Diapers in Hospital

[Diaperman95]

Ok to be fair it was super late at night and mental state of thought was kaput...

Thank you for the reply. We are all human say things with out thinking sometimes. You have a good one

 

[Chinababy888]

In my previous replies I mentioned the time ahen I was 2-3 years of age, I forgot to mention that I have been at hospital after that and had to stay for upto two weeks, this occured when I was 6 years old.

I was trying to watch Indiana Jhones & the temple of doom, I had decided to climb up on-to the top of the brown leather sofa to get the best view of the tv as it was on top of a high cabinet wich I was finding it hard to see from my hight,

well long story short I ended up falling off the back and hitting my head hard on the floor and although I got myself up again I instantly knew something felt off

As I had fuzzy vision and a dizzy feeling like I was on a fair-ground waltzer and I could not see clearly and had a extremely painful throbbing headache, and had could not see clearly out of the left eye.

Well I went to bed as normal but wasn't aleap for very long until things took a nasty turn for the worst a couple of hours later as I thew up some blood so the next thing I can sort of remember was being rushed to the hospital A&E department ny my mother by car.

And on my entry having a doctor check me over during this I threw up again and this time I blacked out completely, I dont remember anything after that.

The very next thing I remember was re-gaining my senses whilst laying down on a stretcher being wheeled down the corridor and seeing cealing lights rush past my very eyes before being admitted into a ward and then the curtain being drawn.

In between the two times I blacked out/fell unconscious, I had been rushed into the operating theatre for more complexed examination it was then the doctors/trauma specialists discovered that I actually had a serious & potentially life threatening condition

This being after they had also done a complete C.T. scan of my head, not that I can remember this as I was sedated or to put it more accuratly out cold, which when I look back at it now probably wasn't a bad thing as I would have freaked out having people in green medical gowns/scrubs standing around me as I had a fear of hospitals,

And as it turns out in addition to the concussion I had a rather nasty hemerage/ slow bleed on the brain and so while I was safely sadated/tranquilised they did what they could non surgically to stop the internal bleeding as it was in a part of my brain that was too risky for surgery, so they instead put me on medication and managed to stem the bleeding.

Although I don't know how long they worked on me as I was completely out of it, as I had to be put into a medically induced coma, hence what I seid earlier later on I when I had by now re-gained my consciouness I was informed that they had done all the relevant procedures to releve the pressure on my brain and everything was going to be okay,

however they would be keeping me in for observation just in-case anything went wrong and the doctors also informed me they had put me on blood thinners and would monitor me over the next few days,

It was then that I got rather home sick and started crying my eyes out for the first time since I was a baby, And it was at that point the nurse came by to say what's the matter pettle I asked can I go home?,

I want to go home and I want my mommy.

to which the awnser was no not at this time as your still too poorly however you are getting better, and we won't keep you here any more than is absolutely necessary.

The nurse tried her best to calm me down and seid there there little one I know you don't like being in hospital but it's for the best and then she went away for what must have been all of 5 minuets or so and it was then came back holding a teddy bear and handed me a lollypop which I sucked on until it was gone

she then seid this will help you relax more and then the on duty nurse had some pills for me to take I was given a cup of water and told to swallow the tablets which I did the next thing I can remember was blacking out again.

And I remember then I remember having a vivid nightmare of a clown with glowing red eyes and long claws bending down to attack me in my vaunrable state and as I couldn't move it was all the more scary.

Later that day I woke up feeling a little fuzzy from the medication, and also from not standing up as I was virtually bed bound apart from being able to sit up I wasn't allowed to move too much as and I was told by the nurse/maintrian told to stay still as you're only going to cause more damage to yourself.

And I was given breakfast which consisted of beans on toast and sippy cup of orange juice a bottle of baby formular and I remember watching Dumbo on the TV as it was wheeled into my cubicle,

then I had more meds and had a short sleep of sorts until lunch time when I was woken by the nurse and asked what I wanted for lunch, I opted for a hotdog with chips and a soda pop, although I am not sure if it was coke or Pepsi.

Then I went back to sleep after reading Peter Pan and when I woke up I was told to go back to sleep as it was late at night by this point in time, and so I went back to sleep But kept having variations of the same nightmare over and over again.

