Neal A. Maxwell

"Within the swirling global events- events from which we are not totally immune- is humanity's real and continuting struggle: whether or not, amid the cares of the world, we really choose, in the words of the Lord, to "care for the life of the soul." Whatever our anxious involvements with outward events, this inner struggle proceeds in both tranquil and turbulent times. Whether understood or recognized, this is the unchanging moral agendum from generation to generation."


Monday, November 1, 2010

ER for Charlotte?

October 31st: I spent the night in the ER. I got off the phone with a friend at 11:00pm feeling perfectly fine and went up to my room to get ready for bed. Suddenly, I gripped my stomach... Something hurt! I kind of just stared at the floor for a minute waiting for it to pass but it didn't go away; it got much worse! So bad was the pain, it felt like I was going to throw up. I went into the bathroom and started dry heaving. Then I tried to lay down. The pain was excruciating. Over the next two hours I threw up six times. Wanting to die, I called my mom and asked her what was going on (like she would know.) I should have known she'd freak out. She sent me to the ER against my will. Nothing came of it except some incredible anti-nausea meds that stopped the vomiting and morphine for the pain.... and two full bags of fluid via an IV drip. I was home by 6:00am and I feel like a moron for going to the ER. Last time I was at the ER was my last day in Austin for cellulitits in my foot. I wish I had pictures. My foot swelled up so big I couldn't fit a shoe on it. I had floated the San Marcos river during flood season and gotten bit by a bug. The open skin from the bug bite exposed me to standing water that infected my foot. My foot literally had the consistency and behavior of Jello. It was pretty entertaining. I drove the whole way to California with my foot on the dash.

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