Foo - So, I was gonna write a long rant about being stuck in the hospital...

... but they're discharging me now.

What happened?

I managed to get out after 3 days but mostly it wasn't too bad. They had me on a lot of different meds and I think that kept me from eating well. And they had me on some painkiller that was really messing with my head and causing me to hallucinate. when I left they asked me if I wanted a prescription for painkiller and I told them no. It took almost 24 hours for the effects of the painkiller to wear off.

You started with "so", so that other dude is going to hurt you.

I went in to the ER on Thursday evening with severe abdominal pain. After a CT scan spotted a small intestinal blockage, they admitted me.

Thursday night and early Friday were a blur of wonderful painkillers. Late Friday and today were boring. I felt normal again. Everything was "working" again and I wanted to go home. I was told yesterday that I could go home today if "everything came out right", which it did. Then they wanted me to wait until tomorrow to leave.

The doctors only come one a day.... in the morning, and he'd already left. I asked a nurse to contact the doctor and find out why I was to be kept another day. After two hours I assumed they were stalling and I began planning on what to write here. I used the "Posts that start with 'So,'" as a starting point. :P

I had just started browsing Foo and planning my tirade when the nurse came in and told me they were discharging me. It was almost a letdown. :)

I'm on a liquid diet today, and I'm supposed to ease my digestive system back to solid food over a couple of days. Oh, and liquid diets don't include beer. :( I'm home. I had juice & soup for dinner. The dogs are glad to have me back. The cat is glad to be fed again. I get to sleep in my own bed.

Soo... they kept you until you pooped? This is Foo, you can say it.

Soo... they kept you until you pooped? This is Foo, you can say it.

Yes, they kept me until I pooped, but even after I pooped a second time they wanted to keep me another night. I had to whine to get discharged. I could have just demanded they pull the IV out and left, but I didn't think that was a good idea.

Then I got out and rode 55 miles this morning. :)

Your cat went without food for three days?????

Your cat went without food for three days?????

No. I had my wife & daughter come by and take care of the animals. They were just less than punctual. The dogs made one mess and the cat had no food when I got home.

To understand the above, you need to know my wife no longer lives with me. My wife lives a whole 8 miles away. My daughter, about a mile. :twitchy:

oh. sorry.