The next day and I woke up to my shock in a puddle being in a cold soaked set of underwear and hospital pj's in my size and an extremely wet bed which was embarrassing to say in the least, not to mention un-comfortable and smelly, I was so embarrassed as I hadn't wet myself since I was 3 and I felt ashamed to be in that situation, I remember crying again and

It was then the on duty nurse came in an shook her head she seid oh that's not good we'll have to get you cleaned up as soon as possible she seid she had updated my chart to say I was a bed wetter it was than that

I was given one of two choices she seid do you prefer a cathiter or diapers as she explained again to me the nature of the problem after much thought I had made my mind up,

and of course I told the nurse my preference and choose to wear the latter as I didn't know what a catheter was thankfully.

She seid no problem then I was wheeled down the corridor and into the disabled toilet there the nurse placed me on top of the changing table and undressed me and then proceeded to fold wipe me down apply some baby cream on my bottom and hips

then the nurse sprinkled me with baby powder then she unfolded a large shiny plastic looking white rectangular object that I instantly knew what it was from my previous experiences as a child.

It was then she seid dont be embarrassed and not to worry as lots of children your age have to wear this form of protection, and that I had made the right choice as I would be much more comfortable than I was at that time.

the nurse then proceeded to unfold the corners so it resembled an hourglass shape and I knew what was coming next but was surprisingly calm and even okay with it,

although admittedly had never really grown up as I was still a infant in my mind set although I didn't openly show that fact as I kept it to myself thinking I would be too embarrassed to admit it to the nurse/doctors.

The nurse then slid it under me and command me to lift up my bottom up and I did as I was told, she then seid lower and I did that without any problems i then layed still while the middle of the diaper was brought it up between my legs until it met my chest and belly button

and then she proceeded to bring the left side up until it met then undid the sticky tabs/tape temporarily re-adjusted as needed and placed it over until it adhered correctly and therefore was tight, so there was no chance of leaks.

once that was done the nurse then repeated it on the right side so it was now fully down over the landing zone in the process enclosing my lower body in a comfortable thick padded disposable diaper that made me look like a toddler rather than a 6 year old boy, although I began to relax more and consequently I slept much better now that I was back in diapers/nappies.

then before I could thank her she checked me for gaps with her fingers and then lifted me off the table and back onto the stretcher, snd I remember how bulky between my legs that it felt to be back in diapers although I was happy.

And then the nurse helped me back in a gown and my new hospital gown/pajamas and then I was wheeled back into the ward, where I was given a teddy bear a sippy cup of what appeared to be baby formula as it tasted familiar.

It turns out that the ward I was wheeled into was the maternity units/children's recovery room so naturally I was treated like a baby for the first time in years during the whole time I was there however

this was only for a couple of nights three at most, while they could find a proper bed/place for me in the regular ward but while I was in the children's section I enjoyed being looked after.

I thought to myself I must be oldest toddler in the whole of the children's ward I half joked to myself in my head, this was confirmed by a visiting doctor who mentioned what I was thinking although he was jokingly saying it to keep my spirits up however I didn't mind the joke

And I even went with it by a bit of a ting saying baby talk "Goo Ga Ga ha" or something like that and stuff like that which I hadn't actually seid in years, he laughed and seid ther's a good baby, although I had by now fully regressed back to being a toddler at least psychologically speaking.

It was after that time that I can remember being moved again only this time being transferred to the regular recovery ward for a week at least maybe two before I was allowed to go home,

I was allowed to still keep my teddy as a momento of my stay until I left hospital then I had to give him back on my discharge from hospital as I only had borrowed it and the fact was that I had plenty of soft toys of my own waiting patiently at home for my return.

however during my stay in the outpatients ward I was still listed as a bed wetter I still had to wear diapers/nappies, although this wasn't a problem for myself personally speaking because this helped avoid any repeat of the embarrassmet of my earlier experiences and

Towards the end of my stay I remember feeling better so I was allowed to go back home with mom and then settled down to a regular life, although I still was a bed wetter so had to share my brother's supply of pampers as he was still in them at this time

and the way when I got back the tv had been moved so there was no chance of me being in a serious accident again,

but slso because the cabinet had been moved to the spair guest room by this time, and so this meant that the tv now sat on the newly painted and wall papered area,

although there was still a shadow like stain where the cabinet once stood although draws and a new set of furniture now was in it's place

and there was a party on with welcome home balloons and finger food as well as some of my friends from school who had stopped by to wish me well.

I hope you enjoyed this story as it's true to the best of my accounts/recollection.

