I've noticed that nurses, CNAs, doctors, technicians, and anyone else who works in a hospital seem to get pretty accustomed to seeing naked human bodies. There is nothing they haven't seen, and very little they haven't touched. It's good to have medical personnel comfortable seeing bodies, since that's how they make their living.
I, however, am not accustomed to showing my naked body. I prefer to wrap my body in fashionable clothes and adorn with jewelry. At the very least, I prefer to cover up to the extent required by my religion. (more covered than nudists, less covered than Muslims, for anyone curious)
I know hospital gowns are designed to allow quick and easy access to whatever body part is malfunctioning. They certainly do the job. They also are designed to keep a patient reasonable well covered. They don't do that job because, in my experience, not once has any medical type person remembered to snap and tie and put it all back together when they're done checking whatever-it-is. This leaves bellies, butts, backs, and breasts exposed anytime the patient shrugs her shoulders.
Knowing this, my dear friend has agreed to check periodically, tying and snapping and adjusting as necessary until I'm well enough to make them let me wear my own pajamas. You know you have a real friend when you can ask them to perform this particular task, and trust them to do it conscientiously.
The problem is how to get my own pajamas on over and around iv's and monitors and whatever else I'm tethered to. Any nurses out there have any suggestions?
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