I’ve been in hospital since Friday and I was diagnosed with viral Meningitis. It’s a virus where the fluid in your brain is gets infected by the virus and it causes headaches and vomiting. The headaches were absolutely terrible, beyond belief. They were constantly there, and the only way for me to be free of them is to be doped up on painkillers. The vomiting as well was absolute shite. I would be just constantly vomiting everything that was in my stomach, even if it was empty from food, I’d be vomiting out bile and stomach acids. This was to the point where it was just green liquid being ejected.
So yeh admission to the hospital was the worst. They just made me lay on a bed for 3 hours to wait for another bed. After that, I was given painkillers for the headache and some other meds for the vomiting and also hooked me up to an IV drip (god I love those things). That helped a lot the headaches were gone and the vomiting had stopped I was feeling tonnes better.
The doctor then finally got to me and told me I may have Meningitis and would have to do a Lumber-puncture biopsy. The procedure is where you crawl into a foetal position, they use antiseptic to wash the back, apply local anaesthetic into the area and then insert a large needle to extract the fluid from the spine saps which is the same fluid in the brain. From what everyone told me, it was supposed to be excruciating, but I didn’t feel a thing only the local anaesthetic being applied and nothing else after that.
Few hours later, the doc comes back and tells me its quite clear, but there were a six different polydromes (sp) when there should be none. However, it would be at 20 polydromes if the Meningitis was to go on for longer and that I had to stay in hospital overnight. Mum was there with me from the morning till about 3am.
The next day Matt, dad and Benson came to visit but I was having a pretty bad headache at the time so they didn’t stay too long. I had Matt call Lambert to tell him that I was in hospital, because I knew he would get into contact with the others. A few hours pass and they eventually moved me into the actual ward. And I see that I get reception there and decide to call Allen, he then decides to leave uni with Sid and they both just hanged out with me until Lamb, Hong, Ben and Cynthia came. Pretty awesome having those guys come, made a few hours pass. Lamb, Ben and Hong also bought me snacks that I haven’t really eaten at all. Thanks anyways guys. ALSO THANK YOU LAMBERT FOR GIVING ME IP MAN 2, DAMN AWESOME MOVIE.
So heres another night at the hospital, starting from the Emergency department to the Day treatment centre to now the ward and I actually have a window to outside. Missed work, didn’t get to say bye to Vanessa before she left to the States D: oh well, she better get me something good. Lame IV drip is running out, I want more damnit, as much as they are awesome, they are so troublesome when going to the toilet and walking around with them, being in just a gown thats open on the back and in your jocks too doesn’t really help out your dignity. Fuck should’ve went sleep earlier its only 10:06 at the moment but the guy across the room has started to snore.. k I’m gonna try to sleep now. Night all
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