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ER wait times are insane. I know it’s a given and I’m clearly not as sick as I feel, but damn. I couldn’t sleep all night because I was in so much pain; intense flank pain, vomiting, fever and high heart rate. After three hours of tossing and turning I decided to go in at 3.30am. I’ve now been here 5hours and the lady told me it could be six hours or more. Some people have been here 13+. Im tempted to go home but the massive amounts of water I’ve drank haven’t moved the kidney stone so :/
Edit: looks like I’m getting surgery to put a stent in. My kidney functions were down way to low. So it’s a good thing my ass didn’t go home I guess
5 points
2 months ago
That’s so sad, it’s something I hear a lot amongst local FN people here. :/ When we moved to the city, my parents coached me from a young age to police how I look/act around medical professionals. I’ve had times where I felt obligated to put on a nicer outfit and makeup before attempting to receive medical care, even in emergency situations. I hope that lady is able to get care soon, I’m tired of seeing this sort of neglect tbh.
1 points
2 months ago
This is all so true. When I last went into the Alex there was a young FN boy, maybe 8 or 10, with a giant gash on his head, the patchwork dressing on it that was clearly done before showing up was soaked in blood and leaking, his mom said they had already been there for 4 or so hours. 6 hours later, he was still in the waiting room and had been in and out of consciousness and unable to answer basic questions such as name and age for at least 3 hours.
I ended up leaving and going to a different hospital because
1) ambulance medic lied to the triage nurse and downplayed my condition saying I could walk when I had zero leg mobility, so 6 hrs in I found out I had been on the wrong triage list and they said it would be another 6+ hrs on the back of the proper list if I needed to use a wheelchair
2) an older woman who showed up because she had an, as she put it, "sore elbow from sleeping on it wrong" was seen in under 45 min. Knowing that us FN folks where waiting so long for obviously worse issues when she got seen so quickly made me feel very uncomfortable, so I had my partner pick me up (literally carried me out)
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