This happened last week. I was in the hospital for a severe infection, which is a recurring problem because of my cancer. This time was bad, I passed out waiting to get a cancer treatment. I remember little besides brief flashes of EMTs annd an ambulance roof. I was hallucinating and dissociating the whole time in the ER and the next day. I really thought my ticket was getting punched this time.
This story isn’t about that, it’s just background.
A few days later, I’ve got a ton of antibiotics, hydration, and five units of blood pumped into me and I’m feeling much better. My parents were visiting and my mom and I were having a nice conversation about movies.
A little more background, my mom is racist against self-aware robots in fiction. Has no use for them.
I was telling her about the movies I had seen recentlyI really enjoyed, first Sinners, then Companion.
As I was describing Companion, she suddenly said “Is that the one where the guy and the little robot break into the library?”
I said “Mom, not every robot movie is Robot and Frank!”
A second later the entire floor staff burst into my room, including a cardiology nurse with an advanced heart monitor. Apparently, I got too excited and it caused some kind of cardiac event. Took an hour for the staff to decide I wasn’t in imminent danger, but they did put me on medication to stabilize my heart rate. Wacky fun. I’m still laughing about it.
TL:DR: I got too excited talking about movies while a hospital patient, causing a huge cardiac alert among the nursing staff.
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The r / nursing sub would get a kick out of this!
I’m sorry you’re going through such challenging health issues. I wish you nothing but health and healing. But please explain how someone can be racist against robots?
lol! You guys need to watch Murderbot – stat!
Here’s the trailer. It’s on Apple. It’s a quick and easy watch.
Rule #1… Don’t get excited in a cardiac ward.
Lmao, mom’s robo-racism aside, you gotta admire the sheer dedication of the hospital staff to swoop in like the Avengers. Jokes ’bout ur cardiac alert might be a bit heartless but gotta say, made for one heck of a entertaining TIFU. Get well soon, dude. Can’t be havin’ a movie debates without ya! 💙🎬🍿
LOL this is exactly why when someone I know was in the ER for heart problems and I was there to keep them company, I absolutely would not start talking about movies. They would’ve given me and the staff heart attacks over an excited racing heartrate if they got started. 😛
I thought I was the only person that watched Robot & Frank! I’m a big fan of Frank Langella and love that movie.
A guy I’ve been hooking up with for the last few years has had heart issues. 3 heart attacks this past year.. he was feeling better and hit me up while he was in town, at his drs. I sent him nudes, and he ended up spending the night in the ER due to high bp and heart rate.
Oh she would HATE Apple’s MurderBot (which was good BTW)
Lmao, only you could trigger a heart monitor over movie robots
We once barged into a patient’s room for a worrying rhythm and it turned out they were getting a blowjob from the male prostitute/Internet hookup? they ordered. I’m unclear on the relationship aside from a) them being strangers and b) the patient’s dick in their mouth.
Lmao, your movie passion literally triggered alarms!
“I said “Mom, not every robot movie is Robot and Frank!”
Such a good movie, don’t want to ever see it again though.
The machine probably thought the sudden increase in heart rate was a heart attack and sent a message to the nurses, i never knew they could send messages, all the more reason they still wear pagers.
At least you’re not that one guy who beat his meat while attached to a heart monitor, lol. The nurses rushed into his room with the crash cart and caught him mid-wank looking absolutely shocked.
Wishing you well!!
Oh, honey, you didn’t fuck up. Your mom did. I wish you a painless recovery. And you should watch the series “Humans” on Prime or Tubi! Just not with her.