After several weeks of us coughing our lungs out and my wife complaining recently of chest pains ... We drove 2 hours to the Emergency Room at the big V.A. hospital. While I walked the dogs around the mile perimeter (so they wouldn't poop in the car), my wife sat in the waiting area. The ladies on either side, who had only been waiting for a couple of hours, ... notified the nurse that my wife had chest pains ... level 6-7 on a scale of 10. They suddenly rushed to take care of her ... but my wife freaks at the blood pressure machines (and her blood pressure goes higher, then the machine clamps down more, and her pressure goes higher, and the machine clamps down more ... until she tears it off or the alarms go off.) The nurses HAVE TO FOLLOW PROCEDURE ... but they had no manual way of checking blood pressure. And they just couldn't do anything unless they had the blood pressure check results. My wife and the nurses finally reached a compromise ... they gave her some nitro tablets ... and my wife went away.
After reaching home, a friend came by and asked for a ride to the local community hospital Emergency Room ... he was helping his 82 year-old uncle move a heavy piece of furniture ... and when the uncle let go from exhaustion ... our friend got a tear in a ligament in his shoulder. So, I took him to the hospital, waited for him, took him to the pharmacy, then dropped him off at home ... At this point, it was time for bed.
THE END
(at least for yesterday)
Yes, my wife is still wheezing ... but feeling generally much better.
2 comments:
Oh Yippee........two hospitals in a row...so fun !!!! NOT..Feel better Arline !!! Patience bro. Patience !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Third time is the charm? You really need to find different places to hang out...
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