The Dreaded ER!

We have been flooded with emails and calls asking how we were doing with the whole miscarriage experience. I have gotten carpel tunnel re-typing the story so many times that I figured I would post. Again, I contemplate; "Should I really be sharing this on my blog.." but again I think.. this is truly MY journal so if you don't want to read about it... DON'T come to my site!! jk Really though, if you get grossed out by this stuff.. don't read this post!

Last Tuesday I had to go into the ER because of excessive bleeding and pain due to the miscarriage. I had what is called a missed miscarriage which means that my body didn't recognise that the baby had died so I kept accumulating tissue and other fun stuff in my body but I never got rid of it. (this is info from the ER docs) Finally it started to happen (much later than it should have) and because of the excess of tissue and blood etc it happened to be more messy and painful than it should have been. Anyhow, per my doctors office advice (because of the bleeding) Greg rushed me to the ER. I told him to go to a certain ER and we SHOULD NOT HAVE gone to that one. After bleeding all over the ER and their bathroom, I was given several pair of scrubs because of it going through my pants every 5-10 min and making the poor cleaning ladies clean up the chairs and the bathroom several times.. they finally got me in 3 hours later. WOW 3 hours. Hello, what is the point of an emergency room.

After getting fluids for dehydration, morphine, an ultrasound and tissues suctioned out of me, the ER doctors were still sure that I would need a D&C. After nearly 9 hours in the hospital I was sent home with a closet full of prescriptions and lucky me, a few new pair of scrubs. (that was the only bonus). I was required to see my doctor the next morning and by that point I had much less bleeding (due to one of the prescriptions) and we opted to not do the D&C. I am really afraid of surgery so I was very happy about this. BUT.. if it happens again, I will do the D&C rather than have to go through the awful experience of that day.

Other than a constant headache (which I read is a side effect of one of the medications) I am doing much better and feeling great. I did get some advice from my doctor though. He told me to go to a different ER which is just as close to us. They pride themselves on getting you in to a bed and seen by a doctor w/in 30 min!! Why when Greg asked me which one to go to I didn't chose this better hospital, I don't know but now we know.

My new pants & prescriptions and my poor STILL bruised arm from the IV.