Name's Duncan. At least I've got something to work with - shouting "Nurse" or "Doctor" in a room full of 'em seems a bit random.
I can't remember how but I've also got an X-Ray. Doesn't look good if the opaque patch in the lower left corner's anything to go by. According to Duncan "there's some fluid in there".
Can pretty much guess what that is.
I've also acquired an IV line (hate needles) with a bag of something colourless, a bunch of ECG electrodes and a pressure monitor that inflates to order every 10 mins or so with a noise like a hyperactive fish tank air pump.
Lots of questions - date or birth, am I allergic to anything, do I have low blood pressure, do I know my blood type, am I suffering from anything. Then Jules gets the same set along with where do we live, name of GP just to check...
I acquire a second IV line.
Decision's been made somewhere - I need a CAT scan 'cause the glass doesn't show up on X-Rays and there's some interest of the volume of "fluid" that's building up.
Back to Radiology as soon as the CAT techie arrives. Absolute agony as I have to hold a position to maximise the picture and someone tells me that they're going to put something into the IV line to show everything up. Apparently it may make me feel like I've wet myself. It does.
ECG 'trodes come off, everyone backs out, scanner does whatever & I'm back into A&E complete with ECG 'trodes, drips (got a second one now) and the fish tank accessory pressure cuff.
I know that it's sometime between 3AM and when it gets light but why the hell do they keep it so dim everywhere ?
