Day 268: One every semester
Jan. 24th, 2006 10:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nagi_schwarzI swear there's one every semester, or at least there has been once since first year. And by "one" I mean medical emergency that requires hospital time. Last night, after supper, I had settled into my room to get some homework done - and I've been working really hard at getting ahead on my reading and memorizing my Latin and stuff, so Brad has left me alone - and Nick and Seirra were with me, studying and watching movies. We finished "Behind Enemy Lines" and then the other two insisted on watching "The Road to El Dorado" because they love it way too much and can recite most of the lines from memory. It's funny to watch. We were maybe halfway through the movie when BenTen burst in and informed us that Del had fainted in the bathroom - and it was the third instance of fainting after much puking during the day - and we ought to take her to the hospital. Josh and BenTen were on their way to work, so we girls got Del dressed - she had been in the bathroom with the intent of a shower, and when we had seen her earlier she had seemed much better - and hustled out to my car. Erin and Seirra kept vigil in my room while Nick and I took Del to the hospital. She felt miserable but was surprisingly lucid about finding her medical history and stuff, so Nick walked her into the hospital while I parked the car. It was bloody cold and the windows took forever to defrost, but I was a good driver and we made it there safely.
Josh dropped BenTen off soon after, and we all stood around in the waiting room while Del got checked in. BenTen left, and Nick called Seirra to inform her that Del was all checked in and we were going to wait. Del was surprisingly apologetic, saying I spend too much time in hospitals. Maybe I do, but this is what friends do for each other. It took forever for her to get in there, and we joked that if she had African malaria she'd have been dead before they got to her. Eventually they took her in, so Nick and I stayed in the waiting room and lolled about in boredom. I tried to sleep on the floor, but it didn't work. I poked through some out-of-date magazines, and eventually settled on shredding a newspaper toward the efforts of origami when the nurse asked Nick if he was with Megan and told him that he could go back to see her. I went with him, and she told us that they would be keeping her for a few hours. I told her we'd leave, but she could call for a ride home.
At three A.M. in Cedar City, the streets are literally empty. I saw all of two cars on the drive down to the hospital, and maybe two more on the drive home. I even managed to get a decent parking spot and parallel park without killing anyone or anything. Del is taking today off too, I think, and I hope she gets better. I may shove another happy note under the door. This is what friends do.
Love you, Del!
Josh dropped BenTen off soon after, and we all stood around in the waiting room while Del got checked in. BenTen left, and Nick called Seirra to inform her that Del was all checked in and we were going to wait. Del was surprisingly apologetic, saying I spend too much time in hospitals. Maybe I do, but this is what friends do for each other. It took forever for her to get in there, and we joked that if she had African malaria she'd have been dead before they got to her. Eventually they took her in, so Nick and I stayed in the waiting room and lolled about in boredom. I tried to sleep on the floor, but it didn't work. I poked through some out-of-date magazines, and eventually settled on shredding a newspaper toward the efforts of origami when the nurse asked Nick if he was with Megan and told him that he could go back to see her. I went with him, and she told us that they would be keeping her for a few hours. I told her we'd leave, but she could call for a ride home.
At three A.M. in Cedar City, the streets are literally empty. I saw all of two cars on the drive down to the hospital, and maybe two more on the drive home. I even managed to get a decent parking spot and parallel park without killing anyone or anything. Del is taking today off too, I think, and I hope she gets better. I may shove another happy note under the door. This is what friends do.
Love you, Del!
