And We're Off...To Emerge

So by this morning she was not able to move either her legs or her arms without EXTREME pain...you could not touch her without her being in pain...she just wanted to lay in bed and not do anything, she wet herself because it hurt too much to get up when she got up...also had a fever. I convinced her to let me carry her out out of the room after lunch and watch a movie and as soon as the movie was done she asked to be carried back to her bed...that is when I decided that we should get ready to stay because I knew she was not going to be better...so while she had a nap I got stuff ready to bring with me to emerge and called my Mom and asked her to pick us up before 24 hours so it was still in the afternoon...before the "busy time". We got there I brought her into triage and they had her as urgent and when they took her pulse they crossed that off and marked her as emergent and as soon as we were done in registration they took us into a bed. We saw the REAL doctor within 30 minutes...sometimes usually we have to wait longer then that for a resident...let alone the REAL doctor!!! The doctor ordered a chest x-ray and a CBC and IV start. So the chest x-ray came back a little fluid on the lungs, remember this was clear like 48 hours ago. The CBC came back that her potassium was low, her sodium is low and that there was some sort of infection in her blood cells...they are doing a culture so they need more blood (another poke for a blood test) which again takes 28 hours and they are definably are keeping her...and they are starting her on 2 broad spectrum antibiotics, they ordered a EKG to be done which and they called the on call cardiologist as they want to make sure the infection is not in her heart too...so right now we are waiting for the cardiologist to show up...and a room upstairs so we can get some sleep.