Another lousey nights' sleep, punctuated with bouts of vomitting and periods of stomach pain. I was generally uncomfortable, obviously. But things settled down and I got about three hours sleep and woke up feeling a lot better that I thought I should... so I went on to work.
Mistake. I felt progressively crummier as the day wore on, and it was a busy day again. Hellacious headache, but it responded to Tylenol, enough to get me by, anyway.
But I really felt like giving up at noon, when the boss came by, looking really concerned. I thought that maybe I looked as bad as I felt, but I was not the object of her concern... one of the evening techs had called in... well, she didn't call, exactly, but the ER doc called in her behalf. She had fainted in a grocery store and wound up in the ED.
So the boss was looking for someone to stay over... and, like the fool that I am, I volunteered. It would just be an extra hour anyway...
I made it through the afternoon OK, and the regular CT tech left and I got to do several exams by myself. I did pretty well, albeit slow.
I got to leave about 17:30, when the other relief tech showed up earlier than she thought she could. I was happy to see her, of course. So I headed home... except that I forgot where I parked.
Normally, I have to park in the parking garage when I work nights. Daytime people are not so privileged, having to park in various lots around the hospital. Dutifully, I parked where I was supposed to.
And when I came out of the hospital tonight, I had completely forgotten where my truck was.
At first, I had the feeling that someone was playing a joke on me... I'm paranoid that way. Then I thought that maybe I drove the Caddy, so I looked for it. Then I decided that I was simply losing my mind. All of this took maybe two minutes... then I remembered. I must've looked pretty stupid... I hope that no one was watching me.
I really don't feel like eating anything, I'm kinda afraid of throwing up again, even though I did eat a sandwich for lunch and it stayed down OK. I think that I'll just go to bed, sleep ten hours or so and get up feeling like a new man.
I do have a dentists' appointment in the AM at 08:00, so I don't have to get up quite so early tomorrow...
Karen said that there were quite a few people from her office that went home sick today, maybe something is going around. Whatever, I do hope that it's short-lived...
More tomorrow...