A Night in E.R.

7:45 AM: I have just returned home from spending the night in the Sacred Heart Emergency Room.

I will tell you all about it after I get some sleep.

1:24PM: Gonzaga played their first round game in the NCAA Tournament yesterday and I went to the Hub with Rob to watch it. We went to Jimmy John's and got a couple of sandwiches to enjoy while watching the game.

Susan showed up with about five minutes remaining in the game. It had been a close first half but when Susan got there, the Zags were up by 22 points. So we enjoyed the final minutes as they put Georgia State away.

Rob left shortly after the end of the game and Susan and I sipped wine waiting for the start of the St. Mary's game. Mark showed up a short time later.

I was sitting at the table when I felt a sudden wave of nausea come over me. I walked outside and promptly hurled a nice purple stream into the bushes.

I immediately felt better and walked back in and told Susan about it.

I didn't drink any more wine and felt a little crappy. We headed for home and shortly after, I had a major vomiting episode. I got rid of the sandwich and any wine I had left remaining. I continued to dry heave for a time and then promptly went to bed.

I was pretty miserable and I don't think I slept much. I was feeling an upset stomach and a little pressure in my chest. I decided to take my blood pressure which was 188/93. Susan was just coming up to bed when I told her what was going on. Because of the chest pressure, we opted to head for the E.R.

We arrived about 11:00 and the place was jumping. They got me in quickly and got some vitals, blood and a chest x-ray. We proceeded to sit in the Waiting Area for the next 5 1/2 hours. When they finally got me into an E.R. room, they said that my blood was showing no enzymes of heart damage. That was a good thing.

I threw up a couple more times. They suspected it was something with my gut. They gave me some furosemide because my x-ray showed fluid around my heart.

They did an ultra sound of my gall bladder and liver and found nothing out of sorts.

I peed several times and the chest pressure abated. They finally let us go about 7:00AM.

We both came home and got right into bed. We stayed there until a little after noon.

I'm still feeling pretty bad. I'm achy and my stomach is tied in knots. I haven't thrown up any more but feel like I would like to.

I haven't had a thing to eat today and am not hungry. I'm heading back to bed shortly. 

On the good side of all this, Susan got the day off.