Here We Go Again

Yesterday I woke up as usual, got up and brewed my coffee, sat down to talk with my sis, Fredia, and it was obvious she wasn't feeling well. She was having pain right below her sternum and said that if she ate a little something the pain went away for a while. I suggested Tums and she said she had been eating them like candy. She wanted me to go to the store and get her some half-and-half to "coat" her stomache. I suggested it might be a better idea if she went into urgent care...I should have known how bad it was when she didn't argue with me. Urgent care sent her immediately to the hospital emergency room. She was there 7 hours while they rambled around with their thumbs up their butts. They couldn't decide if it was an ulcer or her pancreas. They finally put her in a room, plugged her into an IV, filled her full of morphine and began giving her nutrients via the IV. Her doctor, of course, was out of town this weekend, so his standin [I'm not impressed] came in to talk with her today and asked if she needed anything. My neice [an RN charge nurse] had looked over her charts and satisfied us this wasn't life threatening, asked this dufuss if they had decided what the problem was. He said tests showed her pancreas was inflamed so they were feeding her via the IV. Dione, my neice, began asking him questions and his answers were things like, "I'm not sure." Dione finally asked him [she tends to take after her Uncle Bill] if he had any inkling what the hell he was talking about. He admitted he hadn't looked at her chart yet and hurridly left the room. Fredia is resting comfortably in a morphine haze and will be there until at least Monday or Tuesday when her regular doctor will return. He, Dr. Weingarten, used to be my old Dr. He doesn't like to see me coming because I cut him no slack. I have asked him in the past why he doesn't recuse himself and get someone to take care of his patience that knows what the hell he's doing.

Well, that all of my whining today. Now I'll go listen to the 800 pound gorilla whine a while.