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Nikola N.

Mrs. Nikola N. was treated in the intensive care unit after a major surgery. What bothered her most were the many "tubes" and "drains" which caused her pain. She also remembered a great feeling of thirst and phases of inner restlessness.

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Can only wait and see

For Mrs. Nikola N., it is a time when nothing can be done, when you can only watch and wait, a time when team expertise is crucial.

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I : Can you explain it to someone else? E : Yes, you just lie there and have to wait and see what happens. Well, you can't do anything yourself, so I have / you have a drain, I had a drain and I had / no strength, no nothing. So, yes, you're actually helpless. Without the staff. I : What was it like, the situation where you couldn't look after yourself so well? The first few days. You were dependent on help? E : Yes, of course it's unpleasant on the one hand, but that's perhaps the first time, afterwards yes, you put up with it, so I mean, what else can you do? Yes. It's just the way it is. And it's trained staff, and from that point of view I have to say they did / it was great. So really, the staff really are first class.

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