I now see how I mis-spoke....... when I needed to go to the bathroom I hit that button and someone came to "help" me get there and waited for me come back out so then could "help" me back to bed.

Same thing when I needed to brush my teeth or try to take a sponge bath (of course, a regular bath or shower is impossible with all the electrodes wired to your head) .... Someone helped me out of bed, walked me to the bathroom and left me alone (microphones listening to me but the cameras could no longer see me) but waited until they could escort me back to bed.

It is NOT as bad as it sounds ...... all hospital people know what you're going through and are ready to help you, soothe you, laugh with you and just plain - be kind.

I had one difficult partial complex and when I was waking up, having a hard time, TWO RNs were sitting with me on the bed hugging me (Hugging ME !!!) and being gentle. I still cry when I think of such kindness.