Da Fun Never Stops

dbubley is in the emergency room. She started feeling very cold and weak at work this afternoon. She called me to come get her, but her co-workers said she looked like she was going to pass out and she was shaking all over, so they called the paramedics. She didn't want to go to SF Kaiser, she wanted to get back to the East Bay, so a co-worker/friend rode with us in case I needed any help. dbubley is running a 101.6 degree F fever and her head, neck and lower back are hurting quite a bit. Once she got as comfortable as one can be on a gurney, I took her friend to BART so she could go home.

We both think it's cellulitis, but the doctor couldn't see any obvious areas of infection, so he wants to run some test. He didn't think he'd admit her and the test would take a few hours. I ran home to check on stonebender and Gilly. And to post on LJ, of course!

dbubley Update

It has been a long afternoon/evening/night and now early Tuesday morning. Nothing moves fast in an ER. We never saw the first doctor again - the one who said she probably wouldn't be admitted. A blur of doctors, nurses and aides later, she has been admitted. Actually, I left her in the holding area, finally on a more comfortable gurney, awaiting the transfer to her room. Her white blood count is 25, which they said is high. They have her on IV antibiotics, morphine and vicodin. She is in much less pain, not comfortable, just not in the "crying out loud" kind of pain.

I think the cellulitus is in her right leg. The antibiotics should take care of that, but they seem to think the white cell count is higher than they'd expect for the cellulitus.

I'm starting to make very little sense, even to me. I'm bushed. Guy and I are off to bed.
Tomorrow's another day . . . .