Memorial Weekend
We drove down to Fort Worth yesterday to visit Peggy's sister Mickey, who has been in intensive care at a hospital there for two weeks now, because of a series of problems resulting from a problem with her diabetes. I'm writing this post from the waiting room on the third floor neuro ICU.
Lyndsey and her boyfriend Jeremiah came down here with us. After we got to the hospital yesterday, we left Peggy and Lyndsey, Jeremiah and I went to get a hotel to stay the night in. After we had done that and eaten some lunch we came back to the hospital.
Peggy was back visiting her sister so Lyndsey and I decided to go on back there. We went back and donned the gowns and gloves they make us wear then went in the room. Mickey seemed a bit out of it when we first got there but after a few minutes she began responding well to Peggy. After we had been back there about ten minutes or so, Lyndsey remarked that she was really tired and said she had gotten up too early. A couple of minutes later Lyndsey suddenly pitched forward and fell face first onto the bed, across Mickey's legs. After the initial shock of seeing Lyndsey collapse, I quick realized she had fainted.
I helped her to her feet and asked her if she was okay. She said yes and nodded her head, even as she slowly sank to the ground. I worked on getting her back up while Peggy got one of the nurses. We got Lyndsey up and sat her down in a chair. The nurse began asking if I wanted to take her down to Emergency and have them take a look at her. I said I thought we could probably go back to the waiting room and sit there for a few minutes and see how she felt. She was still extremely pale but kept saying she was okay. The nurse continued to suggest going down to the emergency room, and then Peggy began to agree with the nurse, so I finally agreed that we could go down there and have them take a look at her.
They got a wheelchair and had an intern accompany her and me down. We got to the emergency room and they put us in triage because the place was packed! By now her color was coming back and she said she really did feel fine now. I thought we should go ahead and have them look at her to ease her mom's mind so we waited.
That turned out to be a mistake. Jeremiah joined us and we slowly worked our way through the emegency room. They ended up putting her on a gurney in the hall and hooking her up to a monitor right there. A young doctor eventually showed up and looked at her then said she was probably just fine, but he wanted to go ahead and run a couple of blood tests. So we waited for someone to come and draw blood, then they hooked her up to an IV and we waited some more.
We left Mickey's room for the emergency room around 4:20 and they finally let her go from Emergency around 7:15. There was nothing wrong with her.
This morning when Lyndsey went back to visit Mickey, Mickey told her she'd better sit down!
Lyndsey and her boyfriend Jeremiah came down here with us. After we got to the hospital yesterday, we left Peggy and Lyndsey, Jeremiah and I went to get a hotel to stay the night in. After we had done that and eaten some lunch we came back to the hospital.
Peggy was back visiting her sister so Lyndsey and I decided to go on back there. We went back and donned the gowns and gloves they make us wear then went in the room. Mickey seemed a bit out of it when we first got there but after a few minutes she began responding well to Peggy. After we had been back there about ten minutes or so, Lyndsey remarked that she was really tired and said she had gotten up too early. A couple of minutes later Lyndsey suddenly pitched forward and fell face first onto the bed, across Mickey's legs. After the initial shock of seeing Lyndsey collapse, I quick realized she had fainted.
I helped her to her feet and asked her if she was okay. She said yes and nodded her head, even as she slowly sank to the ground. I worked on getting her back up while Peggy got one of the nurses. We got Lyndsey up and sat her down in a chair. The nurse began asking if I wanted to take her down to Emergency and have them take a look at her. I said I thought we could probably go back to the waiting room and sit there for a few minutes and see how she felt. She was still extremely pale but kept saying she was okay. The nurse continued to suggest going down to the emergency room, and then Peggy began to agree with the nurse, so I finally agreed that we could go down there and have them take a look at her.
They got a wheelchair and had an intern accompany her and me down. We got to the emergency room and they put us in triage because the place was packed! By now her color was coming back and she said she really did feel fine now. I thought we should go ahead and have them look at her to ease her mom's mind so we waited.
That turned out to be a mistake. Jeremiah joined us and we slowly worked our way through the emegency room. They ended up putting her on a gurney in the hall and hooking her up to a monitor right there. A young doctor eventually showed up and looked at her then said she was probably just fine, but he wanted to go ahead and run a couple of blood tests. So we waited for someone to come and draw blood, then they hooked her up to an IV and we waited some more.
We left Mickey's room for the emergency room around 4:20 and they finally let her go from Emergency around 7:15. There was nothing wrong with her.
This morning when Lyndsey went back to visit Mickey, Mickey told her she'd better sit down!
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