On that fateful morning I was awakened as usual by the glorious songs of all my backyard birdies. I opened my eyes and to my utter sheer surprise everything was just one big blurr. I swung my legs over the bed and planted my feet firmly on the ground. As I rose to my feet I no sooner collapsed to the floor. I had no balance whatsoever. The next thing I remember was being slumped over in a chair waiting to see the attending doctor in ER. It seemed like forever until a nurse came out into the waiting room and collected me. Even in my state of being scared out of my mind, I remember thinking that I hoped nobody thought I was stoned on some drug. I was embarrassed. The doctor told me that I had a disease of the inner ear and there was medication to take for it. I was sooo relieved. He was just about to write me a prescription and send me on my way when he turned to me and said that he wanted to do a cat scan just to be sure.
One hour later he arrived back to my bedside with the results. You've had a brain bleed he said to me. I was shocked, scared and in disbelief. Was I going to die? How did this happen? My mind became flooded with so many questions and I soon discovered that the answers I was going to get would put me in a state of confusion instead of giving me some clarification.
My Faith in the Medical Community was about to diminish....
The only good thing is that "to make sure" he did the cat scan. Sounds like he had NO bedside manner at all.
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