MY BEST PLANS
HAVE YOU EVER HAD YOUR BEST PLANS TURN TO MISFORTUNE.
Yes i had my plans in place for the past two weeks, and was i looking forward to having a good time. A rare weekend with no softball to coach, and my place of work gave me Sunday afternoon off.
Everyday at my place is FanBox day, and i had extra photos to download and two blogs that i wanted to write. I also try and do fan requests everyday, and thank as many friends and fans as i can. I do apologize as i let my true fans down.
My Sunday afternoon was to watch my friends horses race. I feed the horses and help him out most days, and have become quite attached to the horses.
On my way home from work on Saturday, i started to get a bad pain in the stomach. This is not something new as i have had a hiatus hernia for about 10 years. I have to watch what i eat, and eat smaller frequent meals. The Doctor told me as long as i could push it in, they didn't need to operate.
I arrived home Saturday at 5 p.m. and when my wife Sue asked what i wanted for dinner, i said my bed. The pain got worse and normally if i can get sick, or have bowel movement i will be fine in three or four hours. None of these things happened and after losing count of the number of times i got out of bed, sat on the throne, or stuck my finger down my throat, the pain intensified and i started to sweat.
At 10.30 i said to Sue call the ambulance, i can't even get out to sit in the car. We would of had to get someone to drive my car as Sue does not drive a standard. Couldn't take Sue's car, and earlier in the week, after 24 years of service we gave up on the Toyota Corolla as it would cost to much to fix and register.
my second ambulance ride and boy was it bumpy
The ambulance arrived, and after numerous questions, level of pain, do you know your name, where do you feel the pain most, it was time to be put on a stretcher. In the meantime, they double checked how much morphine to give me, and then in went the needles. It is a 10 minute ride to the Queanbeyan Hospital and he was a good driver as i swore he hit every bump in the road.
The only positive thing about getting a ride in the ambulance was i did not have to wait in the emergency department, instead i was wheeled right into intensive care, and the questions started all over again. Fortunately the morphine kicked in and the pain subsided, but the problems didn't.
In the morning i was told i would be admitted to a ward, and they would look at operating but wanted a check of my heart, which has an irregular beat and has only 40 beats per minute, so they gave me a drug to speed this up.
Another surprize! We will be transferring you to Canberra hospital in the next 20 minutes, our xrays show possible twisted bowel. Oh goody another ambulance ride. Would you beleive my luck same driver as the night before.
A team of doctors giving me my orders and observations
Arrived at Canberra Hospital Sunday morning, usual questions two different teams of doctors, one for my heart and one for my hernia. First observation very bad blockage and possibly twisted bowel, but we are going to put you on a 24 hour drip and do a CT scan tomorrow, which turned out to be at 4.30 a.m. First team of doctors came in Monday morning with a squadron of nurses poked me in the stomach a few times, and after they were sure where it hurt, said i would likely have an operation that day. They were off to see the fellow who would put me to sleep.
At 11.30 a team of doctors came in and one was a cardiology specialist, who said we have had a further look at your CT scan and will confer with the other doctors, and get back to you shortly. Shortly turned out to be 7 p.m that evening, and after prodding me in the stomach again decided that i would not have the operation till my heart was fit or stronger. We will release you tomorrow. Good now can i please have something to eat. Yes most definitely, they brought me some jelly,soup and a cup of tea.
Tuesday i hoped everything would go according to plan, as i was going home. After numerous drugs to take, and many lectures Sue picked me up and i was off for home as i sure have a lot of FanBoxing to catch up on. Good things do happen, my friends horses didn't make the first 3 so i saved my money by not being there.
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