Pain! 911 to ER

And then admitted to Bromenn. I copied this from an email I sent to my friend Karen Khusro.

This thing came on like gangbusters with incredible pain to the point where we called 911 on Halloween of all times!  The goblins came!  This was second time to ER, but this time I had a feeling I would be admitted to hospital so had my dop kit ready to go and took my beloved polertec robe with me. 

Great nurses!  Introvenus wonderful!  Masestro John Koch came to visit as did Char Fesler and my beloved Zuma Gold instructor, Lucy Croft.

Pain management Dr. Li shot me with steroids!  He’s well known around Central Illinois as “the best” -- Maybe Qazi knows of him.  He is  this small Chinese physician, a trained anesthesiologist, who is all business!  He simply appeared in my hospital room one evening -- I had no idea who he was.  Said he’d see me the next day at 6 pm but was able to arrive early so the steroids entered my body at 4:30.  When he arrived at BroMenn he said to staff “where is my patient?” Thus the gurney arrived at my room and we rushed to his space at Bromenn.  Then the next day he came to visit to see how I was -- His sense of humor came thru and thus not only is he an elegant physician, but a charming man.  Said it may take a few days for steroids to kick in.  I will see him at his office in  2 weeks.

And Dr. Nardone, a neurosurgeon who just operated on Julie Prandi, visited me.  Karen, he is from Italy -- looks and speaks with an Italian accent! There is a chance I will need his services.  He wants to see me in his office Nov 12^th.  Again, he is noteworthy. 

Was discharged yesterday with a strong med to tide me over should I need it.  And I did.  Plus I applied a fentanyl patch last night which Laurie insisted I do.  Laurie and her middle daughter, Roslyn flew in Friday -- they had plans to attend Gala.