This wasn't a hospital gripe, I feel it goes here because it involves the ER.
Oh yeah, this gets yucky.
So.. 3 AM Sunday morning my stomach hurt! Not where my colon is like it does when you have to poop, but higher, it felt like a bunch of built up gas. I sat on the potty for 45 mins and went a lot (I was too afraid to leave the potty) the stuff that came out was almost pure liquid. I ran a bath because for some reason I think a hot bath is a magic cure all, I settled down in the water, the pain would stop if I moved into a certain position but it only stopped for a bit, I had an accident and pooped in the tub, I drained the water, cleaned myself and the tub and ran another bath (Not as hot because I used up most of the water for the first on). I was weak, dizzy and tried to sleep it off because I had to work later that day. I kept getting into the butt in the air fetal position because I felt as if I had a bunch of gas, no gas, just poop. 9:30, when my ex husband was in the shower, I woke up and begged him to take me to the ER. By the time we get there, I'm screaming in pain. There's a patient at the nurses desk with a cut finger that said loudly as I was screaming "Ugh! I guess she's going to go first!". They take me back Nurse Practitioner comes in and orders tests and meds (I asked for Phenergan, but she said they almost never give that IV anymore). Nurse starts IV and gives me Zofran and Dilaudid. I was dreading the one test, the contrast CT scan because they used to mix the contrast with Lemon Crystal Light. But now, they give you a bottle of fruity flavored water instead of the Crystal Light, I actually drank it (Instead of pouring it out when the nurse was gone.. Yeah, yeah, I know). The took blood, urine and stool. Did Xrays, CT, gave me another dose of meds and said I had enteritis. Gave me two antibiotics and sent me home, said if I get worse to come back. I went home, tried to eat some soup, took 3 spoon full and was done.
Next day, I was worse, vomiting now. A guy who wanted to date me wanted to meet, I told him I was unable to because I was sick (He accused me of making it up, so I texted him a pic of my discharge papers). I go back to the ER, they put in IV, give me the same meds as before and my would be suitor picked up on my spelling errors in my text. I tell him they just gave me pain meds and he says "They don't give pain meds for stomach pain."... Ummm, yes they do, they just gave me some. We had a long drawn out argument over it, he said I was either lying about getting the meds or lied to the doctor about where I was having pain, he used to work in a hospital, his ex was a nurse, no way in Hell did they give me pain meds for pain. I asked to see his medical license. I texted him clips from my discharge papers, including my diagnosis and the meds I was given, all highlighted. I told him my ex was here with me and could attest to what I told the Dr (He got all butthurt over my ex being with me). I told him several times, isn't there better things to argue over? Why does it seem like he wants to antagonize me? I sent him a loooooong text later explaining how we've never met and I can tell this ain't gonna work.
The funny thing? The 2nd ER doc I saw was Dr. Pepper.
Oh yeah, this gets yucky.
So.. 3 AM Sunday morning my stomach hurt! Not where my colon is like it does when you have to poop, but higher, it felt like a bunch of built up gas. I sat on the potty for 45 mins and went a lot (I was too afraid to leave the potty) the stuff that came out was almost pure liquid. I ran a bath because for some reason I think a hot bath is a magic cure all, I settled down in the water, the pain would stop if I moved into a certain position but it only stopped for a bit, I had an accident and pooped in the tub, I drained the water, cleaned myself and the tub and ran another bath (Not as hot because I used up most of the water for the first on). I was weak, dizzy and tried to sleep it off because I had to work later that day. I kept getting into the butt in the air fetal position because I felt as if I had a bunch of gas, no gas, just poop. 9:30, when my ex husband was in the shower, I woke up and begged him to take me to the ER. By the time we get there, I'm screaming in pain. There's a patient at the nurses desk with a cut finger that said loudly as I was screaming "Ugh! I guess she's going to go first!". They take me back Nurse Practitioner comes in and orders tests and meds (I asked for Phenergan, but she said they almost never give that IV anymore). Nurse starts IV and gives me Zofran and Dilaudid. I was dreading the one test, the contrast CT scan because they used to mix the contrast with Lemon Crystal Light. But now, they give you a bottle of fruity flavored water instead of the Crystal Light, I actually drank it (Instead of pouring it out when the nurse was gone.. Yeah, yeah, I know). The took blood, urine and stool. Did Xrays, CT, gave me another dose of meds and said I had enteritis. Gave me two antibiotics and sent me home, said if I get worse to come back. I went home, tried to eat some soup, took 3 spoon full and was done.
Next day, I was worse, vomiting now. A guy who wanted to date me wanted to meet, I told him I was unable to because I was sick (He accused me of making it up, so I texted him a pic of my discharge papers). I go back to the ER, they put in IV, give me the same meds as before and my would be suitor picked up on my spelling errors in my text. I tell him they just gave me pain meds and he says "They don't give pain meds for stomach pain."... Ummm, yes they do, they just gave me some. We had a long drawn out argument over it, he said I was either lying about getting the meds or lied to the doctor about where I was having pain, he used to work in a hospital, his ex was a nurse, no way in Hell did they give me pain meds for pain. I asked to see his medical license. I texted him clips from my discharge papers, including my diagnosis and the meds I was given, all highlighted. I told him my ex was here with me and could attest to what I told the Dr (He got all butthurt over my ex being with me). I told him several times, isn't there better things to argue over? Why does it seem like he wants to antagonize me? I sent him a loooooong text later explaining how we've never met and I can tell this ain't gonna work.
The funny thing? The 2nd ER doc I saw was Dr. Pepper.
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