Update.

21. January 2009 by [JP].

I came back to Albuquerque last week, after spending most of the last few months in El Paso with my family.

The most important thing was, I needed to go to the hospital, get stabilized, and checked out.

I had a few symptoms of an impending crash, like dehydration, and I had several (and by several, i mean over 100) xanthomas all over my body, which indicates a potential high cholesterol condition.

Still havent gone to the hospital yet…

Ok, so basically, heres the deal.
If I walk into the ER, they have to, at the least, triage me, and determine if i’m stable. Thats the law.
However, with the hospital overflowing like it is, i’ll be in pre-triage for easially 10-12 hours, possibly even 24.
The problem with that is, since, without any major symptoms, i’ll be low priority in pre-triage. Another problem is, I’ll be exposing myself to EVERYTHING else in that room, and with my immune system, i dont want that.

I cant go to another hospital, because my doctors are on the staff at UNMH, and it be like starting over, and pretty much every other ER around here is full anyway.

I’m making the decision NOT to go in via ambulance, because, not only will the hospital make me wait in triage if I come in without symptoms, its a waste of a medic unit, rescue, and engine, that probably has better and higher priority calls to deal with. Plus, again, since i’m asymptomatic, its not really needed.

My doctor’s staff is going to try and get me in as a direct admit, bypassing the ER, but since the hospital is at capacity, that could be a while.

So… i’m just kinda keeping on, keeping on…

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