ER fun
After a weekend of feeling sick and throwing up, on Sunday around 4 Courtney and I took a trip to the CVS Minute Clinic to see what the deal was. The very nice nurse there unfortunately couldn't do anything for my fever, nausea, and back pain so she sent me off to the ER. Given the fact that I hadn't had more than a cup of fluids that I was able to keep down in quite some time this was probably a good call.
At the ER the first thought was kidney infection (which I thought as well). They gave me lovely anti-nausea drugs, plenty of fluids, and delightful morphine. However my tests came back negative so they next thought it was a blood clot in my lung. Yikes. After an hour or so of concern for that outcome the CAT scan came back negative and they came to the conclusion that I sprained my back vomiting. Oh yay. I mean that is way better than a blood clot but it still hurts. A lot.
Today I am banned from work and confined to a clear foods diet (though I'm about to move on to saltines because I am sooooo hungry!). Hungry is a good sign right? They gave me a prescription for anti-nausea drugs which is working great. Hurray! I'm super bummed about missing a day of work, though, and I hope I can make it back there tomorrow.
At the ER the first thought was kidney infection (which I thought as well). They gave me lovely anti-nausea drugs, plenty of fluids, and delightful morphine. However my tests came back negative so they next thought it was a blood clot in my lung. Yikes. After an hour or so of concern for that outcome the CAT scan came back negative and they came to the conclusion that I sprained my back vomiting. Oh yay. I mean that is way better than a blood clot but it still hurts. A lot.
Today I am banned from work and confined to a clear foods diet (though I'm about to move on to saltines because I am sooooo hungry!). Hungry is a good sign right? They gave me a prescription for anti-nausea drugs which is working great. Hurray! I'm super bummed about missing a day of work, though, and I hope I can make it back there tomorrow.