{"id":594,"date":"2006-06-05T13:02:59","date_gmt":"2006-06-05T17:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2006\/06\/05\/my-worst-weekendever\/"},"modified":"2006-06-05T13:19:01","modified_gmt":"2006-06-05T17:19:01","slug":"my-worst-weekendever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2006\/06\/05\/my-worst-weekendever\/","title":{"rendered":"My Worst Weekend….EVER"},"content":{"rendered":"

I woke up on Friday with a slight rash on my arms and the tops of my hands. It wasn’t itchy, but it accompanied a sore throat and got me to worrying. I went to the doctor (my 4th visit in one month) to find out what’s wrong. My doctor wasn’t available and the person covering him suspected it was strep and put me on azithromycin.<\/p>\n

That night, I wasn’t up to going out so MIke came over and we watched 3 movies: Before Sunrise (loved it), Sid & Nancy (saw it before…still enjoyed it) and 54 (saw it before…still a disappiontment).<\/p>\n

Saturday morning, I woke up and noticed that the rash had spread to my chest and upper thighs. I went back to bed and woke up again around 2PM (very rare for me). Concerned, I figured I’d better get it checked out before it spread any more.<\/p>\n

I went to the emergency room at Mass General (with magazines, books, water and food) expecting to be stuck in a waiting room for hours on end. However, the minute I walked in, a nurse asked me to sign in with her. She took one look at my arms, asked basic questions (name, etc..) then went on the intercom and said “Trauma”. Within seconds, a wheelchair showed up and I was rolled into a private room in the emergency room.<\/p>\n

Just as quickly, I was surrounded by 4 nurses and 3 doctors. I had 12 vials of blood drawn, I was shaved (in spots on my chest) and had electrodes stuck to my chest, sides and legs. There were concerns that I had measles and that I was highly contagious.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0wasn’t itchy or in any pain (which perplexed the staff). I still had an appetite and was starving the whole time (which dismissed the measles thoughts). What did concern them (aside from the red marks) was that my hear rate was beating more than TWICE what is considered normal or healthy. And I was like that for 8 hours.<\/p>\n

Yes, you heard it….8 hours.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Mike (such a sweetie) came by around 9:15PM and said he’d stay with me until I was dismissed. I was supposed to be dismissed after the second IV bag emptied, but they were concerned with my heart rate. At close to 2AM a doctor came in and said that I might have a blood clot or pulmonary ambulism (I think that’s the word). I was sent away for chest xrays and a CAT scan.<\/p>\n

They came back OK – but they still didn’t want to release me.<\/p>\n

Long story short, I was released on Sunday after they concluded I wasn’t contagious and that it was just a viral xantham caused by the sinus congestion\/infection not getting cleared out. Now my body was fighting it off and this was the result. They suspect it should go away on it’s own and said not to go to work until it does.<\/p>\n

I can’t imagine going to work like this. The red dots\/bumps are now covering my entire body except my face and genitals. It hurts to walk because they’re on my feet. It hurts to open bottles and eat food because it’s on my fingers and hands. It hurts to sit because it’s on my ass. It hurts to sleep because it’s on my back and legs. I’m completely miserable now. Here are some sexy pictures to give you an idea:<\/p>\n

\"rash\u00a0\"rash<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"rash\"rash<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"rash<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I woke up on Friday with a slight rash on my arms and the tops of my hands. It wasn’t itchy, but it accompanied a sore throat and got me to worrying. I went to the doctor (my 4th visit in one month) to find out what’s wrong. My doctor wasn’t available and the person […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}