 

[richieboy]

The only time I was put in diapers in the hospital, I just had emergent surgery for my heart, and couldn’t sit or stand for hours, the nurse said I’d be surprised how much they held, which was very little!

 

[Floodingpants]

I'm an old ICU / ER- Trauma nurse. Diapers are no big deal to us. On admission part of the RN assessment incontinence is a question we ask. It would be best if you brought your own diapers. You can change yourself or a nurse will be happy to help you. I have changed lots of diapers over 47 years of service.

 

[AttilaThePun]

Wow kind of a strange question to ask if you wear a diaper. Was it because you was so nervous?

I think more likely it was because everything that isn't nailed down inside you comes out forcefully during the prep - and if it's the same time frame as the prep schedule I had to take for mine, the first half-gallon of laxative is for you to drink the evening before the colonoscopy. The second half-gallon of laxative is for you to drink the morning of the colonoscopy. I had extra diapers and spare clothes packed in a bag to take with me, just in case disaster struck - and a washable underpad for the car seat!

 

[winterheart01]

I'm an old ICU / ER- Trauma nurse. Diapers are no big deal to us. On admission part of the RN assessment incontinence is a question we ask. It would be best if you brought your own diapers. You can change yourself or a nurse will be happy to help you. I have changed lots of diapers over 47 years of service.

Some of the younger nurses here don't seem to understand this, when I woke up from surgery (the third one which included complete endoscopic removal of the urethral sphincter, even more than a standard TURP and almost all of the bladder neck) the nurse gave me a urinal bottle to pee out the blood clots and residue and to see if I could urinate.
I kindly told her that I no longer had this ability nor could I feel much of it anyway, the only muscles I still have to force empty the bladder are my pelvic muscles.
I then showed her I was already aware this would happen (since this was agreed on before the surgery would take place anyway) and that I had diapers with me.
Luckily she did understood me (unfortunately our country's language was not her best part, but she tried) and helped me put one on.
I'm very sure they did not inform her of "the patient's current condition post-surgery" because otherwise it would have been different, but I know this hospital for 20+ years, it's known for having some weird things going on (both good and bad ) I just go there because the urologist is a very good surgeon and understanding.

 

[kjluvs]

When I was 10, we were in a bad car accident. I was the most severely injured out of my family. Luckily, every one else in the car that night got to go home but I was in a coma for a few days. It was my first hospital stay. Needless to say, I don't remember the coma part, but when I came out of it, I can remember feeling pretty wet. I had a splitting headache that was almost blinding. I had never been in a hospital before and I had no idea where I was. I know I was crying a little bit and a nurse came in said "welcome back". I had no idea what she was talking about. I had nearly no memory of the car accident and I didn't know where my mom and stepdad were. The nurse was very nice and first asked me my name and if I knew where I was and what the date was. Once I incorrectly answered her questions, she smiled and told me she was going to let my parents know that I was awake.
Once my parents came in I was at ease. That was when I realized that I was wearing a diaper that was much different from the ones I wore to bed at home. At home I was still wearing pretty babyish XL toddler diapers. The soggy diaper I was wearing in the hospital felt uncomfortable. It was all bunched up in the crotch and was leaking around the legs. My stepfather commented on my soggy condition and joked that I was wearing "old man diapers". He kindly asked me if I wanted them to bring my diapers from home. I said no way! I was really starting to be very self-conscious about my bedwetting and diapers. I knew the doctors and nurses knew about it (and obviously nobody was judging) but to ten-year old me, it seemed like the end of the world to have anyone outside my family know that I still wore them at night.

Anyway, I wound up getting changed out of the wet diaper and into a dry one. It also bothered me to be wearing a diaper while I was awake. But once I tried to stand up and got dizzy, I knew I couldn't make it over to the bathroom that day. And I didn't want to make a fuss so I just accepted it. It wasn't long before I was out of bed and able to pee in the toilet like normal. Going home was great! I was so glad to be wearing my regular diapers even if they were a little babyish. Those hospital diapers sucked!

 

[JDCH]

I've told this story on ADISC before, so if you've previously seen it, I will take no offense if you blow past it.

Just before my tenth birthday, I ended up in the hospital with a respiratory infection. Unfortunately for me, there were no other boys my age in the hospital at that point so the put me in the toddler's room. The beds were oversized cribs. My mother told the admitting nurse that I was not a bedwetter. The nurse told her that normally everyone on that ward gets diapered because even those that are potty trained will often wet. But in view of my age and the fact that I hadn't had an accident in seven years at that point, she put a note on the chart that there was no need to diaper me.

