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- tiistai 4. toukokuuta 2021 klo 14.34
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Dominikaaninen tasavaltaPunta Bobilanza19°19’27” N 69°31’48” W
The ER

The emergency ward
I'm barely lying on the collar in the emergency room; "Insurance card, please?" asks the pale, somewhat harried looking employee from the emergency administration department.
He has this professional look on his face; I-know-it's-terrible-for-you-but-I-must-ask-you-for-money-anyway. Not a fun job either. I fumble it out of my pocket and fall back, exhausted. I can barely catch my breath. What would he DO if I wasn't responsive? Not treat me? Give me expired medications?
An emergency department is a full-time perpetual panic situation.
Doctors are driven by this urgent, internalized desire to save lives. The black devil they like to paint on the wall, weighing heavily on their shoulders.
The doctor examines me. Anamnesis/diagnosis. Antibiotics. Which is NOT a DIAGNOSTIC, doctor, it’s a DRUG! Suddenly the doctor is gone and the nurse wants to inject me antibiotics which then WILL set up a monster search party in my body, aggressively armed to search for bitter evil bacteria. I resist; SUCCESSFULLY!
What if it doesn't have any of these vicious, homicidal creatures?
Well, then the antibiotic gets even nastier than the bacteria and as revenge it just kills the nice bacteria. No thanks. Please lab results first.
After X-ray and CT a correct (and yet not so correct) diagnosis: pneumonia. Bacteria? Viruses? Who knows.
I tell the nurse several times that putting an IV in the back of my hand won't help.
I feel so bad that I can't get through. So incredibly bad.
She stabs the back of my hand, blood bath. She then puts it in my beautiful, clearly throbbing star vein in the crook of my left arm. All good. I call her Maria Tudor the Bloody, she features prominently later.
Moving into my single room with ensuite bathroom. Hygienically clean, almost. Only a small, busy line of ants along the wall. That's okay, they are not as sneaky as the antibiotics!
Airconditioning on full blast; outrageously helpful for pneumonia.
Later in the room, various drugs drip into said star vein. Meanwhile also antibiotics, no more will to contradict in me. The doctor sticks her head halfway into the door and casually asks if I am allergic to any medication. She had forgotten to take my drug and allergic history. I'm dead now. The end.Lue lisää
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