Most of us assume that a stay in the hospital means you are under the care and supervision of doctors and nurses. After all, being in the hospital implies you have a serious medical condition. For those who have never stayed in a hospital, it can be a scary thing. Hospitals work according to their own protocols and the thought of being in an environment where someone is monitoring you 24 hours a day can be a bit frightening.
I was in the hospital the first time for about 11 days and the second time for about 10 days. Both times, I was in a “flex” intensive care unit. This unit could handle a spectrum of patients who needed low-end intensive care to extreme intensive care. It was different than a normal hospital room that could not handle, for example, the complicated breathing apparatus I needed during my first visit.