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[Ironbark]

A temperature of 43 degrees Celsius (that's 109.4, and yes!) put me back in hospital again on Sunday. The kidney in question got infected. But I've been gathering material for a great little screenplay here. At least I have been since I got back to normal temperatures yesterday. They may let me home again tomorrow, it depends if I behave tonight. I'm looking forward to getting home now.

[Thoth]

Ironbark, on 14 December 2011 - 05:19 PM, said:

... I'm looking forward to getting home now.

I firmly believe that home is far better than hospital as a place to convalesce.
Good luck to you.
-T

[whirlybird]

I agree with T that home is so much better than the hospital especially when it comes to getting some rest. I was never more shocked when I realized hospital staff will wake you out of a rejuvenating sleep to take ones temperature, blood pressure, administer medication. Don't know this first-hand but I've heard enough from friends and relatives.

Yikes, I didn't know someone could survive 109 degree F temp. Hope you are on the mend.

W

[Thoth]

whirlybird, on 19 December 2011 - 08:34 PM, said:

I agree with T that home is so much better than the hospital especially when it comes to getting some rest. I was never more shocked when I realized hospital staff will wake you out of a rejuvenating sleep to take ones temperature, blood pressure, administer medication. Don't know this first-hand but I've heard enough from friends and relatives.

I know this first hand. You mentioned temperature, blood pressure and medication but you didn't mention the one that bothered me the most: blood. On several occasions I was awoken at 2AM by a vampire with a needle. Horrors!

whirlybird, on 19 December 2011 - 08:34 PM, said:

Yikes, I didn't know someone could survive 109 degree F temp. Hope you are on the mend.

That is high, but kidney infections are prone to cause flash temperature spikes. They can spike very high but for a very brief time. It's survivable. (Unless it's really Ironbark's g-g-ghost that's posting on the forum. )
-T

[whirlybird]

Thoth, on 20 December 2011 - 05:16 AM, said:

I know this first hand. You mentioned temperature, blood pressure and medication but you didn't mention the one that bothered me the most: blood. On several occasions I was awoken at 2AM by a vampire with a needle. Horrors!


That is high, but kidney infections are prone to cause flash temperature spikes. They can spike very high but for a very brief time. It's survivable. (Unless it's really Ironbark's g-g-ghost that's posting on the forum. )
-T

I don't doubt that the poor night nurses feel like vampires for many reasons included the one you mentioned. I'm glad you survived the horror mansion known as a hospital.

I would think your brain would cook at that temperature (bringing to mind the commercial with the eggs in the frying pan and the narrator saying, "This is your brain." I hope we have a real live ironbark and not a specter. Hard to type on a keyboard.

-W

PS-Hope you're feeling and doing better ironbark.

[Thoth]

whirlybird, on 20 December 2011 - 03:04 PM, said:

I don't doubt that the poor night nurses feel like vampires for many reasons included the one you mentioned.

I think they have specialists, called phlebotomists, who take the blood.

whirlybird, on 20 December 2011 - 03:04 PM, said:

I'm glad you survived the horror mansion known as a hospital.

Me too.

whirlybird, on 20 December 2011 - 03:04 PM, said:

I would think your brain would cook at that temperature (bringing to mind the commercial with the eggs in the frying pan and the narrator saying, "This is your brain."

Yep. A high temp will fry your brain if you have it long enough. (Eggs? Your mind works in interesting ways.)

whirlybird, on 20 December 2011 - 03:04 PM, said:

I hope we have a real live ironbark and not a specter. Hard to type on a keyboard.

Unless he's a "ghost writer".

whirlybird, on 20 December 2011 - 03:04 PM, said:

PS-Hope you're feeling and doing better ironbark.

Ditto.
-T

[Ironbark]

Thoth, on 21 December 2011 - 02:06 AM, said:

I think they have specialists, called phlebotomists, who take the blood.

Just the general nursing staff in German hospitals. I've had phlebitis thanks to their efforts in the past, although the doctors tend to be even worse. Best place for a blood test in Germany seems to be at the local doctor's practice, where they have one member of staff trained in phlebotomy.

Thoth, on 21 December 2011 - 02:06 AM, said:

Yep. A high temp will fry your brain if you have it long enough.

Hard to say if it did or didn't. I know that it's certainly messed with my body in general and I'm struggling to get back to anything like strength at the moment, hence my silence here. But I'm fit enough to be at my desk now and am even hoping to put in a thousand words worth of writing before the night is out, which will be my first writing since the renal colic hit. I guess this may reveal what has happened to my brain.


Thanks for the warm wishes.

Ironbark

[Thoth]

Ironbark, on 29 December 2011 - 09:32 PM, said:

...Best place for a blood test in Germany seems to be at the local doctor's practice, where they have one member of staff trained in phlebotomy.

Same here. My Primary Care Physician (PCP) always keeps a phlebotomist on hand to take blood. And he always wants my blood. (I'm beginning to think he sells it on e-bay. )

Again, best wishes for a speedy recovery.
-Thoth