Hospital Visit

On Sunday my health went bad again, I ended up in bed during the day.   Monday I consulted with a GP who put me on medication, then I went to the hospital, INOVA Alexandria, for two days.   Fortunately I managed to get released on Wednesday and was able to attend the Dead & Company concert at Jiffy Lube Live that evening with my buddy Ed. 

I was in a room with another patient, and had access to the TV to watch A&E.   The nursing staff came by testing my blood pressure and provide medication as necessary.   I didn’t sleep that well until I got home.   They had a large stand hooked up to me making going to the bathroom a pain in the ass, fortunately I didn’t have to sleep with it.  It had a line for saline solution. 

The ultimate issue with something I ate screwing up my tongue, which made me throw up on Saturday night and made my Sunday highly unpleasant.   By Wednesday I’d picked up some medical mouthwash which is slowly but surely healing the issue.  I still haven’t gotten back to eating solid food, though. 

My brother came by and helped out immensely.   Thank God his job involves programming with a laptop so he could do much of it there at the hospital with me.  Bar none he was the #1 help for me for those days.   Fortunately I’m generally very healthy and don’t require medical attention, much less a hospital visit.  This is one my rare times having to spend any time at all in a hospital. 

My tongue is still messed up but seems to be getting better gradually.   Sleeping is OK.   I have a follow up with a specialist the following week, so hopefully that should clarify what’s going on.  Being able to escape the hospital and see the concert was my main concern.