This blog site is for first semester freshmen at Texas State University who are taking US1100 (University Seminar) to weekly reflect on their experiences as they transition into college
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Being Hospitalized
So last week/weekend was just dandy. I started taking antibiotics monday night and wednesday I started to feel as if I had heartburn. By thursday it became hard to swallow and I felt as if I was getting extremely bad heartburn. My mother told me it was best to go to a doctor back at home so I left thursday night for Dallas (at this point I am having trouble breathing). Turns out I have a chemical burn in my esophagus. WOOOO! SOLID! How it happened: Apparently I was suppose to drink an entire water bottle per antibiotic I took (? lol) and since I did not, the pill stayed put in my esophagus and dissolved in there making for a burn/life threatening issue. My doctor put my on this pepto tasting (sick nasty) pink drink to coat my throat and this acid pill to make sure no more acid rises up and makes it worse. She said many doctors would describe the pain I was feeling/am currently feeling as "mini heart attacks." Great. So basically I have to take this and she said "well you could ether get better or you could start coughing up blood -- oh and let me know if you see any black stool." OH? so my life is classic. (as usual) Another note- I absolutely LOVE explaining via email to my professors that I have a chemical burn in my esophagus because they completely- do not - believe me. *Cherry on top to my life*
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