ER

Well some of you know this story, but for those of you who don't I'll fill you in.  On Sat. morning when Chris came home from the Caucus, he started feeling like he was getting a migraine.  I guess he got them pretty bad when he was a kid, but he hasn't had one in over 10 years.  The first thing he said was he couldn't see and his vision was all blurry and his hands were going numb and so was his face.  This kind of freaked me out cause that also sounds like a stroke or something really serious.  He mentioned that this was something he's felt before.  I told him to go lay down and rest.  Well, it got worse and worse and he started throwing up.  I asked him if I could do anything and he was pretty willing to do ANYTHING to help him feel better.  I called some guys in the ward to give him a blessing- thanks Brian and Nate.  Then I decided to take him to Quick Care.  Thanks to my wonderful and sweet friend Emily for coming over to take care of Nathan all night! We got to Quick Care and Chris threw up about 10 more times in the parking lot before we got in. We didn't have to wait too long to get in, but Chris was getting worse by the min.  He was miserable.  He was getting so mad at the nurse when she was taking his blood pressure.  Everyone was asking him questions and he couldn't even understand them or talk.  I was trying to answer for him, but he seriously couldn't even think.  Finally they gave him a shot for the pain and one for the nausea, cause by this time he was just dry heaving.  They said the meds should take about 30 min to kick in.  Well, after over an hour, they still weren't helping and he was no better.  They decided to transport him to the ER in an ambulance.  I was kind of freaking out by this time.  I felt so helpless.  So, I followed them to UMC hospital and then it was another waiting game.  They got him in a bed right away, but we were sitting in a hallway waiting for a room to wait for a DR.  That place was a mad house!  I am so mad at myself for not taking him to the ER at the brand new, nice hospital right down the street from our house!  We sat in the hall for 4 hours before we got a room.  He started feeling a little better and tried to sleep but it was pretty noisy and busy.  The DR finally came in around 10:00 and asked the same questions and said they were going to run some tests.  It was another 4 hours before we heard from him or anyone else for that matter.  Oh, except for the drunk guys they put right next to us!  They found this guy on some street corner and he was so intoxicated that he didn't even know his name or anything!  He was screaming and shouting obscenities at the nurses and he was fighting them so bad they had to restrain him.  He continued yelling and cussing for several hours.  It was just what Chris needed right next door. Around 2:30 AM they took a CAT scan of Chris' head and about 1 1/2 hours later we got the results back that it was normal.  They wanted to do another test, but we decided not to do it, cause Chris was feeling better and ready to go home.  They wrote him a prescription for Migraines and said we could go soon.  That was the longest wait and I was about to have a Meltdown cause I was so tired and uncomfortable and so was Chris.  We finally got out at 4:00AM.  Luckily Chris' parents drove 3 hours from Panaca to see him and help out with Nathan, so Emily could go home.  Long story and long night.  Chris is much better now, we just hope that he doesn't have to go through that again.  I learned my lesson about ER's and how I never want to go to that one again.   I just don't understand how the DR's and Nurses can be so not-helpful.  They don't even act sympathetic or try to be helpful.  Some of them don't even treat you like a human being.  They paid more attention to the drunk guy than someone who was not being obnoxious!  I was pretty upset and emotional and about to go off on someone!  Anyways, thanks to Emily, Steve and Easton for taking such good care of Nathan.  Thanks Sarah and Preston for all your support and for coming to see us at UMC.  Thanks for all your prayers and love and to Chris' parents for coming down to help us out!  We love you all and hope we can repay you someday!