more than one hospital?
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:25:05 -0600, dana tierney wrote:
> OK so... About three weeks ago I went to the hospital complaining of
> stomach pain. They found nothing imminently fatal, scheduled some
> ultrasounds and such, and gave me painkillers. While I was there they
> drew some blood using an IV needle, which I guess is standard practice
> in the ER. After I got home I noticed a small bump in the vein where
> the IV had been but ignored it. I had had one before and although it
> was very painful -- at the time I thought my wrist was fractured -- it
> went away by itself. SO I ignored it. Until a week ago when I noticed
> a red streak going up my inner arm. Went to doctor's and got an
> antibiotic I had never heard of, that google tells me is for staph
> infections. Two days later arm was worse. It was a weekend so I went
> to the ER. Wound up being kept for observation for about 36 hours with
> IV antibiotics. Got new antibiotic, Augmentin, and stronger
> painkillers as stomach pain continues and arm still feels like it's
> fractured. Been sleeping a lot this week. Just noticed I have a red
> streak going up the *other* arm from where they had the IV antibiotics
> going in...waaa. I hate this. I hate the ER, I hate doctors, I hate
> the hospital.
>
> Thank you for listening to this. Will probably disappear for another
> few days now. Bla.
>
> Dana
>
>
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