So my dad's in the hospital, it's nothing too major he got pneumonia again, he gets it often. Anyway last night I talked to him on the phone and he was fine, he still didn't get moved into a room from the ER. This morning I called back to see how he was doing and what are the odds someone with the same first name as my dad picked up the phone and sounded just awful like they were drunk and dying. I could barely understand them then the phone hung up 
So I called back the ER and got the switchboard, sure enough wrong person, they transferred me to my dad who was upstairs in a room eating breakfast. Phew, now I feel bad about waking up the obviously sick and hurting person and confusing them on the phone that I was their son 
this post was submitted on 10 Dec 2025
57 points (100.0% liked)
chat
8593 readers
238 users here now
Chat is a text only community for casual conversation, please keep shitposting to the absolute minimum. This is intended to be a separate space from c/chapotraphouse or the daily megathread. Chat does this by being a long-form community where topics will remain from day to day unlike the megathread, and it is distinct from c/chapotraphouse in that we ask you to engage in this community in a genuine way. Please keep shitposting, bits, and irony to a minimum.
As with all communities posts need to abide by the code of conduct, additionally moderators will remove any posts or comments deemed to be inappropriate.
Thank you and happy chatting!
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I had a semi similar experience when I got a severe thrombosis (and a little bit of clots in my lungs, yay) where I had the same name of a schizophrenic person in crisis who had surgery at the same place two days earlier and who ran away from the hospital before finishing healing.
I had to repeat a lot of time to the ER that I had not receive a surgery in the past days and we both got confused until they checked birth dates.
But your experience must have been very frightful, I'm relieved for the outcome. And I hope this other guy gets better.
Yeah my dad forgot his phone at home so I had to call the hospital looking for him, go figure.
typical dad behavior lol