A visit to the emergency room

Early in the morning I went to the Emergency Room. At 2 am I woke up in severe pain. I didn’t feel that my condition had improved over the last four days so I called my doctor. She decided that I should go to the hospital. I dislike ERs because of the craziness. Christopher and my friend Sharon came with me and it was nice to have them both there.

After I was checked in we were able to find three stretchers that we could sleep on. It was quite entertaining as a couple of times Christopher and Sharon got mistaken for patients. Someone even put a nice blanket over Sharon to make her warm and comfortable. I was moved around a lot through out the hospital for numerous tests. Since it was the weekend, there were a lot of younger doctors and residents around. That part was comical. I had three residents with me at one time and after 10 minutes I figured out that it must have been the first or second time that a couple of them had ever done an examination and they were nervous.

They all had great personalities and bed side manners so we all laughed through it – as they read through a script. In the end, they decided that they really needed a chief attending physician and the head of the department, I think I had the same examination four times. They wanted to admit me, but I felt I could manage the condition on an outpatient basis. After 1+ hours of negotiating with the attending physician he agreed. Hurray! No hospital stay! Just a couple of outpatient appointments to add to the list this week. A tough weekend, but I am feeling so much better tonight. I think the OSHH is finally starting to reverse.