Pretty much a day of sitting and waiting... We got the call
this morning announcing the time my son would be having his CT Scan. When we
arrived all seemed good with the world - empty waiting room - but alas that was
a sham, we were escorted to another waiting room that was not empty. Still
there were only two people a head of us, and his scan was only about a half an
hour later than scheduled. But although the scan was finished we were not. We
were told to go to the Emergency Department and let Triage know that we had the
scan and needed to see the doctor to get the results. So we walked over and did
as advised - which led to answering all the same questions my son answered
yesterday, which led to waiting for Admitting, which led to waiting for a room,
which led to waiting for a doctor, which led to finding out the scan was OK,
which led to relief and the confirmation of a concussion. So now my son is supposed
to spend one full day in bed in the dark doing nothing... Then add an activity
ie reading/TV/video game the next day, then add more the next day and so on... This
is going to be a lot of work for me. J Although he did tell the doctor he was feeling a bit
better today, then he was yesterday. Although it seems when he gets tired it
gets a bit worse, so tonight he isn't feeling too tip top.
I then took a break from sitting in hard waiting room
chairs, and laid in bed on the heating pad. Following a half hour of that I
went to assist my friend. She nicely took me out for supper, and we had a
lovely visit during and after...
That was my day... Boring I know, but also uneventful - and
all with an elevated mood. My mood is still holding, although I must admit that
last night out of the blue I was struck with a suicidal thought. It wasn't
fleeting either. It came fast but held on for a while, I actually had to really
fight it and then it went away. It was disturbing and scary. I guess it was
just a 'friendly' reminder that the illness is there even if the symptoms are
being helped. Anyway, hopefully that won't happen often...
Talk to y'all tomorrow...
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