2009-05-10 01:10:30 UTC
Okay So , here's mine....
Im 12 years old , I Had Been Sick , Vomiting , Cramping , Feverish , Hallucinations , Diarrhea , Fainting , Mood swings And overall SHITTY
so i saw my local GP and sent me off for urine tests (thinking of a UTI ) Then we waited , he gave me anti biotic , yata yata yata I Had been staying on them for 4 or 5 days with no effect , so i saw another doctor , we talked and he sent me for ultra sounds at the emergency ward , we waited 7 Hours in the waiting room when finaly i was called. after 30 odd minutes of examination (AGAIN) the doctor said to skip the ultra sound and do a key hole , So once they prepared me , and i was asleep they took a look inside.
My appendix was inflamed and had wrapped itself around my ovary (Shock!) and it had burst! , yata yata yata. I Wake up on morphine , drips , epidurals ETC.
I was told what happened , not really understanding coz of the morphine , and had my epi removed after that every thing was looking as okay as could be expected , i was temporarily bed ridden with cathiders ect and wasnt really eating , i was in a private room and was told once i could walk a little and was eating and drinking i could leave.
I had been ill for almost a week and had been in hospital almost 2 days , which i thought was bad enough , but no things got worse.
I wasn't improving much , and was sick of being alone in the room just my mum and i , so i begged to be moved to the kids ward for a while , not expecting to be in hospital much longer...
I had made some friends , which were my highs , but i was also vomiting and was feverish again , i was sleep deprived with nurses checking my Obbs every 20 minutes too.
By now i had been in hospital around four days and hadn't even noticed the HUGE pad like dressing on my stomach
They finally had to change it , when i saw it i was MORTIFIED , all i could think of is if i make it out of here im stuck with this my whole life , My scar is 16 cm's Long and it was a raw looking puss type line :S
During my stay in hospital i was on pain med a lot , still bed ridden after 4 days i was annoyed , On my fifth day the nurse forgot my meds OMFG i wanted to die , i begged them to end my life as quickly as possible but being nurses and doctors they wouldnt.
The surgeon who took out my appendix was worried so ordered some tests , i had blood tests each day which i thought was enough , but nooooo , i had a cat scan or something i don't remember and it revealed abcesses all throughout my stomach. Oh for god sake , what did i do to deserve this??
So i had some drainage's to rid the puss and gunk a few cleared up alone , but the rest didnt , so i had them treated...
THEN............................
I had fluid build up in my lungs , the pneumonia , This was my sixth day , i felt a bit better and was walking , but not eating or drinking , i had dropped a massive ( for me since i cant loose weight at the moment) 5 Kilo's
Just as things looked okay , i had started walking which surprised the nurses , i was slowly eating , drinking , being bathed ( No PRIVACY DAMNIT!) then my physio therapist took me for a longer walk than usual , hoping i was up to it , walking walking walking ( with a old lady walker) , i asked if we could stop , something wasnt right... i vomited , i passed out...
When i woke the abscesses had returned and i had another infection, the surgeon wanted to give me more powerful medication but she couldn't , i am allergic to pennicilan kephazolin and codine.
I Started to doubt things , a week sick , a week in hospital , 2 weeks without being outside in fresh air , i stopped eating and had to be put back on a drip..
The hospital was considering moving me to the royal children's hospital but for some reason they didnt.
I was missing school and was sick of painted walls , screaming babies and vomiting children.
My physio wasnt going well i couldnt laugh or cry without being in pain , i was starting to get deppressed , i was tired of depending on other people , i was sick of the food , which i only picked at and i was sick of the pills , and the oxygen masks , i was sick of being woken up at night and constantly vomiting..
Melbourne had sent down more drugs to prevent any more infections and they were added to my 7 other pills to take each day and my 2 blood tests...
I didn't know how much longer i could bear it , after clearing the abscesses again and draining the puss , my pneumonia had cleared and i was breathing easier i started walking again and found i had dropped a further 10 kilo's things were clearing up
i felt better but they wanted to make sure i was okay , i had lots of cramping and scar tissue around the area but i felt better , After 2 weeks in hospital i could go home , but i would have to be verry careful and i wasnt allowed back at school for 6 weeks , i had weekly checkups and ultra sounds , and even after that i could