TR - Celebration Health (Florida Hospital) ER
Meerkat1
pain in the side and elsewhere. From too much experience, I recognized
the pain as a kidney stone symptom.
We followed the signs to the ER entrance. As far as we could tell, this
was a drop off point with no obvious place to park. As I was pale and on
the verge of throwing up from pain, we just parked next to a no parking
sign and entered.
We entered and went to the triage nurse. She sent me immediately to the
paperwork person. This seemed to take forever, but actually was more
efficient then some other hospitals I have been in. At this point my
wife left to move the car. (No problems there.)
After the paperwork, I was immediately seen by the doctor. (I think
there was only one.) After a quick physical, she tentatively agreed with
my diagnosis. She had an IV with pain killers started and ordered a CT
(perhaps CAT) scan. The IV nurse started the IV with only one stick. (A
rare occurrence for me.) At this point my wife returned.
The scan confirmed the diagnosis. The doc thought the stone would pass
by itself and offered the choice of being admitted or going home. I
elected to go home on the condition that she prescribe some pain control.
She said no problem, and wrote scripts for a nausea drug and a pain
killer. The purpose of the nausea drug was to enable me to keep the pain
killer down.
We then went to the hospital pharmacy to fill the scripts. We found out
that the nausea drug was not in my insurance plan's formulary and would
cost $200. I passed on that, thinking that if the pain killer worked I
would not need them. Then we found out that there was a national
shortage of the pain killer and that the pharmacy could only dispense 3
or 4 pills per patient per month.
We went back to the ER and asked for a different pain killer. The doc
wrote a script for morphine. We filled that script and left for home.
However, by the time we arrived home the stone must have moved because
the pain vanished. I never took any of the morphine.
I did miss the final day of the big meet and my chance to talk to Keane
again. I expect to be "out and about" tomorrow.
2009 Be Gone!!
--
Meerkat1
Sue/WDW1972
without needing the drugs - and it's good you didn't spring for the
$200 meds! Hope the rest of your trip is uneventful health-wise.
Sue/WDW1972
jt august
Meerkat1 <stu...@invalid.edu> wrote:
> Instead of a trip to the Studios, I detoured to the ER to take care of a
> pain in the side and elsewhere. From too much experience, I recognized
> the pain as a kidney stone symptom.
Having had several myself, I understand your pain. Here's some pixie
dust that it has passed already, and that your pain does not recur.
jt
Michelle in Atlanta
"Meerkat1" <stu...@invalid.edu> wrote in message
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Here's hoping the stone has vanished for good! My DH Jay had one of those a
couple of years ago and spent an agonizing 2 days until it passed, even on
morphine!
For several WDW trips, we have hit either the Centracare for illness and/or
the Walgreen's for meds. I almost started including that as our first day
itinerary in my subsequent planning.
We went to the gym inside Celebration Hospital several times on our last
trip, and the place was so weirdly empty, it almost felt more like a movie
set than a real functional hospital. Did you get that sense as well?
Michelle in Atlanta
Steve Russo
"Meerkat1" <stu...@invalid.edu> wrote in message
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> Instead of a trip to the Studios, I detoured to the ER to take care of a
> pain in the side and elsewhere. From too much experience, I recognized
> the pain as a kidney stone symptom.
>
Ouch. Sorry you went through that. I've never had a stone nor do I ever want
one. I hope it all works out.
Paragon
?? I didn't see this meet listed on the RADP page. Did you create your own
meet? Good thing it was just you and your wife the first time. I have to
tell you, I am not sure this will be a popular meet. Hopefully, the stone
you gave yourself to test this meet will move on without drama.....:)
Keane
wrote:
>We went back to the ER and asked for a different pain killer. The doc
>wrote a script for morphine. We filled that script and left for home.
Mmmm... Good stuff. ;-)
>However, by the time we arrived home the stone must have moved because
>the pain vanished. I never took any of the morphine.
>
>I did miss the final day of the big meet and my chance to talk to Keane
>again. I expect to be "out and about" tomorrow.
Heh. Like me, if this is a trip report, you need a better travel
agent. HAHHAhahahaha...
I hope we'll meet up again!
Good to hear the pain went away. Take care of yourself. Life's
too short! :-)
>2009 Be Gone!!
Soon. Don't want it to go away right now, I'm still on vacation. (It
can go away as soon as I get home...)
Keane, who's going to the Gulf coast today...
--
When stars are born, They possess a gift or two,
One of them is this, They have the power to make a wish come true...
-- Wishes
Visit my site: http://keanespics.com
Lisa Cubbon
A Nationwide shortage of pain med?
Glad the stone moved. Lisa
Caren
Ouch! Hope you're doing better.
--
Caren
TDC Queen of Adventureland
MitchB
> pain in the side and elsewhere. From too much experience, I recognized
> the pain as a kidney stone symptom.
> 2009 Be Gone!!
