A True Story
Recently I have been having a lot of kidney and uti infections. One of the most recent ones had me admitted to the hospital for a 10 day stay. This is a true account of what happened during my stay , the day after and then 1 week later at my gp's surgery. Hope you enjoy it.
I arrived in A & E with a raging temperature and severe pain when I passed urine as well as in my kidney areas and any time I moved. I had also been vomiting every day for 10 days. The doctor came in asked me loads of questions and left the room. He came back 5 mins later with his stethoscope, a tray with blood vials on and the dressing and tape for a cannula for iv access. He proceeded to listen to my chest and then back. He then lowered the bed and asked if he could feel my tummy. He started probing here and there and every so often I would squirm and jump as he felt a tender spot. He then asked me to give a urine sample so I left the room and walked to the toilet , peed in the pot , washed my hands and went back to the room. A waiting nurse took the urine from me and left the room. Doctor asked me to lay back on the bed and lifted my top to feel around my tummy again. He then told me to get into a gown but I could leave my underwear on. He left the room. 10mins later he was back. The urine dipstick that had been done indeed showed I had a uti. He then commented on the fact that my eyes were sunk and my skin was very dry. He said he wanted to take some blood tests and place a cannula so I could be started on antibiotics and given some iv fluids. I was then moved to a ward.
I was placed in a ward with 5 others and every one could hear what was wrong with everyone else . A doctor came to visit me a few hours later and said bloods showed I was severely dehydrated so they would continue with iv fluids and antibiotics but to try and drink loads. He said they would give me something to stop the nausea and vomiting too.
The next thing I know in came a male and female nurse carrying a small tray. I was told to lie on my side and lift my gown up as they had something for the sickness. I presumed it was an injection so I braced myself as the nurse pulled my knickers down. The next thing I felt my bum cheeks being parted by the female nurse and the male nurse then inserted his finger followed by two suppositries one after the other. It took me by surprise as I had never had one before (wouldn't ever say no though).
The nurse pulled my knickers back up and my gown down. They opened the curtains and left. This happened twice more that day/night.
A doctor came to visit the next morning and said they had ordered a kidney/bladder scan and now I had stopped vomiting would slowly reduce the iv fluids. I passed urine at 10:30am and then started to drink water. By 4:30pm the nurse filling out the charts asked me if I had passed urine that day to which I replied "not since 10:30am".He said to monitor when I went. By 10:30pm the night staff had come on but I still hadn't been. I had tried but just didn't need to go. I was given a large jug of iced water and told to drink it .
I drifted to sleep on and off. I got up to try and pass urine but couldn't. By 4:00am I was rolling round the bed in extreme pain. I rang my call bell and the nurse came. She said if I hadn't passed any by 6am they would have to catheterise me but they were really busy with a very sick patient. Nurse left and I just couldn't get comfy. I decided to try and go to the toilet. My abdomen was very distended and I was crying in agony by this point. I crawled across the ward floor to try and reach the bathroom. I managed to sit on the toilet but just couldn't go. I crawled across the floor and the person in the next bed pressed the call bell. In came the nurse who said she would call a doctor to come but didn't know how long they would be. Another 10mins passed and I was now screaming in agony. The nurse came in carrying a tray. She drew the curtain , put the tray down and pulled off my pyjama bottoms and pants. She then lowered the bed and my head end really low and put the leg end up high. She got me to open my legs in the frog position and lie still. The next I felt was her fingers shoving really hard into my vagina. I yelped and she told me to be quiet. Nurse then proceeded to wipe my urethra will something very cold. She then said I would feel a stinging sensation as she passed the catheter into my bladder. I lay with baited breath waiting for the stinging sensation. I was in that much pain from the distension that I only felt a really slight sting. After a good few minutes I felt a massive relief and all the pressure had released. The nurse asked me "was I now comfortable ?"
"Yes thanks " was my reply as the pain subsided
"I'm not surprised "she said
"It's drained 3000ml and it's still draining".
Just then a male doctor appeared. He asked some questions , nurse told him what had drained and he asked if he could examine me. I was now naked from the waist down under the covers as my pyjamas had got wet when the catheter was inserted. Doctor lifted my top up under my bra and proceeded to examine my whole abdomen. As he got to my pelvic area the nurse appeared after cleaning up and he asked her to stay. He then asked me to bring my knees up, open my legs and let them fall apart. He then moved the bedlight and started poking around my urethra. He said he wanted to give me a quick internal. He then inserted two fingers and pushed down much to my discomfort. He felt around for what felt like forever. He then removed his fingers , took his gloves off and said he would bring a colleague in the morning . There is lots more to this story. Let me know if you want to hear the rest .