Thursday, July 16, 2009

Third in the series of The Hospital Lectures

This morning I noticed the symptoms of kidney stones again, in a strong way, so I went to the hospital. They juiced me up with buscopan from an IV just like in Brasil, and sent me home.

I should note that there was practically a party in my room with all of the nurses coming by to see the American. The second time I went, a nurse felt the need to stand there and make fun of my Arabic the entire time. I think I may have been inadvertently rude to her.

Anyway, I get home, and I crashed for several hours, and upon waking up I noticed that I felt like I had been hit by a train. So Mohammad Wahaba, an awesome friend of mine here, took me back to the hospital. After much grumpiness about not wanting another IV, the nurse took me into the back room and bent me over and stuck two needles in my rear, then sent me on my merry.

I can't wait to go back.
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous17 July, 2009 17:31

    Oh wow. I'm so sorry Tom ... I hope it worked though :)

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  2. Tom17 July, 2009 21:03

    Eh, "worked" is such a strong term. I just got back from the hospital again and this time I feel much better. I'm going for an x-ray tomorrow and some blood work, and maybe a casual surgery, so wish me luck!

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  3. Lindsey Graves18 July, 2009 00:16

    Kidney stones again!! hahaha, you crack me up.

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  4. Dan Jones18 July, 2009 06:17

    So, which is worse, the IV, or the needles in the butt? I would imagine that a needle in the butt wouldn't be as bad as one in the arm.

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  5. Jesse18 July, 2009 08:25

    Not true, Dan, not true. While it's out of the line of sight, the quantity of muscle that's pierced in the butt injection makes it sorer longer.

    Keep fighting the good fight, Tom.

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  6. Tom18 July, 2009 09:04

    Jesse's probably right about the pain factor, but he's also right about it being out of line of sight. That's huge. Also, an IV could take an hour to an hour and a half sometimes to drip down, and you're immobile the entire time unless someone comes and disconnects it for you. That's why I pushed for the injections and not the IV. Turns out, I had to go have an IV last night, so it may have all been moot. And the nurses poisoned me. I don't think the nurses have to take the Hippocratic Oath.

    Thanks for the well wishes.

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  7. Tom18 July, 2009 09:06

    Also, Lindsey Victoria Gibson Graves, I'm glad you find this all amusing. I find it kind of amusing myself.

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