So I just got home from a stay at the hospital. I have to say that I am overall dissatified with my stay.
I had to go back to the ER monday because the bite that I had gone if for on Saturday. It had spread further down my leg almost to my ankle, which frankly scared the crap out of me. So I went back, and they started me on several cycles of antibiotics, one of which led to a very bad reaction, or side effect I guess. Beware Vancomyacin. There is a rare side effect called red man, where your body becomes hot and flushed, then starts in with an almost psychotic need to scratch yourself until you're bleeding... This is where my dissatisfation comes in, They let me scratch myself to hell and back leaving rather horrid looking marks all over my tummy, back arms and legs for over 30 minutes before deciding I was having that reaction and giving me Benadryl for the reaction, which THANKFULLY made it stop after about 5 minutes and subsequently I was KTFO.
Anywho, so there were a few other things, I ended up removing my own IV twice, which was kinda crazy, they forgot to allow me to eat again after the sergion decided he didnt want to debride (cut out all the necrotic (dead) skin), and I was left with no food or fluids for over 12 hours until i basically threw a fit. The doctor perscribed me an antiacide and wanted to discharge me from the ER until he realised that I was not my roomate. He ordered an XRay of my FEMUR, when the bite is located on my lower leg (tib/fib area). The ER doc didnt document that they gave me Vanco. or my severe reaction to it, so they gave it to me again when I was on the 3rd floor step-down unit, and I was left to endure the reaction again until the nurse could get ahold of the doctor and get orders for Benadryl PRN (as needed), then I had to wait for the med to come up from the pharmacy, which left me in agony for another 25 or 30 minutes.
All in all... I can't say that I EVER would trust my life to Cafe Fear Valley Hospital EVER AGAIN.
