My trip to the ER today

[ramanth]

Well this will be a Valentine's Day I'll never forget.

I was at the ER for nearly 5 1/2 hours. Not fun. An hour after my breakfast, I suddenly felt nauseous and had severe stomach cramps. I tried some pepto but that didn't help. I forced myself to vomit and that didn't help either.

After spending nearly 45 minutes curled up on the bathroom floor, bawling my eyes out, Andy finally forced me to go to the ER. They put in an IV, and took blood and a urine sample. 3 hours after they admitted me, they gave me an anti-spasm pill and my tummy started to feel a little better. I was able to hold down sips of water and crackers, so they let me go home. They couldn't find what caused the abdominal cramping, but did find that I had a bladder infection. Go figure. Didn't have any symptoms for THAT.

So I'm on antibiotics for the next 3 days and then I follow up with my GP. If the stomach pain comes back, I have to go in immediately.

My back hurts (they explained from the vomiting), my arms hurt from the needles and I just feel so tired and crappy.

Andy has been wonderful. He nearly lost it when they first admitted me in but he's doing okay now. He's treating me like I'm made of glass though. I'm trying not to milk it for all it's worth.