So, today is my birthday. And I spent the first 45 minutes of it an a hospital bed in the ER.
Let me explain.
See, I've been on an antibiotic for this cut I have on my ankle. Anyway, that, and a combination of Ibuprofen caused my stomach to get very irritated, causing pain, nausea, and vomiting. It was not a good deal.
Yesterday, my boyfriend took me to the River Riot concert in Council Bluffs, and basically, all I did was sit and watch, because I was too nauseated to do anything else. The concert was awesome, but it would've been better if I could have felt better.
After the concert, we went to eat at Cracker Barrel, but I couldn't even eat anything, my abdomen hurt so bad. So, that's when we went to the ER. I was slightly dehydrated, so they had trouble finding my veins to draw blood. Let me tell you, I don't like needles in the first place, but when they keep inserting them over and over in the same spot, trying to find your vein, that really sucks. But that didn't suck half as bad as the shot in the butt that I received, to relieve the rash that my ankle-antibiotic gave me. I think that that was the worst part of the whole thing.
After the shot in the butt (which is still very sore, by the way) I had to drink this disgusting, goopy drink the nurse called a "cocktail." It was to help the nausea. I had to plug my nose in order to drink it. And, for the next 15 minutes or so, my throat, tongue, and lips were numb. I nearly choked when I tried to swallow, because I couldn't feel myself actually swallowing anything. It was terrible. But the butt-shot was still the worst.
Now, at least until my stomach gets back to normal, I have to take this certain pill a half hour before eating anything, and I can only eat bland foods for the first 24 hours, bland being dry toast, applesauce, mashed potatoes, etc. Also, if I want to take any medication, I have to take the same pill mentioned above, like, an hour or so before I take whatever it is I wanted to take. Which would be pointless to take after an hour or so, because you probably wouldn't need it anymore, but whatever.
But yeah, the whole food thing really sucks, because when I came home today, there was pizza. And my parents wanted to take me to Subway. I did get a little six-inch, but I don't think I'm going to try eating him until tomorrow.
Okay, I'm gonna go. . . do something, I dunno. I just took one of those pill things, 'cause I'm gonna eat some applesauce in a little bit, so I can't crash, although I'd really love to.
This is Maximum Sunshine, signing off. Αντίο και ο Θεός ταχύτητας.
P.S. What a great way to kick off adulthood, wouldn't you say?
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