The ER Visit & Sats
Everything was fine, or so I thought, until early Tuesday morning when sudden bleeding in the left ear woke us up at 2 a.m. The hubby suspected something might have gotten in it, but I knew nothing like that had happened. The forehead injury came to mind, as the blow was hard. Add to that the tooth extraction, where my head jolted when the dentist pulled it out. That's what I thought anyway.
The truth is, I started feeling a throbbing pain around that ear Sunday evening, and my hearing was muffled. It was the same on Monday, but the pain subsided, so I didn't have it checked.
Anyway, on the way to the hospital, I rang my sister up and asked her to contact the physician she's close with. She nearly scolded me when she learned I postponed the hospital visit for a few hours. "What were you thinking? That's an emergency! Go straight to the ER triage, not at the OPD (outpatient department). I think you need a CT scan," her voice was frantic.
So we did. I walked straight into the triage area while the hubby went to park. A group of interns and their supervisors gave me their attention right away. The nurse who took my vitals was alarmed by my blood pressure readings (200/100 the first time, 180/100 on my other arm). She asked me a series of questions: Aren't you feeling nauseous? Are you having a headache? Did you drink coffee before coming here? Did you walk? etc.
"Nah, I didn't do any of those. I'm not dizzy and have no headache. Except for my swollen forehead, a bleeding ear, and a mild pain here (pointing at the base of my left ear), I'm feeling great," I said with a grin. "And if you must know, I ate a small piece of chocolate on my way here," I continued.
Still doubtful, she further asked if I had ever had such a BP reading before. "Nope, never," I said. So she took another sphygmomanometer, and she breathed a sigh of relief when the reading changed to 130/80. Her companions teased her that her sphygmomanometer was faulty and should be tossed in the trash.
I was ushered into an ER bed where more questions were asked, and initial examinations were done. Then a specialist was called over. He found that there was swelling and the eardrum had ruptured.
After confirming that I didn't have any other symptoms (headache, drowsiness, etcetera), he ruled out a temporal bone fracture, prescribed a non-ototoxic antibiotic for initial treatment, giving me specific don'ts and a follow-up checkup slip after a week.
"I am healed," I chanted gratefully and happily as we left the hospital grounds. I believed it wholeheartedly. While there was still bleeding last night and my hearing is still muffled, and there's some ringing, I'm feeling perfectly fine. However, I'll stay grounded here at home for 7 days, and I'm gonna enjoy it.😁
But before going into hibernation mode, a quick recap of my week 45th on the SS Club.
| YE Goal | Current Balance | Last Week | Growth (+ / -) | To Go | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sats (New Goal) | 100,000 | 93,272 | 82,267 | 11,005 | 6,728 |
| HIVE (Second Target) | 2000 | 73 | 100 | -27 | |
| HIVE (Initial Target) | 1000 | - | - | - | |
| HBD | 200 | 106.01 | - | 93.99 | |
Yep, 93k sats stacked to date. Only 6.7k sats and my 100k sats goal is crossed off. Yay! Guess that will happen before the next update.
Well, the crypto market is still in haywire, with BTC under $75k and $HIVE at 4 cents. These might not be their bottoms yet, so I guess we will just have to play along, lol!
Here's to a fantastic midweek!🥂
This is a truly frightening experience! It’s good that you went to the hospital and received proper medical care. A ruptured eardrum is a condition that requires careful monitoring.
Oh my! That seems like an emergency situation. Definitely so scary to be awoken with those symptoms in the wee hours. I didn't know ruptured eardrum can cause that. My father had it too but no bleeding, he had other symptoms though like dizziness and ear pain. I hope you get better with enough rest. Take care!
200/100 is alarmingly high. Blood from the ear would clue me me to make an initial cause by a trauma type. 130/80 would be reasonably normal considering being in a Triage.
The last time I have blood coming out of my ears was when I was in my late teens, I was standing close to a bunch of concert speakers one crazy evening then wake up with dry blood on my pillow the next morning. That was when I got into using concert earplugs. I was way too exposed over 120+dbs for too long.
Ah, memories of my young reckless years.
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Good that your BP went down to 130/80, I was shocked as I read the 200/100 BP reading. Just take a rest with your lil boy.
wow very complex human body we have, let's always listen to it