One night, after lights out, I woke up cold. I buzzed the nurse to get a blanket. The nurse who came into the darkened room clearly wasn't expecting an almost 10 year old. She asked, "Do you have to go pee pee?" I replied, in as low a voice as I could muster, that I did not have to go pee pee but that I was cold and would like a blanket. She physically took a step back, obviously surprised.

This was a year or so before I discovered my interest in diapers and a few years before the MedFet interest set in. I have often wondered if those events were connected with my stay.

 

[Albertapampers]

One time I got real ran down and maybe heat stroke and was given an IV and was told it would make me pee a lot. I told the nurse I was night time incontinent and she said well if you think you’re going to fall asleep we have protection you can wear. And asked if they could get that for me. I just asked like a bed mat or something but she said no they meant a diaper with tapes. I said yes so they had me strip off my pants and gave me some sort of gown. I laid on the bed and she came back with a cart and wiped me clean, and kind of lifted me up and folded a diaper on me and told if I fell asleep and wet it that they would change me.

 

[Albertapampers]

Hospital diapers aren’t the greatest though I think they had attends

 

[SpAzpieSweeTot]

I'm an old ICU / ER- Trauma nurse. Diapers are no big deal to us. On admission part of the RN assessment incontinence is a question we ask. It would be best if you brought your own diapers. You can change yourself or a nurse will be happy to help you. I have changed lots of diapers over 47 years of service.

Given what you did, can you help me understand something? Why are diaper free facilities a thing, now? My sister has severeish cerebral palsy, and has been incontinent forever. I shit you not, last time she was hospitalized, getting a diaper put on her was like pulling teeth! They left her naked from the waist down on a bed pad, instead, and told her to just go. They'd change the whole damned bed, every time, which tired her out. What happened?!?

 

[Floodingpants]

Given what you did, can you help me understand something? Why are diaper free facilities a thing, now? My sister has severeish cerebral palsy, and has been incontinent forever. I shit you not, last time she was hospitalized, getting a diaper put on her was like pulling teeth! They left her naked from the waist down on a bed pad, instead, and told her to just go. They'd change the whole damned bed, every time, which tired her out. What happened?!?

Sorry that happened to you. Some hospitals have no diaper policy which dose not work for every patient. Next time ask for the nurse manager and if that does not work ask for the director of nursing or the DON / Chief Nursing Officer. Also have the doctor to write an order for her to have diapers. Some nurses care more about their patients than they do the policy. Our job is to do the best for our patients. Again I am sorry that happened to her.

 

[SpAzpieSweeTot]

Sorry that happened to you. Some hospitals have no diaper policy which dose not work for every patient. Next time ask for the nurse manager and if that does not work ask for the director of nursing or the DON / Chief Nursing Officer. Also have the doctor to write an order for her to have diapers. Some nurses care more about their patients than they do the policy. Our job is to do the best for our patients. Again I am sorry that happened to her.

I mean, I understand they don't like skin breakdown. Neither do we, but we know what it is! 3 out of 5 in this family have CP, and 2 of those 3 are in wheelchairs! We know! We also know cheap diapers are bad for skin. Diapers are not.

It was a bad experience all around. They had no idea what they were doing. She almost fell off the xray table. They tried to give her pills. She can't swallow them. They saved her life, but I swear they were dumb enough to kill her.

 

[LittleCamo]

Last I was in the hospital my Daddy had to bring diapers for me, because theirs wouldn't even fit me.

 

[12srepaid]

I remember wearing diapers under my gown at Sottish Rite Hospital in Atlanta GA. I was somewhere between ages 7-11 years old.
I'm not sure if I was there for my heart condition, no thyroid, or for my developmental disabilities.

 

[Diaperman95]

I mean, I understand they don't like skin breakdown. Neither do we, but we know what it is! 3 out of 5 in this family have CP, and 2 of those 3 are in wheelchairs! We know! We also know cheap diapers are bad for skin. Diapers are not.

It was a bad experience all around. They had no idea what they were doing. She almost fell off the xray table. They tried to give her pills. She can't swallow them. They saved her life, but I swear they were dumb enough to kill her.

