To Hell and Back
I am not exaggerating when I say that this stomach flu I've had has truly been the worse flu I've EVER had. In fact the last time I even HAD the stomach flu was over 20 years ago; I was in COLLEGE.
I don't want to bore you or gross you out but suffice it to say Friday I started feeling sick. I still managed to go to my mom's for dinner, which was good because she ended up taking me to the hospital Saturday night after I'd been throwing up ALLLLLL DAY. People, there was NOTHING TO THROW UP. I could NOT STOP DRY HEAVING! I couldn't even breathe. I also had horrible pain in my stomach. I couldn't rest, and I started getting really scared. I felt like I was going to have a heart attack. Luckily I had stayed with my mom and she drove me the 7 minutes or so to the hospital. I swear we know that friggin' ER TOO WELL! Last year, I kid you not, this very week, my mom went there and had to have an emergency gall bladder surgery. JESUS!
13 years ago I went to that ER for severe food poisoning and 4 years ago my mom had to go in for food poisoning too. I HATE THAT ER!
And let me tell you, the palliative (sp) care I got this time was HORRIBLE. And they weren't even that busy. They were supposed to give me some pain meds for the stomach pain; they didn't. I was so freaked out I did get some Ativan to calm me down, and some anti-nausea medicine and fluids. That's it. They don't even have those flat horrible pillows! I was freezing and they had one thin sheet! 13 years ago I was treated like a princess. I wonder what's happened. Less staff? Shittier management? Cost cutting absolutely.
My mom was so funny. She's like "We're not flying this airline again! No pillows, no blankets...haha." Hell you don't even get that shit on a plane anymore unless you're in first class.
Anyway, I still feel very tired and weak but thank GOD I have been able to eat some and my stomach is better. I swear I am afraid of food now! I am back home and the cats are freaking out because they missed me. Translated: The cats are freaking out because they missed getting their Fancy Feast and had to survive three days on dry kibble and water.
Honestly, I am so sick of getting sick. I would like to go six friggin' months without ONE ILLNESS!
Anyway. That's my story. I tried to spare you the grossest details. I'll be back more later with other comments.
Ciao friends!
4 comments:
My mom had one of those flues last month which literally had her down for weeks. Frankly I'm surprised she survived. I will also spare the gory details, suffice it to say the caregivers (and housekeepers) at her facility are saints and deserve some kind of reward.
I'm so sorry you were sick, Denise. I hope to god I don't get that shit.
*today's word: dishn - me and the gals, we be dishn' !
i recall when christina was about a year old that i contracted a very bad case of food poisoning. i had a shrimp po-boy and a piece of shrimp must have gone bad. i know exactly what you mean by dry heaving. i did that for 3 days straight. i lost 16 pounds in less than two days. the episode put me in the hospital because i was so dehydrated. and needless to say i didn't touch seafood for about a year after that.
salmonella is some pretty serious stuff.
i'm glad you're feeling better, but i'll bet your diaphragm is sore like a bitch. it gets quite a workout.
Wow. Sorry to hear about it. I wish I could bestow health upon you, but it's beyond even my remarkable powers.
"I tried to spare you the grossest details."
But I like gory details! :-D
Glad you are feeling better now.
Loved the bit about the cats -- it's soooo true! I swear the last time I was so sick I couldn't even get up to feed them (they always have dry food and water) they got really friendly. I would have felt loved, but I had the sneaking suspicion they were all laying claim to the part of me they were going rip into if I died. LOL
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