I was at the emergency room yesterday due to dehydration. They poked me all over my arms and couldn’t find my veins. I usually have bad veins, but this time around due to my dehydrated state it turned out to be worse. My veins really disappeared and the poking became unbearable even though I had to deal with it. The third nurse was able to find a good vein and Bingo!! I was able to start my re-hydration. I can’t believe how awful I felt from lack of oxygen and fluids in my body.
Can you believe sometimes you get symptoms that really aren’t similar to those of dehydration? Yep, I felt neck stiffness, dizziness and headache. Seriously I thought I should’ve felt thirsty and somewhat lightheaded, but what really surprised me was the “sunken eyes”. Sunken eyes are one of the symptoms of dehydration. The neck stiffness was due to my head ache. I immediately felt better as soon as the IV released through my veins, it was amazing.
I spent about a day and some hours, and then I was released. I feel as though I should walk around with a jug of pedialyte or some propel all the time since I have this issue allot. I don’t think I’m alone in this since a few folks were there for the same issues, but whether the reasons were the same, that I really can‘t say.
I do wonder if my dieting has anything to do with this, but I think I lost about 50 lbs just on body liquids. I really wouldn't like to loose weight like that, it's was really scary.
I was so dehydrated I got ADMITTED....
No Idea
I do have to say, I love my job. I get appreciated on a daily basis, and seriously it really does make a diffrence. It's a great feeling and it actually makes it more pleasing to get ready in the mornings and go to work.
A couple of days ago; a patient comes in 20 minutes late, I explained she was 20 minutes late and that our policy is-20 minutes late, you reschedule the patient. I told her I would ask the doctor if she'd be able to fit her in.
The doctor was nice enought to squeeze her into the busy afternoon. I was pleased to inform the patient that she would be seen, but that it would definitely be a wait since the doctor was in with the next patient. Interestingly, the patient had a fit! She snaps at me asking me "how much of a wait are we talking about?" I answered as polite as I could; "Ma'am, the doctor is nice enough to fit you in, but of course she's seeing the next patient, I'm really not sure and I can't guess how long you would have to wait". She seemed upset, but really there was not much I could say to her, I was actually upset she was having trouble accepting the wait, when she was 20 minutes late!! I mean, it was not our fault she missed her appointment time. Anyways, I told her to have a seat in the waiting room and that she would be called.
Later on that afternoon, this same patient walks into my office and interrupts my speaking to one of my co-workers. This kind of irritated me, since it's the same lady that was giving me grief earlier, but I was patient enough and listened to what she had to say. I was pretty surprised when she started apologizing to me. She was explaining how it was not nice of her to take all her frustations out on me. She also explained, I'm not there to take disrespect from patients and proceeded to apologize a few more times. I was very pleased at the fact that she was nice enough to accept her mistake.
This was really pleasing to me. I felt valued and respected at this point. I then knew I wasn't being mean or non-understanding at all. The patient was just frustrated and let her anger take over.
The rest of the day was a breeze. That little moment of value and appreciation was nice. It made me understand that I was right at not getting more upset at the patient for lashing out on me because eventually she was able to admit to her mistake.
Sometimes you just have to keep your cool. In the end it works out-of course sometimes it doesn't. That moment though will stay with me for a few months I guess. It will allow me to be a better person at understanding.
