I was released from that nightmarish hospital on Thursday night, believe me, i'm using the term hospital very loosely.

I'm still getting the roids at home. I left the place with no diagnosis. They couldn't even tell me whether they did the proper type of mri since it was ordered by the on call doctor who was a DO not a neuro.

The only reason. I went to that particular er was because my neuro supposedly was on staff there. I came to find out that he is no longer making rounds at any hospital. When I finally saw a neuro, the first words were "ON doesn't cause pain most of the time"!!! I was so doped up all I did was start crying. My dh is not as ms savy as he needs to be. He was not much help advocating for me. All I wanted to do was get up and leave and go to another real hospital but dh assumed it was because I drugged and didn't know what I was I saying. That was just the beginning of the"fun" visit I had.

The regular optho came in to see me somewhere around midnight my first night, the only thing I remember about that is her telling me that they tried to reach my neuro and he didn't respond the first two times. The third time they did reach him he said "just give her to the on call doctor"!! Those were her exact words. She started rattling off other neuro's names that I could switch to. I was still on dilaudid and she woke from a dead sleep to give me this lovely bit of info.

Then at around 4 or 5 am a nurse came in to flash the light's in my eyes. She got this very troubled look on her face. I demanded to know what was wrong and she said that my right pupil was fixed and wouldn't dilate! Naturally I was freaked out. So they came in and said it's time for your dilaudid. I was in extreme pain and very upset so I wasn't in shape to refuse. I stupidly assumed they would call the optho or somebody. They didn't. When dh came in the morning he raised he!!. It took them until 4 or 5 that afternoon to figure out that it was caused by the drops put in my eye by the optho. During all that time they did nothing. I could have had stroke or who knows what! They told me they couldn't understand the optho's notes!!

I told them to step me down to percocet at that point. When they finally came to start my iv for the solumedrol the blew out four of my veins. I was obviously dehydrated because I hadn't had a saline drip since I was in the er. They had to do a pic line.

When I was coherent enough I told them they were not keeping me in this clown hospital for one more day. I became my usual sarcastic, btch on wheels self. They couldn't wait to get me out there then. I have follow ups a neuro optho, a regular optho, and my soon to be former ms specialist. I'm filing a complaint through my insurance company because I don't believe they or I should pay a dime. I haven't even told you guys all of it.
ys all of it. I'd be typing all day, lol. I really don't want to scare anyone here. This is unlike any hospital experience i've ever heard of.

Thanks again for all of your support .