Spent 24 hours in a Hospital
12 years ago
Would you, could you?
I went to the ER early sunday morning at 5 AM EST. I can only put it like this, I stared death in the face twice now. I thought I was going to suffocate to death. But I did not.
Heres how it all started.
Friday night I came down with a soar throat, thought nothing of it. Come Saturday it was a little bit worse. Around 4pm I took some throat spray, it numbed my throat for about 20 min then it just got worse from there. Around 9pm I was spinning records for a minecraft server I play on in Mumble with VDJ and VAC and my top lip started to swell, I instantly killed the decks and left, some people in there were worried. I ran to check in the mirror, sure enough my top lip did swell up like a balloon. Not only that, it felt like my feet turned to glass, it was very fucking painful to walk.
My parents got home around 9:45 pm and said if it got worse they would take me to the doctor in the morning. So I said ok.
Around 11:30 One of my best friends told me just to call an ambulance and go to the hospital, me being stubborn I didn't and tried to go to bed. I was tossing and turning all night till about 4am. Where I just could not take it anymore. My bottom lip swelled up even bigger than my top, my tongue was swollen as well. My eyes started to swell, By the time we left the house I could bearly see out my right eye. My hands every time I touched something It felt like I was putting my hands through meat grinders, oh god the fucking pain.
We get to the hospital and I was rushed off to the ER, I was asked so many questions I could not comprehend what was going on cause I was on the edge of not being able to breath. The doctor shoved the person asking questions out of the room as they were starting to stick me with needles. They had to switch from my right arm to my left as I started to lose it, throwing up, dizziness lightheaded. I Thought I wasn't literally going to make it at this point, All I could hear the nurse saying was "are you all right!" she said it about 7 or 8 times and I just could not respond except my hand gestures. They finally get the needles in my right hand and left arm, pumped me with meds and everything started to calm down. The doc put me on oxygen and Thank God I was able to breath.
At this point being around 6am I was moved to a room where I got to stay for a full 24 hours while they monitored me. I got to meet someone new, The guy was around his 90's but still kickin like a mule, we talked abit before we both got hit up by Benadryl which was nice to be put to sleep for some time.
During the day on Sunday, I was not allowed to eat anything and I can understand why. I was hooked up to an I.V. and was still on the oxygen. Towards 5pm my mom came to stay with me for a few hours. We watched Pineapple Express on the T.V. and they let me have ice tips to chew on. Granted Ice tips is not food, but frozen water. It was still nice to have. Around 6pm (Sunday) I was shot up again and went to sleep, So I only got to see an hour of the movie, but it was hilarious on what I did get to see.
So around 8AM Monday (Today) I woke up and the doctor came in. Asked me a few questions and all I could say was Thankyou, I feel like a new man today. He said how about some breakfast and I said I can't wait!
I got around to ordering breakfast and I was able to get, Cheerios, Scrambled eggs, 2 strips of bacon, 2 pancakes, a small fruit cup and 2 orange juice cups. It was mad delicious.
My mom showed up around 10am. The nurse started filling out the discharge papers as well as getting my prescriptions from the doctor. I was discharged from the hospital around 11:30 AM.
I'm doing a lot better than what I have the past couple of days. I will say this has been a life changing experience. I am changing my eating habits. I am going to start working out lightly and get myself on the correct path.
I will say this, If you ever have something like this happen to you, DO NOT Procrastinate like I did. I was at the edge of life and death laying down in the ER.
Heres how it all started.
Friday night I came down with a soar throat, thought nothing of it. Come Saturday it was a little bit worse. Around 4pm I took some throat spray, it numbed my throat for about 20 min then it just got worse from there. Around 9pm I was spinning records for a minecraft server I play on in Mumble with VDJ and VAC and my top lip started to swell, I instantly killed the decks and left, some people in there were worried. I ran to check in the mirror, sure enough my top lip did swell up like a balloon. Not only that, it felt like my feet turned to glass, it was very fucking painful to walk.
My parents got home around 9:45 pm and said if it got worse they would take me to the doctor in the morning. So I said ok.
Around 11:30 One of my best friends told me just to call an ambulance and go to the hospital, me being stubborn I didn't and tried to go to bed. I was tossing and turning all night till about 4am. Where I just could not take it anymore. My bottom lip swelled up even bigger than my top, my tongue was swollen as well. My eyes started to swell, By the time we left the house I could bearly see out my right eye. My hands every time I touched something It felt like I was putting my hands through meat grinders, oh god the fucking pain.
We get to the hospital and I was rushed off to the ER, I was asked so many questions I could not comprehend what was going on cause I was on the edge of not being able to breath. The doctor shoved the person asking questions out of the room as they were starting to stick me with needles. They had to switch from my right arm to my left as I started to lose it, throwing up, dizziness lightheaded. I Thought I wasn't literally going to make it at this point, All I could hear the nurse saying was "are you all right!" she said it about 7 or 8 times and I just could not respond except my hand gestures. They finally get the needles in my right hand and left arm, pumped me with meds and everything started to calm down. The doc put me on oxygen and Thank God I was able to breath.
At this point being around 6am I was moved to a room where I got to stay for a full 24 hours while they monitored me. I got to meet someone new, The guy was around his 90's but still kickin like a mule, we talked abit before we both got hit up by Benadryl which was nice to be put to sleep for some time.
During the day on Sunday, I was not allowed to eat anything and I can understand why. I was hooked up to an I.V. and was still on the oxygen. Towards 5pm my mom came to stay with me for a few hours. We watched Pineapple Express on the T.V. and they let me have ice tips to chew on. Granted Ice tips is not food, but frozen water. It was still nice to have. Around 6pm (Sunday) I was shot up again and went to sleep, So I only got to see an hour of the movie, but it was hilarious on what I did get to see.
So around 8AM Monday (Today) I woke up and the doctor came in. Asked me a few questions and all I could say was Thankyou, I feel like a new man today. He said how about some breakfast and I said I can't wait!
I got around to ordering breakfast and I was able to get, Cheerios, Scrambled eggs, 2 strips of bacon, 2 pancakes, a small fruit cup and 2 orange juice cups. It was mad delicious.
My mom showed up around 10am. The nurse started filling out the discharge papers as well as getting my prescriptions from the doctor. I was discharged from the hospital around 11:30 AM.
I'm doing a lot better than what I have the past couple of days. I will say this has been a life changing experience. I am changing my eating habits. I am going to start working out lightly and get myself on the correct path.
I will say this, If you ever have something like this happen to you, DO NOT Procrastinate like I did. I was at the edge of life and death laying down in the ER.
FA+

/hug
Thanks night.
I'm happy your all right
/hugs/
Did the doc tell you the chem in the vicks it was, that did it? Hopefully it's not common
/hugs back/
Not something I will be looking forward to ever again.