Tag: too much medication

  • Hospital Incident No. 1 – Stay with your child.

    Hospital Incident No. 1 – Stay with your child.

    Hospital Incident No.1 – Stay With Your Child is a true story of when Grandpa stayed with his oldest daughter Patricia as she was treated for a severe asthma attack.  As children Grandpa and Grandma had never been hospitalized.  As young parents Grandpa and Grandma Hill had been to the hospital several times  and had several multiple night stays with their first child, Patricia.  When they moved from Houghton Michigan to Westerville OH they got strong and good advice, Always stay with your child when they are hospitalized.   

    As young parents with little children, we had mentors and guidance from wiser, experienced, and successful parents.  Tom and Margaret McSweeney were especially helpful on health, faith, and family issues. We had a community from our parish church St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Westerville OH and our Marriage Encounter Community.   

    Grandpa Hill encourages the listeners to our Health episodes.  Always stay with your child.  Know their medications. Know the effects of under and overdosing on the medicines.  Pay attention.  Expect the best and be ready for the unexpected.    As parents with many children with several illnesses and injuries Grandma or Grandpa always stayed with the sick child.   They never wavered.   

    Please enjoy the drama of Grandpa standing his ground and getting the best right thing done for Patricia in the hospital in the summer of 1981 in Pontiac Michigan.   Please share this story, with others.  It means so much to us to know that others might think better, live healthier, and laugh and enjoy life more because they Stayed With Their Child when they were hospitalized. 


    Credits:

    Produced by David Richman,
    Executively Produced by Grandpa Hill

    Music: David Richman
    Art: Amy Steele
    Grandchildren in the audience: Sarah, David, Leah, Anna, Miriam, Raymond, Naomi


  • When My Mom had a Massive Stroke

    When My Mom had a Massive Stroke

    In 1996, Grandpa Hill received a call, his mother was paralyzed in a hospital bed after a massive stroke. Medication prescriptions mounted, and by the time she left rehab she was on 9 different drugs.

    Listen to hear how Grandpa Hill ends up taking his mother out of the rehab, and helps her to continue to live a good healthy and happy life. Mom came to stay with them in Pennsylvania. The rehab psychiatrist had prescribed purpose rather than more medication. A strong Will to Live was what Grandpa Hill’s mother needed most. Her struggles in Grandpa Hills very busy house with seven homeschooled children would keep her mind and body challenged.

    Slowly and surely (one medicine at a time) they managed to mostly unmedicate Mom. Suddenly Mom takes an unexpected turn for the worse, her liver was shutting down.


    Credits:

    Produced by David Richman
    Executively Produced by Grandpa Hill

    Music: David Richman