Today I took Katriona into the emergency department because I needed to either gain reassurance or get the MRI done. When I got to the ED there was only one person ahead of me in the line, 15 minutes tops we were seen by the triage nurse and taken straight into the 'serious' part of the ED. We were admitted, I was advised to not feed her (ie start fasting) and she was seen by the doctor.
We chatted to two med students but Katriona was really tired and really upset after they all got a poke at her so I got rid of them and she had a sleep.
The Dr tried to get hold of the elusive "Cindy" from MRI appointments but couldn't; no surprise there. They finally they got hold of her to book her in for an MRI today and she had booked us in for Friday. So they called the neurosurgeon to come and look at her. He said she looked OK and to do the MRI on Friday as booked.
At this point I got stroppy and said things to the effect of "I'm here now, let's just do it", "she's waited long enough, let's do it", "if it is done on Friday and it is urgent there is a weekend to deal with, let's just do it". etc etc etc But the neurosurgeon said that the earliest he would operate is Monday of not next week but the week after. So therefore MRI is OK for Friday.
So Friday it is.
Thankfully everyone who saw her agreed she was not really in a good way. But as she isn't 'critical' therefore she can wait.
I decided to go and find the MRI department so I would know where I was going for the MRI and thought there would be no harm in trying to bluff my way into a Thursday appointment. Whilst I was waiting for 'Cindy' (who of course was no where to be seen) I was standing in the hallway eavesdropping on the Dr's discussing scans etc and they were looking at someone's scans who had come in last night, had an ultrasound and then got an MRI this morning. They had already discharged said patient so can't have been anything really bad or they would have still been there. So I guess their emergency was more important than ours, even though you would think with them being discharged already that it couldn't possibly be.
'scuse me for being cynical.
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