Helen went to Eagle Ridge with extreme pain and nausea. She waited in the waiting room on a bed, throwing up, screaming and writhing in pain for almost 4 hrs! The doctors and other staff in the triage were telling jokes and eating Tim Hortons! She finally got into ER and they treated her like she was a piece of shit! didn't help her, or believe her that she was in pain or nauseated!... She was puking so much and so often (just bile) that they were pissed off at her for using so many of the cardboard disposable containers! She was eventually diagnosed with pancreatitis by the blood work they did there. I don't know what the amylase levels were. Anyways she got a room @ 11:00pm and the night nurse was a nightmare! She didn't sleep well, the morphine and metoclopramide wasn't even helping and the nurses aren't allowed to change the meds until they get the OK from a doctor. The doctor/hospitalist didn't show up until around 11:30am! By this time Helen was extremely agitated and exhausted. Unfortunately she discharged herself out of the hospital before she could get any help!!! = =
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we now know that it was a good thing she discharged herself. Dr. Chung also said if it is possible for her to endure the pain and nausea at home, it would be better as the hospital can't do much for her at this time.
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