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Friday 13 February 2015

my visit to the ICU

It all started on Abbygail's birthday, she got her first cold. A few days later I had the cough and runny nose. Abbygail seemed to be having a better time with the cold than I was. I found trouble eating and was sleeping a bit more than normal.

Thursday at Abbygail's doctor appointment I mentioned the issue I was having eating and he gave me 2 prescriptions to help. That evening despite not feeling good I went in for a 3 hour shift.
I slept most of Friday but was happy that I had actually eaten a can of soup. Thursday and Friday nights I woke multiple times with dry mouth. Saturday at about 5am I woke up feeling very ill. I called Auntie Carol to take me to the ER. Mom had worked till 11pm the previous night.
Auntie Carol came and drove me to the hospital at which point I was not understandable; luckily she remembered to mention I was diabetic. I remember getting to the hospital talking to the triage nurse being rushed over to get a bracelet and being wisked into the ER. I don't have any real memories of Saturday. Mom said Auntie called her shortly after getting me to the hospital as they had left her in the waiting room and weren't giving her any information. I am told I went into a state of delusion and delirious nes. I was flailing and swearing to the point where they had to restrain me.
I remember my mom asking me my phone password but despite thinking I was making sense I wasn't.
I remembered telling 2 nurses that i had to go the bathroom and them trying to tell me I had a catheter.
I have a flash of seeing dad in the ER
I woke up when they were rolling me down for a CT scan. I had apparently been complaining of a headache and they were checking for clots.
When I woke Sunday morning I still had one wrist restrained and 8 bags hanging on an IV tree. I had a wrist IV, 1 in the elbow and a femoral IV. Mom, Kevin and Dad arrived shrtly after I woke up. I spent another 36 hours in the ICU and another 24 on 3 West.
My ph levels and electrolytes were all severly out of wack. I had my first diabetic complication. .. ketonacidosis.
Mom said I had been given a ph kit which they rarely use.
My arms are still pretty bruised even now. Saturday Kevin went to Future Shop to tell Blair and subsequently was given the week off. I return to work on Monday.

I may post again on this topic