Betrayed by my body
Nov. 14th, 2005 12:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
astra_nomerWoke up around 2am because the right half of my tongue and part of my lips had swollen up. I hadn't eaten anything particularly unusual the day before, except perhaps for some gourmet chocolate truffles. Conferred with webmd.com and DH, and decided to drive myself to the emergency room so that we didn't have to disturb the kids, and now I know where the emergency room is for the next time we take our eyes off DS2 for too long.
The receptionist took her time checking me in, meanwhile it was getting harder and harder to talk clearly, and finally a nurse came over and said, "why do you still have this lady? Look at her face! Come with me." So I guess it was bad enough that I looked pretty awful, but I hadn't bothered to look in the mirror before taking off.
Got electrodes stuck all over my chest and a heparin lock in my arm, and was told I'd be pumped full of steroids, benadryl, and epinephrine. But, as with most of my experiences with hospitals, they took their time about getting things together, and so it wasn't until about 4am that the nurse showed up with the meds. By that time I was starting to cough a lot, so she picked up the pace. The swelling went down almost immediately, and my cough cleared up. However, they kept me until 10am for observation, but I was able to sleep for most of that time (mmm, benadryl....zzz...) so it was okay.
My mouth and tongue are still a bit swollen, but that should go away over the next few days. I filled the prescriptions they gave me, and I am the proud owner of a shiny new epipen. *shudders*
The receptionist took her time checking me in, meanwhile it was getting harder and harder to talk clearly, and finally a nurse came over and said, "why do you still have this lady? Look at her face! Come with me." So I guess it was bad enough that I looked pretty awful, but I hadn't bothered to look in the mirror before taking off.
Got electrodes stuck all over my chest and a heparin lock in my arm, and was told I'd be pumped full of steroids, benadryl, and epinephrine. But, as with most of my experiences with hospitals, they took their time about getting things together, and so it wasn't until about 4am that the nurse showed up with the meds. By that time I was starting to cough a lot, so she picked up the pace. The swelling went down almost immediately, and my cough cleared up. However, they kept me until 10am for observation, but I was able to sleep for most of that time (mmm, benadryl....zzz...) so it was okay.
My mouth and tongue are still a bit swollen, but that should go away over the next few days. I filled the prescriptions they gave me, and I am the proud owner of a shiny new epipen. *shudders*
