarming. It made me feel _good good good_ .
As a side note, I listened to this over two consecutive days, while on my way to work. First day, I had a patient who was an American immigrant to Denmark; second day, I unfortunately cared for an elderly patient who died quite suddenly, and talked to a handful of relatives who were present as he passed. What a coincidental world we live in.

[emilywolenski]

My mom was in a coma for almost 2 months after a ruptured brain aneurysm. My dad took me to the hospital almost every day after school. I can relate to that guilt Link is talking about. You want to be there for your loved one, but at the same time you don't want to hang out at a hospital for hours at a time when you have your own stuff to do. But then you feel kind of bad for not wanting to be there. It's rough.

[LuisSpinns]

Shout out to Link for talking about/looking at blood without passing out 👏🏼




But seriously, hope everything is all right!

[WHALEx]

"I'm the person that always minimizing."
Says the man who thought his career was over because he had a sore throat.

[amandateply]

As an ER nurse my heart is so full after hearing happy to hear things are going better, this would have been a terrifying situation but so very thankful for the shout out to nurses!! Love you guys so

[roofth]

Link, thank you for being so transparent! You and Rhett and excellent storytellers and we as listeners get to experience all the things that bring you through growth. Thank you for that 🙏❤️

[annab]

What Link says about having a support system is so true. Last month I was in the ICU for observation due to internal bleeding. I had the scope done in my room just like Lewis. Fortunately, I didn't require any blood transfusions. But I have no family left and no friends in the area - and that feeling of isolation, loneliness, and fear is very traumatic when you have to deal with it completely on your own. I'm so glad for Lewis that he's doing well and that he has such a loving, supportive, extended family to help him with the healing process. Love you, Link!

[mallorielouann]

"I won't call Louis my step Dad because he didn't raise me."

Here we go again... 😂😁

[scrapinmomma]

I work in oncology and its always nice to hear when someone says they appreciate the nurses.

[DeannaJacksonDJsDelectables]

Link is talking about his step dad's ulcers and Rhett keeps bringing up the Japanese restaurant. 😂😂😂

[glfrjack]

A few comments:
1) Link... I'm glad your step father-in-law paw paw moms husband male type figure is doing better;
2) I want that "prototype" mug in 22oz size; and,
3) Rhett... doctors can eat shrimp too (18:13)

[justinbrox]

Regular blood donor here, happy to help! Some of us get notifications as to where our blood gets sent, and its super rewarding. About 20 people across California have gotten mine so far. But shortages happen pretty often, especially of type O. We're in the middle of one right now actually. So give blood!

[CrystalsandCoffee]

right at the end when link said to louis hows that lemon ice and he said "good good good" made me so happy, i welled up! so so sweet x

[vondnmae]

I am an ICU nurse so I really appreciated those words Link! 😊❤️

[OZZY]

My son was just in the hospital for two months after his birth three months ago and required open heart surgery. He goes back at the end of next month for another surgery. I can completely understand the fog feeling of this is fine everything is good and not really noticing the undertone of what is actually happening. I remember being just outside my sons hospital room while they were doing compressions to get his heartbeat back and just staring out the windows in the sunroom trying to think of when this went from ok to not ok. It was always not ok but I ignored it because if I let myself feel it I wouldn’t be able to keep moving. It’s awful. The nurses are the saving grace of it all. They held me when I cried, held my son even when they were busy, and kept us sane.

[carlatownsend]

Christy's instincts were spot on! So glad he is doing better!