Medical Fiasco Part 3
December 24th 4am
Beginning on Saturday I started not feeling well again. I was thinking that it was just left over flu bug, until dinner that night. I started to shiver. After laying in bed with tons of blankets and then draining the hot water heater trying to warm up I decided that something was wrong. I was even running a fever.
I went through Sunday not doing well and just wanting to sleep. We had a party at my parents house and though I went, I wasn't much fun. I went to sleep okay but then woke myself up and Bryon up with my shivering at 4am. I was mad. I couldn't figure out what was wrong. I am pretty good at diagnosing myself (Bryon calls me Dr. Janet). So I looked up my symptoms online and at 6:30 when I finally stopped shaking I woke Byron up and told him I was going to the ER. I was pretty sure I had a kidney infection. Bryon's aunt was in ICU for 5 days with the same thing that didn't get treated and spread through her body, so I didn't want to mess with it.
I drove myself so that we didn't have to wake up the kids, and drag them.
Sure enough, I was right. The doctor was mad that I had let it get so bad and told me that I would have to stay. Then he changed his mind and said that I would have to come back for three days for IV antibiotics. Finally he calmed down and only made me have one IV and then drugs. I was shocked also that I hadn't noticed the symptoms sooner.
Christmas was a little hazy because I was so sick. We had to cancel going down to Price. It was the first time in 10 years of marriage that we weren't there for Christmas Day.
Beginning on Saturday I started not feeling well again. I was thinking that it was just left over flu bug, until dinner that night. I started to shiver. After laying in bed with tons of blankets and then draining the hot water heater trying to warm up I decided that something was wrong. I was even running a fever.
I went through Sunday not doing well and just wanting to sleep. We had a party at my parents house and though I went, I wasn't much fun. I went to sleep okay but then woke myself up and Bryon up with my shivering at 4am. I was mad. I couldn't figure out what was wrong. I am pretty good at diagnosing myself (Bryon calls me Dr. Janet). So I looked up my symptoms online and at 6:30 when I finally stopped shaking I woke Byron up and told him I was going to the ER. I was pretty sure I had a kidney infection. Bryon's aunt was in ICU for 5 days with the same thing that didn't get treated and spread through her body, so I didn't want to mess with it.
I drove myself so that we didn't have to wake up the kids, and drag them.
Sure enough, I was right. The doctor was mad that I had let it get so bad and told me that I would have to stay. Then he changed his mind and said that I would have to come back for three days for IV antibiotics. Finally he calmed down and only made me have one IV and then drugs. I was shocked also that I hadn't noticed the symptoms sooner.
Christmas was a little hazy because I was so sick. We had to cancel going down to Price. It was the first time in 10 years of marriage that we weren't there for Christmas Day.
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