Hospitals may suck but I don't hate them

So we have another in a long line of entries concerning my health of course. This past Saturday I was listening to the end of the BC football game. Around 4 o'clock I was starting to feel some chest pain. My wife and daughter came home from shopping and gave me a nitro. That son of a bitch didn't help so we decided to call 911. I arrived at the hospital a little after four. I got good care here in the emergency room but did not get admitted until 3:30 AM. My wife left at midnight. What ensued was a catfight between a couple of drunken patrons outside. What a freaking shit show. I would not be able to work in the ER for all the tea in China .

 I was in the hospital for a total of four days. Besides the usual bloodwork and blood sugar checks and all that crlap , they did a nuclear test and sonogram of my heart both resting and stressed, induced by medicine. The results? No heart attack, which is a good thing . I have existing blockages which still are the same. Because of prior kidney issues I am not a good candidate for stenting. We will carry-on and manage with my PCP, cardiologist, and CHF doctors. None of the three are convinced that I didn't have a heart attack. I was asymptomatic for four days, and feeling pretty good . For now we'll go with that.

 Now for the drama. Wednesday, I exited the hospital at 4: 45 . I signed my exit paperwork at 4 o'clock. They insisted on me being wheeled down to the front to get my ride. I had to wait 45 minutes for wheelchair service e ! The service at the hospital was awesome. The management has a little to be desired.

 That certainly is not all the drama. I forgot to take my Crestor home with me from the hospital . I sent Judy and kd back up the hill to pick up the Crestor. What ensued was a shit show. As soon as Judy and Kd got into the hospital, the hospital went into lockdown status . Judy sent me a text and told me to lock the doors. I turned on the news and saw that we were on TV. There were helicopters in the air searching for someone who is trying to get into the hospital to hurt somebody. After a few minutes they caught the person. The lockdown of course ended after about 1/2 an hour of waiting. It was certainly an extremely scary experience for me and Christian at home, and Judy and Katie at the hospital. They were literally searching the streets around our house for this person. The funny part is that I did not get locked in , Judy and Kd did . Again, what a shit show!

 I have concluded a couple of things. First, I do not like hospitals but I love the people that work there . Second, my medical stuff is just too complicated. I wish I could simplify it , but I can't. I need to live with that. Last, the world is just too screwed up. Like Brother Sullivan used to say, you just need to sit back, scratch your balls, and laugh.

My hope is to have poetry for the next entry. We'll see how this medical stuff goes.