August 22, 7 am walk into the emergency room. Tell the triage nurse one of my mosquito bites got infected. Get seen by the doctor. She admits me says its cellulitis. I get my room and chill for a while. Make friends with the nurses and other staff memembers. Get my first antibiotic iv. Oh joy this is going to be fun.
I start texting my friends that I got admited for the infected skeeter bite. Find out later in the day that they want to do an ultrasound to see if its abcess. The test doesnt get done.
Saturday. Surgery comes in for their consult. The surgeon looks at it and says its abcess and they are going to cut it open and drain out the pus and pack it full of gauze. I tell him about the ultrasound. He says I dont need to waste time on that to see that its abcess.
6:00 pm Saturday night I get wheeled into the OR. Get put under general anesthesia. Wake up at 7:00 precedure is all done.
9:00 I get sent back down to my room. I try to eat my dinner can't eat cause it made me nauseaus.
Sunday morning getting antibiotics. The infectious disesae doc comes down for a visit. He tells me they took a culture and it is a staph infection. I give him this look. He says its the good kind. WTF a good staph infection? This one can be fought off by antibiotics.
Sunday night the Surgery team comes in and changes my dressing and unpacks the gauze from my arm. I have a huge hole in my arm. It looks like a zombie bite.
Had visitors it was awsome. Siamekitty came by in the after noon and Mydogfarted and khoos came later on. I think it was sunday when they came.
I took pictures but i dont want to gross people out. I'll show em to you in person on my phone.
Monday resting and on antibiotics 6 times a day. Im walking around getting some ice and water. I see a cute nurse. (They really do exist!). I smile She smiles back. I point to my arm and say I got stabbed. She says nice try I read your chart. She said that with a smile though.
Tuesday still on antibiotics and resting. Have my dressing changed and it closed up abit. Its no longer a hole where I can see muscle.
Weds I went home.
Hell I was the happy patient. The entire floor staff knew me I had a good cheerfull attitude it was awsome.
I want to thank everyone for all the well wishes you brought me. It made me smile. It also didnt make me feel alone.
I also lost 4 pounds
I start texting my friends that I got admited for the infected skeeter bite. Find out later in the day that they want to do an ultrasound to see if its abcess. The test doesnt get done.
Saturday. Surgery comes in for their consult. The surgeon looks at it and says its abcess and they are going to cut it open and drain out the pus and pack it full of gauze. I tell him about the ultrasound. He says I dont need to waste time on that to see that its abcess.
6:00 pm Saturday night I get wheeled into the OR. Get put under general anesthesia. Wake up at 7:00 precedure is all done.
9:00 I get sent back down to my room. I try to eat my dinner can't eat cause it made me nauseaus.
Sunday morning getting antibiotics. The infectious disesae doc comes down for a visit. He tells me they took a culture and it is a staph infection. I give him this look. He says its the good kind. WTF a good staph infection? This one can be fought off by antibiotics.
Sunday night the Surgery team comes in and changes my dressing and unpacks the gauze from my arm. I have a huge hole in my arm. It looks like a zombie bite.
Had visitors it was awsome. Siamekitty came by in the after noon and Mydogfarted and khoos came later on. I think it was sunday when they came.
I took pictures but i dont want to gross people out. I'll show em to you in person on my phone.
Monday resting and on antibiotics 6 times a day. Im walking around getting some ice and water. I see a cute nurse. (They really do exist!). I smile She smiles back. I point to my arm and say I got stabbed. She says nice try I read your chart. She said that with a smile though.
Tuesday still on antibiotics and resting. Have my dressing changed and it closed up abit. Its no longer a hole where I can see muscle.
Weds I went home.
Hell I was the happy patient. The entire floor staff knew me I had a good cheerfull attitude it was awsome.
I want to thank everyone for all the well wishes you brought me. It made me smile. It also didnt make me feel alone.
I also lost 4 pounds
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corsette:
So happy you're back!! I'm just happy you're safe & relatively sound 
shinracorp:
id purposely infect a bug bite to lose 4 lbs haha! glad you are back man, thats crazy that you were in there for 3 days because of a bug bite. but im glad people close to you could visit. it is always awesome in situations like that (i work in retail but it is sort of the same thing, kinda) where you get a good patient who makes you laugh and kind of makes the day go easier, and makes the job worth it. its kinda like me dealing with shitty customers all day to deal with an amazing one, so i can only imagine how nurses and doctors and interns, and everyone else feels. could you really see your muscle?