The event began in late August 2013 when abdominal discomfort grew worse and I had a measurable fever. My wife and son rushed me to INOVA Fair Oaks Hospital ER where they looked at me just for a moment and took me straight to a bed. The nurses and ER doc buzzed around me, connecting two IVs, dosing me with Dilaudid, a strong opioid pain killer and anti-nasuea meds while examining me. I didn't realize it at the time, but the speed of treatment was my first indication of the severity of the problem.Tuesday, December 31, 2013
2013: Necrotizing Pancreatitis
A little bit more than a year ago, I had a health crisis that could easily have been the literal death of me. I want to share some of my experience during the event, though I can but hope to do it justice.
The event began in late August 2013 when abdominal discomfort grew worse and I had a measurable fever. My wife and son rushed me to INOVA Fair Oaks Hospital ER where they looked at me just for a moment and took me straight to a bed. The nurses and ER doc buzzed around me, connecting two IVs, dosing me with Dilaudid, a strong opioid pain killer and anti-nasuea meds while examining me. I didn't realize it at the time, but the speed of treatment was my first indication of the severity of the problem.
The event began in late August 2013 when abdominal discomfort grew worse and I had a measurable fever. My wife and son rushed me to INOVA Fair Oaks Hospital ER where they looked at me just for a moment and took me straight to a bed. The nurses and ER doc buzzed around me, connecting two IVs, dosing me with Dilaudid, a strong opioid pain killer and anti-nasuea meds while examining me. I didn't realize it at the time, but the speed of treatment was my first indication of the severity of the problem.
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