May 19, 2006 11:46
wowww...what a craptacular semester.
i actually have a good reason for not updating in a long time. i was busy with school and was in the hospital for a week. ah yes. what a wonderful experience.
ok, so it all started when i was going through this crazy phase where i went to the gym for like 6 hours a day. and then one day, i noticed that i had this pimple lookin thing on my inner thigh. i put a bandage on it so it wouldnt rub against my clothes/my other leg. then i started gettin random fevers, and i noticed that my thigh was hurtin really badly. a day or so passed by, and i noticed that this 'pimple' grew to the size of a baby's head in a matter of hours. the pain was excruciating. i couldnt even sit down properly. i went to the doctor on a friday, he took one look at it and was like "dayummm, you need to get surgery. we have to cut into your leg and drain it. go to the hospital on monday and we'll take care of it". when monday came, my pimple grew to the size of an actual full size baby. it looked like my leg was 9 months pregnant. by this time, the pain was almost unbearable. i would have to moan and cuss and cry just to deal with it. so then you could only imagine how horrible it was to walk down 5 flights of stairs, get in a cab, and walk all up in the hospital. apparently i came "too late" (even though i didnt have an appointment) and the doctor was already performing another surgery. so i had to wait for 2 hours in pain on a fucking window sill because there were no places to sit. finally i get into an operating room, thinkin "o, they're definitely gonna knock me out before they do anything"...o NO NO. what a stupid thought chan! of COURSE they're not gonna give you anything. youre just gonna have to deal with it. yeah so before i could even get comfortable, the fucking doctor just start cutting my leg up. now this time, the pain really WAS unbearable. i was screaming and cussing the whole time. i kept on asking for anesthesia. my translator had to hold me down. it was the worst time of my life. finally, after what seemed like hours, the doctor said he was done, and after he bandaged me up i could go home. the pain was still there, but there wasnt as much pressure. i went home thinking i was in the clear, and all i had to do was wait for my leg to heal. i went back to the hospital the next day to get my bandages changed. instead, a different doctor noticed that my leg wasnt draining the puss out properly, so the fool thought it would be a good idea to PUSH the puss to a concentrated area, sorta like poppin a pimple. the pain was so ridiculous, i pretty much started screaming and cussing at him. finally the dumbass figured out that it wasnt gonna work this way, and that i would have to be put to sleep so they could cut into my leg some more and insert tubes into my thigh so all the puss could drain out. apparently i had 3 abcesses that were so close together, it looked like one huge abcess. i had to wait like 5 hours in this waiting room so i could have surgery. finally i got wheeled into an operating room. my anesthesiologist was a really nice guy. he put the mask over my mouth and told me to breathe in. a minute or so passes by, and i say "aye...when is this shit gonna kick in? why is this taking so long?" the doctor goes, "uh..we're done with the operation". i look around and notice that im not on the operating table anymore, but on a bed being wheeled to my room. i get to my room, my 3 girls (cibi, latoya, and lesha, who were with me from the very beginning) were there to greet me. the next day i started throwin up everywhere because of the anesthesia, couldnt keep anything down. had to pee in a bottle because i couldnt sit on a toilet...\was in the same position on the bed for days because i couldnt move.couldnt shower the whole week i was there...it was fantastic. my body was pumped full of antibiotics. i initially had the room to myself, but then i got a roommate. me and bino ran her out fast because he brought his computer to the hospital so i could watch movies, and hooked up speakers so i could have surround sound haha. roommate number 2 got really pissed off because we would be watching something super late at night, after visiting hours were over. all the nurses hated me because i had my belongings all over the place, and there were markings on the wall, because i guess when people came to visit they would lean against it and it would leave a mark. so the nurses decided to yell at me as if i actually got up and marked up the wall, you know since i could walk and all. whatever. my bill is almost as much as a plane ticket home, and i have several open wounds in my thigh that i have to take care of everyday for at least another month. its never gonna look the same. part of my thigh is caved in. sexy, isnt it?
yeah, so that was just bout the longest, most shittiest week of my life. i wouldnt have made it if i didnt have any visitors and had to deal with this by myself. my whole class came to see me, it was really sweet. But my 3 girls were with me every step of the way. God Bless Them, they did everything for me. i feel like i owe them my life. i love them so much. now that is what i call true friendship. its times like these that show you whos got your back 100% and who doesnt.
well. that was a long story. in other news, i have to leave the country before i go home because my 90 day visa expired as well as my resident card. if i dont go theres a good chance that that the border patrol will be super suspicious of me and i wont be able to come back to poland in october. so im going to lithuania for a few hours lol. literally flying there, chillin for a couple of hours, then flyin back to poland. its gonna be greattttt. but who cares, im goin home on the 7th! i cant wait! this has been a shitty ass semester, i just want it all to end. im countin the days. cant wait to see my family, friends, and dogs/bird. o god i just got supperrrrr excited.
ok.now i gotta go clean my wounds and study for a final that i have in 4 hours.