A DAY IN THE ER....


Yesterday I spent most of the night in the ER. Lots of pain in my belly and back...seriously, I felt like I was having labor pains...NO, I am NOT pregnant (and they proved that with not one but TWO pregnancy tests last night!). First we went to the med-center...they gave me a happy shot in my buttock (which wasn't so happy since it BURNED, and didn't really do much for the pain), said I probably had a kidney stone (oh joy!) and sent me down for x-rays. X-rays showed.......nothing! So then they decided I needed to be seen in the ER for a possible cyst on my ovary. Told us we should get an ultrasound to have a look-see. Ok, I can handle that!

Get down to the ER, check in, get in a room...by this time, I am squirming in pain AND my anxiety levels are at an all time high (I haven't been down to that hospital since Trenton died there). They give me some lovely Diladid (great stuff, HORRIBLE after effects!), and order a CT scan (um? Wasn't that supposed to be an ultrasound? NOPE!). Apparently, only 5-10% of kidney stones are seen through x-ray, so they want to "double-check" that I don't actually have a kidney stone...plus they can see if there are any cysts as well. So, off to CT scan.

Now, mind you, this is stuff that we had to deal with when Trenton was in the hospital...scan after scan after scan to try to find out the problem. So, I'm used to this, just not used to it being ME!

After the CT, they bring me back to my "room" (oh yeah, forgot to mention that my room was a gurney in the hallway!) and about an hour later the doc comes over...nothing on CT. By this time, my pain is back (the Diladid must have been diluted!) so the doctor says lets do an internal exam (oh JOY!). After the GYN exam, and the doctor ripping apart my insides (I swear he pulled out my uterus!), I was put in an ACTUAL room (yay!) and the put in an IV and gave me more Diladid (oh yeah, that's the STUFF!). This time it went RIGHT to the heart of the problem, and I was pain FREE baby! Then the doc comes in and says, well couldn't find anything on that exam (and oh by the way heres your uterus back!), so we're going to do an ultrasound (wasn't that why I was here in the first place?? CaCHING!) to see if you have a twisted ovary (oh, that sounds LOVELY!). So down to ultrasound, where (surprise!) they find nothing...except MAYBE, just a slight might, my IUD could be out of place! Sigh....

So 7 1/2 hours later, we trudge home. By this time, my stomach is SOOO upset, I go straight to the bathroom and rid my self of that nice (mean!) drug that they gave me. After that, I was straight to bed....see ya in the AM!