Wow... so I am finally writing the story of me in the hospital.... Here we go from beginning to end.
So, on July 24th I went on my first motorcycle ride in about 20 years with my friend Rob. After he dropped me off and went home I had a really bad cramp in my back/side... So I went to bed early and spent the rest of the night crawling back and forth between my bed and the toilet. By the time morning came I could barely move I was in so much pain. My lower back on the right side hurt so much!!! So I begged my roomie Seth to take me to the Med 7. Once there the physician thought I had appendicitis and called an ambulance to take me to Mercy San Juan. After I got checked into the hospital I spent about 45 minutes in the waiting room before going into triage. Once in triage I was diagnosed with possible liver problems. So they sent me into the intake portion of the hospital where I had blood drawn. While waiting for the results of the blood test I spiked a temperature of 103 and was finally given some pain meds. I could finally move without being in excruciating pain. (Pssst... this whole time Seth barely left my side. What a great roomie huh!)
Then the blood test came back and they said I had a crazy blood infection and my body was going into toxic shock. I was given some more shots and then sent to get a CAT Scan. Shortly after the scan I was told that I had at least 2 kidney stones that were blocking my uriter duct (the little tubey that connects the kidney's to the bladder) So I got a stent in my right kidney to drain my kidney into a bag until the block could be removed and so the massive infection that was in my right kidney would not pass into my bladder giving me a UTI.
Putting the stent in shocked my system and lowered my BP to below 40. I was then sent back to the emergency room where a pressurized IV was put into my shoulder to pump in my meds and fluids as quickly as possible. It was held in with stitches. I was on 3 different antibiotics, one blood pressure med, and an IV of fluids since I couldn't eat or drink anything. Then I was sent to the ICU for 3 days.
Lots of pain meds, lots of antibiotics, lots of sleeping and even more sleeping, and very little eating. In the 3 days I was in ICU I lost 10 pounds. I don't remember very much during those first few days, but i do remember that my friends were always there. My mom visited almost everyday. I couldn't have flowers in ICU but was told that lots were sent. After the ICU I was sent to the CCU for 2 days so that I could still have someone keep a close eye on me. I was still on blood pressure meds since my BP wouldn't stay above 80. After those 2 days I was finally sent to recovery for 2 more days and finally released.
During all that time I passed 3 kidney stones and recovered from a kidney infection which crossed over and caused a blood infection and then put me into toxic shock. It was a CRAZY week!!!
I was going to get pics of everyone that came to visit me in the hospital, but I wasn't very lucid most of the time...
Thanks to everyone that helped me out- mostly Nikki, Mom (Merry), Rachel, Seth, Nate, John, Lauren, Lindsay, Chris and all the nurses that took extra special care of me!!
Me and Rachel in the ICU
And Christopher too!
