IVs are highly UNDERRATED!!! I so recommend them especially when you have been throwing up and had diarrhea for approximately 2 weeks. I can relate it to a "tune up" that you have for your car. I thought I was going to have to die to feel better.
Tania, my PA that I see regularly, highly suggested it as she diagnosed dehydration. She also made me aware of many side effects of dehydration - aches, pains, high blood pressure, and continued intestinal problems to name a few. (No wonder I felt so bad).
Having an IV in my drs office is so much easier than in an ER. Mock, who has been so much sicker than I have been, was "2 quarts" low, is now feeling much better too. Earlier in the day, we had been directed by "The Center" to go to an ER for IVs. When we arrived at a local Emergency Room, they said it would be at least 2 hrs or longer for anyone to see us. With "sick" people all around us and the way we felt, we left after about 45 minutes. We went to another ER and they said it would be at least 3 hrs, probably longer. Needless to say, we went home, called my drs office and got an appointment for the next morning.
It is a shame that with all the technology available in this world, it would take 2-4 hrs to get to see a medical advisor. At both places, which were full of patients, there was hospital personnel "standing around" with a seemingly indifferent attitude, and almost totally ignoring the people who came to a facility in hopes of getting help. We too experienced a lot of frustration during the experience, but we had options. What about those who don't?
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How did you two become dehydrated?
Is no fresh water in Florida? (ha,ha)
Ronel has had flu; Faith strep. Whoops...I did not get "signed permissions" from Angela to use their names...Leave it to a grandmother to use forgiveness instead of permission.
Hope you are able to recover soon.
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