Hospitalinominous.

Phil. Redmon. · Post by **Phil. Redmon.** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:25 pm

So-

every other month, extreme debilitating abdominal pain for 2-3 days
i assume food poisoning
after an extremely brutal session, Heather demands i see doctor
doctor say CaT Scan, say appendix, say abcess, say antibiotics,says meet w/ surgeon
doctor say "if vomiting & fever, emergency room."

Saturday, work overtime. Start to feel cold.
go home. cold. super cold. shivering. nausea. super nausea.
call nurseline.
nurseline say leave message for doctor.
doctor call beck.
doc: what temp?
me: 100.5
doc: go emergency room.
me: fine.

go to emergency room.
check in.
strip.
FREEZING.
temp = 101.8
drink gatorade w/ barium solution for more CaT scan.
projectile vomit entire stomach contents.
scan anyway.
scan fail, due to vomited barium.
I.V. fluids, antibiotics, morphine, etc. etc.
more barium
all fluid diet
more CaT scan
surgeon and doctor disagree
erratic fever & pulse
monitor.
no food.
pee in bottle.

Sunday night, 6:00
hard to breathe
like someone is sitting on my chest
keeps me awake all night
nurse gives me morphine
tells me all kinds of heart related horror stories, totally blowing my morphine high.
sleep from about 1:30 am to 4:00 am.

Monday
Chest x-ray
EKG
Oxygen meter
MORE CaT scan, on chest this time
wait.
shower.
wait.
wait.
surgeon comes in during a game of Boggle with Heather.
says my appendix is healing itself with the antibiotics, doesn't want to operate.
I say fine.
Leave hospital.

eat.

home at 8:00 p.m.

will ask later about lungs.

-phil

erik · Post by **erik** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:40 pm

Phil, those are the worst lyrics ever.

Seriously though, good psychic energy is being sent your direction from my direction.

c hack · Post by **c hack** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:40 pm

Damn. How you feeling now?

Every other month? Seems pretty unlikely that it's food poisoning, unless you like to bite heads off bats.

bz£ · Post by **bz£** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:00 pm

Next time, start playing Boggle earlier

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:11 pm

They do say that Boggle heals...

In all seriousness, GET WELL SOON! You are not allowed to get sick, as you are way too cool to be sick. Or die. ever.

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

Poor June · Post by **Poor June** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:07 am

damn man that sounds horrible... i hope that you get well soon

j$ · Post by j$ » Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:31 am

That sucks. Sorry to hear it, man.

Silver lining: you have the script for a Pekar-style confessional comic right there in one post.

j$

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:41 am

c hack wrote:Every other month? Seems pretty unlikely that it's food poisoning, unless you like to bite heads off bats.

Is there some lunar thing with bats I don't know about?

Phil - interview the nurses next time. You have to weed out the ones that tell you shocking stories like that. I've had them too. What is it about helpless people laying in little light blue robes that makes these people want to go off on how "there was one guy...didn't last but two days, same thing you got!"?

Feel better.

thehipcola · Post by **thehipcola** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:00 am

Hope you are feeling better soon Phil! Sick Sucks.

Fried · Post by **Fried** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:14 am

Did the Doctor want more cowbell and the surgeon want more tamborine?
Seriously, I hope you get better soon. If there is anything i can do to help, let me know.

Phil. Redmon. · Post by **Phil. Redmon.** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:31 am

Just woke up from sleeping in my own bed.
Aaaaaaaahhhhh...

Thanks for all the well wishin', gang. I feel pretty okay today, if a little tired. I tried a little holistic therapy last night (vanilla ice cream, hershey's syrup, spanish peanuts) and slept for a million hours.

Fried wrote:Did the Doctor want more cowbell and the surgeon want more tamborine?

Man, that very nearly a country song!

And, uh, it turns out Heather is totally killer at Boggle.

jack · Post by **jack** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:09 am

i had an emercency appendectomy in college. scary shit. hope you get to feeling better very soon man.

and all those references to being cold gave me a chuckle. i mean, you do live in minnefrigginsota........

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:19 pm

GET WELL SOON!!!!

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:23 pm

yeah, get well soon. if you want to practice:
secret link... shh don't tell heather
-bill

Heather. Redmon. · Post by **Heather. Redmon.** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:51 pm

Ha! Even that won't help!

mico saudad · Post by **mico saudad** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:54 pm

wow crap I'm way late reading this post but I'm glad that you seem to be feeling better!

Phil. Redmon. · Post by **Phil. Redmon.** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 1:43 am

Yep, antibionics did a trick.