I’ve been MIA for a while. Lots of commitments at home and work have me just vegging when I finally get some spare time. Also, GTA: San Andreas is addictive. I love exploring the game world.
Yesterday and today are not much fun. Anna had a lot of stomach pain throughout Friday. We figured it was a bad meal or something. But the pain didn’t go away, so we called up the 24 hour nurse at UCSD in Hillcrest. By the way, the 800-688-6161 number listed on their website now goes to a “Call now to make friends!” number. You have to call the main hospital number (619-543-6222) and get routed to them that way. No more direct line. Update your page people! Fast forward to midnight and we were headed into the ER so they could check her out. Anna went in back and I sat in the waiting room. They had Married with Children playing a full volume, much to the delight of drugged/drunk up folks. Unfortunately, I the only influence I was under was sleep deprivation, so I booked it out to the car.
Four hours and a blood test later they told her she probably had gastritis (an inflammation of the stomach). Gave her some meds, a prescription and sent her on her way. But seven AM rolled around this morning and Anna was in a lot of pain as the meds had wore off. The prescription they gave doesn’t kick in for two days. Google to the rescue. Using it I found the over the counter meds she could use to keep acid levels down, and that she was not supposed to be taking certain pain relievers for the symptoms. She had been taking Advil, which is a no-no for this type of stomach issue. The ER didn’t make mention of any of that information. It only took me a couple of minutes to find it on the net.