Wednesday, July 10, 2013

My Last ER Visit


The date on the ECG. December 1st 2010. That day i cleaned the heaters (Baseboard, Cadet),  (i discovered a method, i turn them to the maximum and sprinkle clean hot water on them while hot and they make some steam, some bad smell but get cleaned really well). http://www.homedepot.com/p/Cadet-6-ft-1-500-Watt-240-Volt-Electric-Baseboard-Heater-White-6F1500W/100080894

After eating almost an entire cake (2 pounds), 2 liters of coke, ice-cream, and other junk food, i went to bed around 10. Couldn't fall asleep, felt like fainting. I used my life-saver oximeter and it was showing the oxygen level in normal limits, then i fell asleep, but opened my eyes one more time and i saw on the monitor the oxygen level was 89. I felt like i was about to pass out and jumped out of bed, into my truck and drove to Providence. Nobody on 217 at that our except a fire engine that went all the way to Providence with me and was putting out diesel smoke pretty bad. Went to the ER, took a number and sat on a sofa. I thought i saw a face i knew from a Romanian video, a Romanian singer that died before 2006 in an accident. She smiled at me then (she was dressed very summarily, in a short t-shirt and very low under belly jeans, asked me if i had change for a 20 or i did asked her can't remember, then put a jacket on and left.) Then i saw another person that looked like a different Romanian singer i knew from videos with a t-shirt with the word Roxy written with big letters with pink glitter. I spoke with her and she had a hand held something and she was answering with very few words after consulting that thing. I sat under an air conditioner vent for hours with the oximeter on my finger until i wanted to go to the bathroom. So i went, and when i came out i was about to faint again, but a guy with a note-pad with some papers picked me up and took me inside the ER. In the room was smelling very pungent, like menthol but stronger. They hooked me to the ECG machine and produced what you can see above. They motivated by the fact that one or some of the wires were not hooked properly. In a hospital like that, an ECG cost maybe 200 dollars, but they were kind enough to forgive my debt, together with all the costs for that ER trip, months later. When i told them later about the smell, they picked a piece of cotton from a counter-top and threw it away and the smell was gone. They told me i was ok and sent me home. In my way home when  i got off Barbur Blvd into Luradel some guy opened the cars window and spat at me. I went home and slept two hours until my wife got home.

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