I did not write a blog for yesterday because I have been in the hospital. At 2 am on Thursday I started throwing up and I felt terrible. I threw up 8 times before I could see the doctor in the morning. The doctor gave me an injection to stop the vomiting and some medicine. I took the medicine but couldn’t get down much food or water. I felt terrible; completely achy, both hot and cold in waves, stomach pains and just totally miserable. When I tried to eat or drink, I only felt worse. I called the office crying so the program director came and told me I should go back to the doctor and to take some stuff because I may need to stay overnight. I had gotten so dehydrated that I needed an IV because I couldn’t drink anything. I was taken in an ambulance to the hospital where I had to wait for hours for a room to become available. I was hooked up to an IV for hours while I waited in a hallway, lying on a rolling bed. Luckily the doctor here could get the needle in a vein because at the doctor’s office they tried and failed 4 times which was unbelievably painful. I screamed on the fourth one it was the worst pain I have ever felt. Finally I got a room to myself which is nice, but I’m still here and I so badly want to leave! It is 1:00 pm the next day.
I stayed overnight at an Indian hospital hooked to an IV surrounded by doctors and nurses speaking Hindi. This has been the worst 2 days of my life so far. A member of the staff stayed with me all day yesterday until about 8:30 pm, a little while after I got my room. Then I was alone. If nothing else I guess I can say this has made me remember how wonderful my family is! I really miss them and I am thankful that usually they are so close to help me out. Throughout this whole experience from the vomiting in my bathroom to the doctor’s office and then the hospital all I wished was that my parents or Landon was with me. Today they told me that I would have to stay another night and I began to cry, I was trying so hard to be brave and strong, but now I feel totally okay and just want to leave this hospital! I am so bored and just sick of being here. Plus I feel totally okay. I know the doctor wants to just make sure I’m fine, but nothing is worse than being in a hospital alone thousands of miles away from home! Also, the doctors haven’t been telling me much, yet I had to get an ultrasound today. I feel clueless and frustrated.
Just now though, my nurse came back and said I will be discharged soon. I hope that’s true! I’ve been demanding to speak with my doctor for hours and she hasn’t come yet, but that message did just come. Hopefully it wont be long now. I never thought I’d be so happy to get back to my apartment here, but I cannot wait to get back and shower!
I regret to say that this has made me miss 2 days of work with my NGO. Also I had planned to go to Agra to see the Taj Mahal tomorrow, but now I am not sure I’ll be able to go. It’s a 4 hour car ride there and then we’d be walking a bit I think so I probably can’t go. This weekend I’ll have to make a new plan for my research to make sure I get it all done in these next 2 weeks. I am excited about the leads I have here so I expect to uncover some useful information.
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