Tales from the ER

This past Monday, I landed myself in the ER. Through the weekend, I had these bad pains on the right side of my abdomen. The pains were so bad that my friend Annie had to drive me to my doctor's on Monday. After some jabbing, my doctor told me that I had classic signs of appendicitis, minus the nauseau and fever. Off to the ER we went, where even the surgeon there was convinced I'd be undergoing the knife by nightfall. Turns out, my white blood cell count was normal as was my CT scan. I underwent some other tests the next day, all of which came back negative for anything 'major' going on. I still have the pains, but they are considerably less with the anti-inflammatories the doctor gave me. At least I got some days off from work and had some fun 'people-watching' in the ER.