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The latest saga
Nov. 20th, 2005 07:37 amI woke up yesterday feeling so so. I took all my morning pills which included some diabetes medicine that has never made me nausous. I was so sick, coughing but couldn't throw up. I finally called the Dr. on call and asked him to call in my nausia meds so I could feel better. When I couldn't get a bloor sugar reading (I couldn't get my blood to feed), he told me to go to the ER.
So there I was, in the ER in my nightgown, socks and berks, wet hair (believe me, I don't leave home without doing my hair, esp. in the winter where it won't curl), my large pee bag on my lap and a winter coat. It took 4 tries to be able to get an IV in, my veins kept collasping. The two nurses at this point were wonderful. They pushed some anti-nausua meds (2 different kinds and some pain meds since I was getting a headache from the meds) and finally some saline. My nice nurses changed over and I got Richland's version of the Nurse from Hell in CooKoos Nest. She ganked on my gown to get the blood presser cuff around (hello, ask me, even as sick as I am, I would make an attempt to make it easier for you), she is the one who finally started pushing the saline. I so wanted Nurse CJ who would put is hand on my shoulder with little pats to make me feel better. I liked that. I finally got feeling a little better and they offered me to stay the night and again I opted for home. I have better cable TV and Day-Day kitty was right there with me.
I actually got some chicken noodle soup down, some Lt. cranberry (less the vanilla vodka) and some water. Not feeling like running a marathon but not nearly as bad as I did. I have a 'cript for anti-nausa meds, I will fill it on Monday if I think I need something. Worse case is that I can fax the script in to the pharmacy and get it delivered if I think driving is an issue. I am not supposed to drive for over a week but I have 2 Dr. appoints Tuesday and Mark is working. I have to be able to turn the wheel with no pain. I am more worried about shifting and braking with a cat stuck up me.
All my nurses and CNAs were wonderful on the floor. I will have to take goodies to them on different days so I catch everyone. I think Peggy is Tues-Thurs nights, Laura was Thurs-Friday days (at least those are the days I remember), Friday can be a split shift so I had another good nurse late Friday afternoon. The CNAs were so good to me too. Either lots of boxes of chocolates or if I get this bag removed on Tuesday, I can bake cookies. I will be delivering this week and next week.
At some point while there my kidneys/bladder kicked in and I was moving some fluid. It has slowed down considerably at home and I am pushing fluids. Don't know what is it about being in the hospital setting that makes them stand up and do their job. I wasn't looking forward to what they would have to do to get my kidneys back in gear.
So there I was, in the ER in my nightgown, socks and berks, wet hair (believe me, I don't leave home without doing my hair, esp. in the winter where it won't curl), my large pee bag on my lap and a winter coat. It took 4 tries to be able to get an IV in, my veins kept collasping. The two nurses at this point were wonderful. They pushed some anti-nausua meds (2 different kinds and some pain meds since I was getting a headache from the meds) and finally some saline. My nice nurses changed over and I got Richland's version of the Nurse from Hell in CooKoos Nest. She ganked on my gown to get the blood presser cuff around (hello, ask me, even as sick as I am, I would make an attempt to make it easier for you), she is the one who finally started pushing the saline. I so wanted Nurse CJ who would put is hand on my shoulder with little pats to make me feel better. I liked that. I finally got feeling a little better and they offered me to stay the night and again I opted for home. I have better cable TV and Day-Day kitty was right there with me.
I actually got some chicken noodle soup down, some Lt. cranberry (less the vanilla vodka) and some water. Not feeling like running a marathon but not nearly as bad as I did. I have a 'cript for anti-nausa meds, I will fill it on Monday if I think I need something. Worse case is that I can fax the script in to the pharmacy and get it delivered if I think driving is an issue. I am not supposed to drive for over a week but I have 2 Dr. appoints Tuesday and Mark is working. I have to be able to turn the wheel with no pain. I am more worried about shifting and braking with a cat stuck up me.
All my nurses and CNAs were wonderful on the floor. I will have to take goodies to them on different days so I catch everyone. I think Peggy is Tues-Thurs nights, Laura was Thurs-Friday days (at least those are the days I remember), Friday can be a split shift so I had another good nurse late Friday afternoon. The CNAs were so good to me too. Either lots of boxes of chocolates or if I get this bag removed on Tuesday, I can bake cookies. I will be delivering this week and next week.
At some point while there my kidneys/bladder kicked in and I was moving some fluid. It has slowed down considerably at home and I am pushing fluids. Don't know what is it about being in the hospital setting that makes them stand up and do their job. I wasn't looking forward to what they would have to do to get my kidneys back in gear.