>
> --
> Meerkat1
Well, that doesn't sound very fun at all! How's that for stating the
obvious! Hope you feel better soon!
Michelle
Ginny Favers
Dang, this is not the trip report you'd like to post! Glad it wasn't
horrible, and I've heard other good things about Celebration Hospital.
What a CF with the medications. What are docs supposed to do, call the
insurance company every time they see a patient? A bunch of European
countries and I think Japan have private insurance, but they're
regulated so when a doc writes a prescription or orders a test or
procedure, that's what you get, period.
~Amanda
Dillon Pyron
>Instead of a trip to the Studios, I detoured to the ER to take care of a
>pain in the side and elsewhere. From too much experience, I recognized
>the pain as a kidney stone symptom.
Let's all sing that song from "Oklahoma". "Oh what a beautiful
morning, oh what a beautiful day".
That sucks. Major league.
>
>We followed the signs to the ER entrance. As far as we could tell, this
>was a drop off point with no obvious place to park. As I was pale and on
>the verge of throwing up from pain, we just parked next to a no parking
>sign and entered.
>
>We entered and went to the triage nurse. She sent me immediately to the
>paperwork person. This seemed to take forever, but actually was more
>efficient then some other hospitals I have been in. At this point my
>wife left to move the car. (No problems there.)
>
>After the paperwork, I was immediately seen by the doctor. (I think
>there was only one.) After a quick physical, she tentatively agreed with
>my diagnosis. She had an IV with pain killers started and ordered a CT
>(perhaps CAT) scan. The IV nurse started the IV with only one stick. (A
>rare occurrence for me.) At this point my wife returned.
CT, although many folks still call it CAT. CT = Computed Tomography.
CAT = Computed Axial Tomography. Of course, these days we get axial,
sagital and coronal, as well as many obliques and 3D.
>
>The scan confirmed the diagnosis. The doc thought the stone would pass
>by itself and offered the choice of being admitted or going home. I
>elected to go home on the condition that she prescribe some pain control.
>
>She said no problem, and wrote scripts for a nausea drug and a pain
>killer. The purpose of the nausea drug was to enable me to keep the pain
>killer down.
>
>We then went to the hospital pharmacy to fill the scripts. We found out
>that the nausea drug was not in my insurance plan's formulary and would
>cost $200.
No phenegran? That would be my first choice, but IANAD.
>I passed on that, thinking that if the pain killer worked I
>would not need them. Then we found out that there was a national
>shortage of the pain killer and that the pharmacy could only dispense 3
>or 4 pills per patient per month.
As a curiosity, why did you go to the hospital's pharmacy?
>
>We went back to the ER and asked for a different pain killer. The doc
>wrote a script for morphine. We filled that script and left for home.
>However, by the time we arrived home the stone must have moved because
>the pain vanished. I never took any of the morphine.
Morphine? That's a "this never leaves the facility and takes a key to
even get access to and has to be administered by a physician or nurse"
kind of drug.
>
>I did miss the final day of the big meet and my chance to talk to Keane
>again. I expect to be "out and about" tomorrow.
>
>2009 Be Gone!!
--
- dillon I am not invalid
I love my country, It's my government I fear.
Hey, turnabout's fair play.
Paragon
"Dillon Pyron" <invalid...@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
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>>wrote a script for morphine. We filled that script and left for home.
>>However, by the time we arrived home the stone must have moved because
>>the pain vanished. I never took any of the morphine.
>
> Morphine? That's a "this never leaves the facility and takes a key to
> even get access to and has to be administered by a physician or nurse"
> kind of drug.
No, it ain't. We have a whole bottle of it here. It can't be called in, as
far as I know, you have to go get the script in person. We have tablets and
liquid here for my mom.
Meerkat1
Dillon Pyron <invalid...@austin.rr.com> wrote:
I wanted to get the pain killer fast and get home before the IV
painkiller wore off. Also, the doc said that some chain pharmacies have
to special order morphine.
> >
> >We went back to the ER and asked for a different pain killer. The doc
> >wrote a script for morphine. We filled that script and left for home.
> >However, by the time we arrived home the stone must have moved because
> >the pain vanished. I never took any of the morphine.
>
> Morphine? That's a "this never leaves the facility and takes a key to
> even get access to and has to be administered by a physician or nurse"
> kind of drug.
No. The pharmacy provided morphine in liquid form. I don't remember the
price; but, it was in the lowest price tier in my plan. I do know that
the original written script had to be provided. Te ER doc could not
phone or fax it to the pharmacy.
> >
> >I did miss the final day of the big meet and my chance to talk to Keane
> >again. I expect to be "out and about" tomorrow.
> >
> >2009 Be Gone!!
I seem to be fully recovered.
--
Meerkat1
Bashful
> I seem to be fully recovered.
Good to hear! So sorry you had to go through that, especially on
vacation time.
--
Kitty (TDC Bash-less, formerly TDC Bashful)