Back to the ER

Back in December when I came down with the Swine Flu, I never thought I could ever feel more miserable than I did at that time. Unfortunately, this week has proven how I felt then wasn’t the worst I could possibly feel.

After leaving Aquatica on Saturday, I immediately felt woozy, nauseous and exhausted. At first I pegged it as sun stroke, but as the hours went by, it became apparent that it was more than sun exposure. After trying to go to work, it was back home and back to bed as at this point, I couldn’t even stand up without feeling dizzy. That night didn’t provide much sleep, but waking up Sunday morning I started feeling a little better.

The slight positive change didn’t last, however, as Sunday went on the sickness got worse. Sunday night I definitely felt an improvement and was hopeful that my body was starting to get this awful sickness, but alas, this morning was by far the worst yet. Both nights I was waking up in pools of sweat, had pounding headaches, body aches everywhere, a nasty sore throat, confusion and nausea.

Kara came home on her lunch today and brought me to the CVS Minute Clinic and after they determined my temperature was a blamy 103 degrees, it was off to the Celebration Hospital Emergency Room. CVS’ policy is to refer any patient with a temperature of 103 or higher to the ER, as they’re afraid of lawsuits.

After about a two hour wait in the ER waiting room, I was finally admitted and informed that my temperature was 102.9 degrees at that time. It angers me very much to think that CVS made us go to the ER and be charged however much its gonna cost because I was either .1 degree over what they’ll treat, OR decided to falsify my readings just because of their fear of a lawsuit. It’s garbage, and if you’re gonna run a clinic, run it right and treat anyone who comes in. Or at least be upfront and not make your customers run all around trying to get help.

We spent about two or three hours in our ER corner where I got IVs and a shot of penicillin. I HAAAAATE needles, and it was bad enough that they put another IV in me, but it was insult to injury by throwing in a shot on top. Turns out I have a viral infection, but once they were done with me, my temp had gone down to about 99 degrees and I was sent on my way.

I really am unfairly lucky to have Kara by my side. She’s so caring and selfless, missing practically an entire day of work to be by my side. I’m so grateful to have her in my life.

So now, I rest for a couple more days and will hopefully be better to make it back to work on Thursday.