So I'm in the hospital that I used to work for. Not enjoying myself.
Went to my gp yesterday because my thumb has been turning blue and getting very cold. She was pretty worried and told me to go to the ED in the large town 50 minutes away.
I wait in emergency. Finally I'm seen. They stick a Camila in my hand. I have a CT or a CAT, I don't know what the difference is. They put contrast through the Camila. Very strange feeling. You go hot from your head to your privates. Can't tell if you're weeing or not. Lol.
Back to the waiting room for the second time. Finally after 7 half hours I get taken back in. Blood pressure medicine needle in my stomach. Tablets to thin the blood. Blah blah blah. Since 5.30 they had been talking about transferring me to a hospital in Melbourne that has a vascular team. Didn't happen. Don't know why.
At 2am they move me to a bed on the ward. Opposite nurses desk, where it's noisy all night. Then they wake me at 5.30 for breakfast because I have to fast from 6am, as they still expect to transfer me to big city hospital. By 8.30 I'd seen both doctors, mine and head of surgery. At 10am I'm told I'm being discharged. At 1.30 they told me my medication script they are writing out, will cost $120 per script. I explain can't afford that and give them the name of blood thinner I used to be on. At4. 30 I'm told that medication is the one that costs $120.i said no, I've got it for $6.60 - I have a health care card. The nurse then explains, if my problem was in my veins it would cost $6.60 - but because it's my artery, it's not on the pad and so costs $120. What the????
I don't understand.
So all this time we are waiting for the senior surgeon to change my script. The bastard never showed up.!!!!!!! That's how bad this place is.
So it's now after 10.30pm. I stink. I don't have a change of clothes. My mouth is furry, don't have tooth brush. I'm in a ward with 2 other women and one man. There is a man sleeping in the corridor outside my room.
So today, they didn't get my one medication sorted out, and they still haven't arranged the ultra sound on my arm.
The CT showed a thinning to the artery that was not caused by plaque but they can't tell why its thin and not getting the blood to my hand. So you'd think sometime today they could have taken me downstairs for the ultra sound.
Anyway. 2 more needles in my tummy. A lot more tablets. This is now night 2 without my anti psychotic, because they dont have it at this hospital and because I was told I was going home at 10 this morning, I didn't ask mum to bring it to me.
The room temperature seems to be set on 25 degrees. It's a sauna in our ward.
One of the nurses just brought me some sandwiches because I've been starving. Yum.
So, my plan is to leave the hospital by 10am tomorrow. With or without the script. I'll go home, have a shower and mum will drive me to Melbourne and take me to a good hospital. There I will get my scans and be treated by the vascular team.
So I'll finish eating my sandwiches and try to sleep through the noise of my snoring room mate.
