ER tweet: “If my husband dies, I’m going to go [eff]ing ballistic”

February 1, 2010 · Filed Under e-patient stories · 16 Comments

When Benn Rosales had a heart attack in December, his wife Lani, a very active member of the Twitterati, tweeted throughout the experience. Afterward she thought to compile those tweets as a record of Benn’s e-patient experience: “this hospital is understaffed and we’re being sh*t on because of it. if my husband dies i’m going to go [eff]ing ballistic.” Here’s the story, told in tweets, largely unedited…

http://twitter.com/LaniAR/status/6752311191

dear ER, oh.em.gee.you.are.sooo.slow. please be less slow. love, lani.
9:10 PM Dec 16th, 2009 from web

http://twitter.com/LaniAR/status/6752565073

@jburslem @K2daV @matthew_parente thanks. you guys are wonderful hopefully we can go home tonight in time for jimmy fallon
9:19 PM Dec 16th, 2009 from TweetDeck

http://twitter.com/LaniAR/status/6753414164

RT @BennRosales: if i keel over tonight @laniar gets everything signed me will by tweet. [I'm putting TEN Realtor logos on ur grave!]
9:49 PM Dec 16th, 2009 from TweetDeck

http://twitter.com/LaniAR/status/6753425383

okay, finally in triage, @bennrosales being questioned.
9:50 PM Dec 16th, 2009 from TweetDeck

http://twitter.com/LaniAR/status/6754309460

oh jesus, it’s blood test and ct scan time. we should take bets on diagnosis so we can pay this damn ER bill…. who’s in?
10:29 PM Dec 16th, 2009 from TweetDeck
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