sick
yeah I'm sick.
not just a little sick.
went to the hospital last night. spent a good 4 hours there but it was worth it.
I had to get an IV so they could pump some fluid in me (1 liter to be exact). they also gave me a shot of something in there. I'm not sure what it was but I felt better when I left.
the whole experience sucked though.
chris is sick too so he was home. my roommates all left. so I was all by myself in my apartment. had to go to the hospital by myself. the public safety guy was not nice at all. he dropped me off in the parking lot at sisters and made me walk to the ER alone. he didn't even wait to see if I made it all the way up there, he just pulled away. I sat in the waiting room by myself. I was so miserable and weak. I started to cry. it was awful. and then I saw chris's mom walk in. I wasn't alone anymore! that was good. she kept me company while I waited to be called. it took about 45 minutes. they took me back to my curtained off room. I was glad that I could finally lay down. but my bed was broken. it wouldn't incline, it could just lay flat. I tried laying down but it made me feel too nausous. so I basically sat up with the little white hospital blanket in my lap rocking back and forth and crying. I really must have looked quite insane. I waited for about 2 hours in that little room all alone feeling horrible. all I wanted to do was go home and sleep. all the nurses kept stopping outside my room to get supplies (my room was at the end right by the closet) and none of them even looked at me, even though I was obviously crying and distressed. so finally I said, "excuse me. when can my mom come back?" it was the doctor and she was really nice. she asked if I could wait a few minutes and I nodded my head. the doctor came back about 15 minutes later. it was finally my turn. it took her about 2 minutes to decide that I had the stomach flu and that I was really dehydrated. she said they would get me some fluid, and then walked out. I called for her back... "can my mom come back now?" she said I had to wait til the IV got started. so I waited. the nurse finally came to start my IV. she started to leave so I said "can you get my mom?" she said sure. about 10 minutes went by... still alone. I saw the nurse walk by again. so I said "is my mom coming?" oh yeah, she says. so fiiiiiiiiiiiiinally chris's mom comes back. things were much better then. the drugs they gave me started to kick in and I was slowly getting rehydrated. it took about an hour and 15 minutes for all the fluids to go in. I felt much better. a nice male nurse came in to take my IV out. he gave me a note that said I can't do anything for 3 days. he told me to use it to get out of exams. haha.
so that's how I spent my thursday night.
not just a little sick.
went to the hospital last night. spent a good 4 hours there but it was worth it.
I had to get an IV so they could pump some fluid in me (1 liter to be exact). they also gave me a shot of something in there. I'm not sure what it was but I felt better when I left.
the whole experience sucked though.
chris is sick too so he was home. my roommates all left. so I was all by myself in my apartment. had to go to the hospital by myself. the public safety guy was not nice at all. he dropped me off in the parking lot at sisters and made me walk to the ER alone. he didn't even wait to see if I made it all the way up there, he just pulled away. I sat in the waiting room by myself. I was so miserable and weak. I started to cry. it was awful. and then I saw chris's mom walk in. I wasn't alone anymore! that was good. she kept me company while I waited to be called. it took about 45 minutes. they took me back to my curtained off room. I was glad that I could finally lay down. but my bed was broken. it wouldn't incline, it could just lay flat. I tried laying down but it made me feel too nausous. so I basically sat up with the little white hospital blanket in my lap rocking back and forth and crying. I really must have looked quite insane. I waited for about 2 hours in that little room all alone feeling horrible. all I wanted to do was go home and sleep. all the nurses kept stopping outside my room to get supplies (my room was at the end right by the closet) and none of them even looked at me, even though I was obviously crying and distressed. so finally I said, "excuse me. when can my mom come back?" it was the doctor and she was really nice. she asked if I could wait a few minutes and I nodded my head. the doctor came back about 15 minutes later. it was finally my turn. it took her about 2 minutes to decide that I had the stomach flu and that I was really dehydrated. she said they would get me some fluid, and then walked out. I called for her back... "can my mom come back now?" she said I had to wait til the IV got started. so I waited. the nurse finally came to start my IV. she started to leave so I said "can you get my mom?" she said sure. about 10 minutes went by... still alone. I saw the nurse walk by again. so I said "is my mom coming?" oh yeah, she says. so fiiiiiiiiiiiiinally chris's mom comes back. things were much better then. the drugs they gave me started to kick in and I was slowly getting rehydrated. it took about an hour and 15 minutes for all the fluids to go in. I felt much better. a nice male nurse came in to take my IV out. he gave me a note that said I can't do anything for 3 days. he told me to use it to get out of exams. haha.
so that's how I spent my thursday night.