They left me un diapered after hip replacement. I was in so much pain I did not even care.. so I thought. A few hours later I am covered in ( expiative ) my bed, the dressing a the little foam divider they give you to keep the hip abducted.. That Nurse was such a ( expiative ) t me all night and ened up hurting me by jabbing the ice pack under my new hip with it balled in the fist of her hands just ramming it under me 5 or 6 times yelling at me to left up. Because I was ( expiative ) about how long the left me setting in the chair while they spent 45 min changing my bed. She informed my I had a urinal. I so I informed her my situation nd told her I had went into surgery wearing a diaper and I had to for what ever reason use their Shape pad and elastic pants when I changed to the gown before I went back. So I know ( expiative ) good and well they all knew my situation it is not my fault they dropped the ball. Then because of my chronic pain and the meds I am on their pain meds was not doing much for me at all and I was in a ( expiative ) ton of pain. and I was not the most easy person to deal with once someone gives me attitude when I am sick or in pain. I speak up and tell them what I think of how they are doing their jobs. My wife had to diaper me while we waited for a clean gown that took 15 min and the another half hour to make my bed. So I asked for the ICE mate back from the Kryo machine and I guess it must had ( expiative ) her off she had to take care of me. She also kept ( expiative ) to me and her Nurse aid in front of me about other patients she was tending to and things they was doing to ( expiative ) her off. I told her some of these people are having perhaps one of the worst days in their life so sorry if you got do your your job. So yeah I knew she was going to get rough with me. Needless to say about 3 min after I had asked for her supervisor I had the nicest nurse in the entire hospital.

I got her ( expiative ) fired by my surgeon personally. It turns out the guy that does 6 to 8 hip replaement's a day has more pull at a hospital than a ( expiative ) nurse that did not want to do her job... Who would of thought that. I am supposed to have the other one done soon but I am still having issues from the first one. I was told by the facility CEO I will have red carpet service from now non anytime I went back to the hospital they do not care if it is for a blood dive.

Also No way I am implying that all or even most nurses are ( expiative ) . because I have had some really good ones over the years. But a few people just o not have the people skills required do the job.

 

[winterheart01]

Also No way I am implying that all or even most nurses are bitches . because I have had some really good ones over the years. But a few people just o not have the people skills required do the job.

True, One of them had to replace 2 huge bags of fluid for flushing my bladder after my first TURP 4 times a day and she was a bit older already but definitely overweight, she kept huffing and puffing and complained about having to do this. I kept thinking that if she's not fit to do this job she better quit because being a nurse is a hard job that requires a lot of effort , work and stress-resistance. Normally people should know this before going for this job, clearly some don't.

But I keep thanking every nice nurse I had every time they came over , even if it was their routine check. I had some very good ones that made sure everything was in good order, like the IV cable being fumbled a little, then they would straighten it out again or some asked if I would like some more food in the evening in case I got hungry (I was pretty skinny back then) even when the kitchen was closed. One even offered her own sandwiches but I didn't want to do that to her, she needed them more than me.
Another one noticed my IV was not inserted properly as my arm was swollen and immediately replaced it, good thing too because it hurt for a few weeks.

They were always understanding about diapers but some that didn't know (despite the fact it was written on the patient sheet) just came in and opened the curtain while I was changing, I know it's daily stuff for them but I still was embarrassed and a bit startled. I closed the curtain even though the door was closed, just in case.
I did notice that the last 10 years or so hospitals here prefer patients to bring their own diapers, while before they had plenty of them and they'd provide you with theirs from the hospital but I guess it's always the budget cuts that do it. I know hospital diapers are usually thinner but one nurse looked at me really odd when I brought my nighttime abena's (plastic) which were a lot thicker than they're used to, as if it was "too much".

 

[bambinod]

“when someone comes into er passed out drunk one of the first things we always do is put a diaper on the person”

I find that a little surprising, but seems to have merit. Much less invasive than a catheter, and much more convenient for the nurses.

 

[bambinod]

Our charts indicate that a person is incontinent, so, that’s our base. We don’t often get more information. I can’t recall anyone asking for a diaper without a need, unless they don’t have a catheter. We almost always diaper anyone who comes in drunk. We do have some office gossip, but I keep clear of it

I've heard rumors that some hospitals charge outrageous prices for their (very thin) diapers. What are your hospital diapers like, and what do they charge the patient?

 

[Deleted member 56273]

Hospital diapers aren’t the greatest though I think they had Attends

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