Tillamook Medical Crisis Not All Bad

Lest anyone think that I have only bad experiences from my trip to Tillamook for Christmas, 2015, I wanted to post this Facebook entry that I wrote during my stay in the hospital.

THE SUN IS SHINING THROUGH MY HOSPITAL WINDOW. Tillamook Regional Medical Center is several miles from the coast, so the only scenery I have to admire are the rooftops of buildings on Tillamook's south side.
The chaplain came by my room this morning and offered to go pick up my belongings from the Shilo Inn. So that's one less thing I have to worry about when I'm discharged tomorrow.
I'm also impressed with the cafeteria here at the hospital. They give the patients a menu, and the patients order whatever they want between 6:30a.,.-6:30p.m. That way, the food is always hot. My Mother would love that! smile emoticon For lunch, I ordered a beef stir fry with cashews. The only other hospital that I've been in that "cooks to order" is the University of Washington at Seattle.
Apparently, the cook to order idea is at other Adventist hospitals as well. As can be expected, there is no pork or shellfish on the menu...which kind of makes it difficult in deciding what to order for breakfast.
It's also interesting to not the difference between the Tillamook hospital (Protestant) and the two Catholic hospitals (Mercy in Roseburg and Sacred Heart in Eugene) that I've been to. Instead of portraits of Mary taking center stage in any religious depictions around the hospital, the Tillamook hospital has Bible verses hanging everywhere...incuding the entrances over most of the patients' rooms.
Speaking of rooms, there are 25 patient beds at Tillamook and 4 ICU beds. Several days go, they only had two patients, but the Christmas weekend was busier than was to be expected during Christmas, and they've since added 10 more patients.
I've taken a walking tour of the three floors where I have access to. The hospital is quaint and compact. The main entrance, gift shop, chapel (with nine chairs), emergency department and cafeteria are all within a stone's throw of each other on the first floor. The second is filled with patient rooms and various medical offices interspersed between the rooms, such as the chaplain, physical therapist, pharmacy, etc. The third floor appears to be mostly administrative offices.
I pushed the elevator button for the fourth floor, but the elevator refused to take me there. smile emoticon There is also a basement, but I didn't have the gumption to try and venture down there (yet). smile emoticon .
I feel better right now. All of my belongings are now in my hospital room (except the fruitcake and plum pudding, that the hospital staff put in a fridge,) and I'm receiving a blood transfusion as I'm typing this. I guess you could say the blood is giving me new life (religious analogy intended). smile emoti ).With any luck, I'll be on the road home is a little more than 24 hours from now.