How was your day in great detail?
Well. I woke up around 7:10 a.m. to the most blinding stomach pain I've ever felt in my life. I cried a lot about it and Kirsten convinced me to go to the hospital. We headed over to Cooley Dickinson where I was immediately admitted to the E.R. (that's what happens when they think you have appendicitis - no waiting for you!!) and taken to a lovely room. I put on a hospital gown that SEVERELY clashed with my pajamas and then I peed in a cup.
The doctor poked and prodded me and nothing seemed to be wrong so they analyzed my urine to see if it was kidney stones. Then the doctor came back and poked some more and I apparently winced enough when he poked my lower right side that he decided i should have a CAT scan to check and see if my appendix was inflamed. Also he decided I should have an IV, which immediately made me cry because GOD I hate needles AND the thought of things flowing into my veins.
Anyway, the IV was fine and they gave me saline solution and some pain killers which were very nice. I had to drink a whole bottle full of barium mixed with Tang(tm) so they could see my organs during the CAT scan. That made me pee a whole bunch, which meant walking up and down the E.R. wearing pajamas and a hospital gown.
Eventually I made it to the CAT scan room, where I had to drink more tang. They also injected me with iodine. The last words the guy said to me before the injection were "Sometimes women say the iodine injection makes them feel like they've wet their pants. I promise you haven't." Thank god he told me, because I can only imagine how much I would have flipped out if I'd been lying on the CAT scan thinking I'd peed myself. It was the weirdest sensation.
The CAT scan was kind of fun. You have to put your hands over your head and then you get moved around and up and down - like a radioactive roller coaster.
What happened? Well, they don't think I have appendicitis, but I might have kidney stones. The doctor sent me home with some urine strainers (fun! And to see if I have stones) and a prescription for percoset (woo narcotics!)
So that's my day in great detail. More detail than I usually like my days to have.
The doctor poked and prodded me and nothing seemed to be wrong so they analyzed my urine to see if it was kidney stones. Then the doctor came back and poked some more and I apparently winced enough when he poked my lower right side that he decided i should have a CAT scan to check and see if my appendix was inflamed. Also he decided I should have an IV, which immediately made me cry because GOD I hate needles AND the thought of things flowing into my veins.
Anyway, the IV was fine and they gave me saline solution and some pain killers which were very nice. I had to drink a whole bottle full of barium mixed with Tang(tm) so they could see my organs during the CAT scan. That made me pee a whole bunch, which meant walking up and down the E.R. wearing pajamas and a hospital gown.
Eventually I made it to the CAT scan room, where I had to drink more tang. They also injected me with iodine. The last words the guy said to me before the injection were "Sometimes women say the iodine injection makes them feel like they've wet their pants. I promise you haven't." Thank god he told me, because I can only imagine how much I would have flipped out if I'd been lying on the CAT scan thinking I'd peed myself. It was the weirdest sensation.
The CAT scan was kind of fun. You have to put your hands over your head and then you get moved around and up and down - like a radioactive roller coaster.
What happened? Well, they don't think I have appendicitis, but I might have kidney stones. The doctor sent me home with some urine strainers (fun! And to see if I have stones) and a prescription for percoset (woo narcotics!)
So that's my day in great detail. More detail than I usually like my days to have.