Spent 6 hours in the ER today. I woke up with a temperature of 39.6 (103.1). They ran blood and stool tests and gave me three IV's. They were not able to reduce my fever below 38.1 (100.5). I've had a fever over 37.7 (100) for three straight days. It's difficult to stay awake, move, etc.
The test results indicated I have a bacterial infection. Doctors have given me antibiotics. I have until Saturday to break the fever or they want me to go back again. 1000mg of Tylenol isn't cutting it.
A few things I have learned:
1) Fevers from 37.7 - 38.8 give you teeth chattering chills.
2) Fevers over 38.8 make you sweat like you are in a sauna
3) Phlebotimists here must not get proper training. She pricked my vein to draw blood and attach the IV and my blood dripped all down my hand and onto the sheets. I did not like her after that.
4) Bacteria suck.
Showing posts with label fever. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fever. Show all posts
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
I have a fever
I woke at 3 AM shivering with cold. I wrote it off to being directly under the air conditioning, and just bundled up. When my alarm woke me at 5 AM, I was still cold, and now I had a stomach ache. I decided to go to work anyway.
At work, I took Tylenol every 4 hours - which is about the cycle of chills I was having - and felt fine while the medicine worked. At 3:30, when it was time to take it again, I decided not to. I went to my physical therapist for a cyatic nerve issue, and was absolutely freezing. She said my body was hot to the touch and that I probably had a fever. After the session, I went to our medical clinic.
Diagnosis: unknown, but NOT H1N1. Fever was 102.3. No other symptoms - respiratory, nasal, stomach, etc. Just the fever. So, they told me to go home and stay home for 3 days and wait. If I get new symptoms, I have to go back. If the fever is still around after 3 days, I have to go back.
Last night, I fell asleep after dinner around 7:30 and woke at 9 AM this morning. Fever was gone, but is back - much lower - this afternoon. I'm able to keep it down with medicine, and I no longer have chills, just heat. I think I'll be better by Friday.
I'm disappointed because I finally just got back to work. This is really annoying.
At work, I took Tylenol every 4 hours - which is about the cycle of chills I was having - and felt fine while the medicine worked. At 3:30, when it was time to take it again, I decided not to. I went to my physical therapist for a cyatic nerve issue, and was absolutely freezing. She said my body was hot to the touch and that I probably had a fever. After the session, I went to our medical clinic.
Diagnosis: unknown, but NOT H1N1. Fever was 102.3. No other symptoms - respiratory, nasal, stomach, etc. Just the fever. So, they told me to go home and stay home for 3 days and wait. If I get new symptoms, I have to go back. If the fever is still around after 3 days, I have to go back.
Last night, I fell asleep after dinner around 7:30 and woke at 9 AM this morning. Fever was gone, but is back - much lower - this afternoon. I'm able to keep it down with medicine, and I no longer have chills, just heat. I think I'll be better by Friday.
I'm disappointed because I finally just got back to work. This is really annoying.
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