My Trip to the Emergency Department
During my summer vacation, I got to go to the emergency room. It was fun.
Okay... I am joking about writing about "Summer Vacation", but I really did have my first (actually second- but that is another story) trip to the ER, that doesn't include the gazillion times that I worked there.
My temp started going up yesterday afternoon, and by evening it was getting to the "go to the ER zone"(100.5), which isn't high for a normal person, but unfortunately when a person is getting treated with chemo, it means an infection. After trying to weasel my way out of it with my most knowledgeable friends, I ended up calling the oncologist from Bullhead and he told me to go the ER.
Although the ER was busy, I knew the triage nurse and got in immediately. They gave me IV antibiotics and checked my blood. Some skin near the wound VAC had a rash and was a bit warm to the touch, so they thought that it was the source of the infection. The doctor had planned on admitting me, but my blood tests came back okay, so he gave me a Rx for antibiotics and I was home by midnight.... I got home before I turned into a pumpkin!
And the good news.... I called the plastic surgeon and I got to take the wound VAC OFF!!!! I'm FREE, I'm FREE!!!!! At least until tomorrow. I think if he tells me I need to put it back on, I will cry.
Okay... I am joking about writing about "Summer Vacation", but I really did have my first (actually second- but that is another story) trip to the ER, that doesn't include the gazillion times that I worked there.
My temp started going up yesterday afternoon, and by evening it was getting to the "go to the ER zone"(100.5), which isn't high for a normal person, but unfortunately when a person is getting treated with chemo, it means an infection. After trying to weasel my way out of it with my most knowledgeable friends, I ended up calling the oncologist from Bullhead and he told me to go the ER.
Although the ER was busy, I knew the triage nurse and got in immediately. They gave me IV antibiotics and checked my blood. Some skin near the wound VAC had a rash and was a bit warm to the touch, so they thought that it was the source of the infection. The doctor had planned on admitting me, but my blood tests came back okay, so he gave me a Rx for antibiotics and I was home by midnight.... I got home before I turned into a pumpkin!
And the good news.... I called the plastic surgeon and I got to take the wound VAC OFF!!!! I'm FREE, I'm FREE!!!!! At least until tomorrow. I think if he tells me I need to put it back on, I will cry.
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