i saw this in the news.
http://kdka.com/local/Braddock.Hospital.closure.2.1461141.html
kinda sad for a hospital to close.
but considering my braddock experience
i'm not all that surprised.
after i had k,
i started experiencing
chest pains.
from stress.
for real.
three kids under the age of 4.
that'll do ya.
i didn't know this at the time.
i thought i was having a heart attack.
everyday.
the doctor saw a
right bundle branch block.
(which i've probably had my whole life)
so i went for a stress test.
at the hospital mentioned above.
3 weeks postpartum.
i ran on a treadmill,
for nine minutes.
because i am a goddess.
then i had an ultrasound.
to look at my heart.
which is textbook, by the way.
"you have a textbook heart,"
the ultrasound tech said,
"if you turned to the heart page
in an anatomy book it would look just
like yours."
"thanks!" i said.
and i meant it.
because this meant it was stress
after all.
i was just crazy.
whew!
then another staff person came in.
this conversation followed.
tech to staff:
"when we came in here the door was unlocked."
staff to tech:
"again?"
me to tech:
"what does that mean?"
tech to me:
"it means someone was sleeping in here again."
me to tech:
"like a doctor?"
staff to me:
"no, like a homeless person."
me to staff:
"on this bed?"
(the one i'm laying on right now?)
(chest pain)
staff to me:
"well, he probably didn't sleep on the floor."
me to no one in particular:
"oh, of course not."
3 comments:
that is pretty much the craziest thing i've heard all year. p.s. are you still getting chest pains?
sometimes, when everyone is whining at the same time. :)
also, i later had my gall bladder removed, and i really think that was a source of the "chest pain" as well. in retrospect.
pj, that sounds dreadful. i hope you're all better now. don't you just wish there was a panic room for those times when you need to run away and hide from the din? the bathroom just isn't cutting it anymore.
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