Rampidbyter Rampid byter: A byte of my .Net developing life.

I’m alive! Yesterday was funny, woke up, extremely dehydrated, and had to go to the hospital in weather most people skipped work for. Got there, went through the insurance settlement process, and they told me they didn’t have an account of me paying the $100 fee. I paid the night before over the phone, and nobody was there to account for it. So after some annoyance the girl finally called the receptionist from the previous night whom accidentally forgot to include the receipt in my file, or that was paid.

Anyway, went to the hospital (not for the faint of heart) was made to put on a dress with no back, and just my luck they don’t make one my height. So I’m standing there with a gown I’d imagine some stripper pretending to be a patient would wear, but thankfully they gave me a warm blanket for my legs since it was freezing in there. The lady then came in with her needle box. Joy! I love IV lines. They’re really not that bad to get honestly, but I just don’t like it when they miss veins. So first thing I tell her is that I have a fantastic vein my left hand that’s straight and thick even when I’m dehydrated, but unfortunately she tells me I’ll be laying on my left side so that hand was out. So she takes my right hand, starts smacking it, and eventually bends my wrist and sticks the needle right into my wrist. Worst problem is the vein moved, or was too dehydrated to even start pumping blood. So she’s wiggling in there trying to poke it, eventually gets it in, and opens the needle up to see how much blood pumps. Just a drop came out. So she agreed she should have done my left hand in the vein I suggested, and eventually went over to my left hand after having violated my wrist for about five minutes of wiggling an IV needle down in and around my wrist veins. I’ve got a nice little bruise area there now, but my tried and true IV vein came through yet again giving her plenty of blood, and a good spot to get me hydrated again.

Long story short things were normal. So I’m beyond pleased. I was accidentally a year early for the procedure, and the doctor told me the way I am now I can skip coming in every 10 years to only coming back when I’m 40. Yay! So good news and I got to sleep all day due to the nice drugs they gave me. 14 hours of sleep and lying half conscious on the couch all day was well deserved. ;)

Now if only my leg were like that. I looked at the medical sheet they’re giving me the MRI for today. The doctor wrote he believes I have a torn ligament under my knee. So too early to tell at the moment, but in another week I’ll update you all on the situation. Either that or I’ll update myself on the situation via journal/blog.