# My new roommate can die and I wouldn't care **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 8, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155 "2022-05-08T21:43:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155/27 "2022-05-12T23:12:02Z")
My father had a mild case of ICU psychosis when he was hospitalized a few years ago, and placed in the ICU because med/surg was full. Transferring him to a regular room cured it. > [@My father is in the ICU (but don't panic; it's not what you may think)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-is-in-the-icu-but-dont-panic-its-not-what-you-may-think/829049): > > Yesterday morning, my dad suddenly vomited a not-insignificant amount of coffee-ground blood, and then fainted. My mother called 911, and when the paramedics arrived, my dad said, “Get me off the floor and go on your way.” Mother said, “They’ll get you off the floor and take you to the hospital” which is what they did. Last night, she was semi-coherent because of exhaustion and having to call everyone and tell them, but today, I got a little more of the story. He had an upper-GI scope and it… Whoever said @dropzone is in a LTCF is correct. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-roommate-can-die-and-i-wouldnt-care/964155)._