Thursday, February 22, 2007

Margo's not dead, No, She is alive

We had one interesting night tonight. Let me start from the beginning. A few days ago Margo started having bad neck pain and headaches. Then today she started having a high fever, nausea, chills, and dizziness. The first thing I thought of with these symptoms was meningitis so I told her to go the doctor. The only one she could get in to today was a walk in clinic so she went there and they ruled out everything they could. They recommended she go to the ER so they could make sure it was not meningitis. We headed to WRMC, which for all of you who don't know has the busiest ER in the state.
Here is a quick rundown of the experience.
2 hours waiting until she got checked in and triaged
1 hour waiting after being triaged and put in the "urgent" category to be taken to a room
1 hour waiting in the room on the doctor
1 urine test
5 minutes with the doctor
Here are some of the things we got to experience while waiting.
1 little girl puking
1 teenager with a broken finger
1 guy with a broken foot
1 guy who got hit in the face with a baseball
too many kids to count crying because they were sick
1 girl brought in by ambulance who got hit by a motorcycle after getting off a bus-she made the local news tonight
1 guy who OD'd on meth
1 cockroach
lots of other random injuries and illnesses
The verdict
the good news-Margo is not going to die, she just has some random virus that they don't know what it is
the best news-Margo is not pregnant
the bad news-we missed the Office

2 comments:

JoAnna said...

That's quite an adventure! Sorry you're sick Margo... didn't know. Why is the 'best news' that M's not pregnant?? Kids are fun.. especially when you have them super close together! ;)

B said...

Thanks Margo. I hope you are feeling better!