The other night i slept late(past 1 AM) and i woke up at 10 Monday morning. Oooops i felt something wrong at the right side of my abdomen - it was painful. I thought maybe i needed to release unwanted gas from my body or maybe my urethral infection got worse. I tried to lay on my bed faced down and brought my hips up in the air to help the gas come out easily. It didnt work and the pain got worse. I tried to sit on my bed and suddenly i felt nauseous and i thought i was gonna throw up. i raced to the bathroom and i was retching a lot but nothin came out from my mouth. Suddenly i felt weak and wobbly and it was just awful! i thought i was goin to collapse right in the bathroom. I had to fight the feelin and i said to myself i was goin to be okay. I got a glimpse of myself in the mirror as I waded my way back to my room. gosh! i looked so ghostly pale! I was thinkin to call 911 beacuse the pain was so excruciating.
I tried to lay down again to see if the pain would subside. After a few minutes i felt better so i decided to have breakast thinkin that foods might help. I only had a couple of bites when the pain came back and i felt throwin up again. It was then that i decided I needed to go to the hospital. I still got a chance and the strength to clean up myself before callin a taxi. The hospital was just 5 min away from where i live. When i got to the emergency at 11am, as if on cue the pain got worse and almost unbearable. I was screamin then in pain. It was hell! I was screamin for an hour before the nurse could see me because there were other patients ahead of me. After the nurse checked my vitals and learned some info about my medical background i was brought to the emergency room in a wheelchair. The doc finally saw me and gave me pain medication through IV. The medical technicians(2 of them and 1 was a trainee yet) tried to draw blood from my right arm and I was poked with needles twice but they could not just get it right. They didnt know what they were doin because it hurt and they could not just draw blood. They kept on talkin about anythin while workin. I was relieved when the physician assistant took over and she was able to do so without problem.
Anyway, I felt so much better when the pain meds started to kick in. I had CAT scan an hour later and it was found out i had a kidney stone goin down to the bladder from my kidney. It hurt like hell while the stone passed through the tube. And it wasnt in hurry but took its grandest time along the way before it reached my bladder. And below my abdomen and its right side were about to explode while it took its process.
Before 2:30PM i was released from the hospital with an Rx(Darvocet - a narcotic or controlled drug) for pain. I took one tablet when i got home and i went to the lala land after a few minutes. I woke up feelin so much better and almost back to my normal self.
I would worry about the bills later.
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