Went into the hospital. I woke up last night two times have very, very rapid
heart beat. the third time at 6 am, got up hacking with no hair ball. Was
trying to take pause (sp) I got to 140 and freaked so couldn't finish
counting it. So I was hacking and dry heaving so finally abuot 10-15 minutes
later got out BP thingy. Took BP, it was 153/98 with pause (sp) of 126. I
was also dehydrated. Fever (which dr says is not fever, but always normal
temp is around 96.2) was 98.3 by the time got to hospital it was 98.9. Have
been running in the 99 area the last two days. So it looked like pred was
not working.

So I get to hospital.  Long story but they know my history.
The dr examines me. Says he thinks I have bronchitis and asthma. He sees I
am kind of dehydrated. So he orders chest xray, 2 breathing treatments, and
IV. So they do IV meds too. They gave me Benedryl, (not sure on the
beginning of this one) sodium medrol
magnesium citrate (could be wrong on the second part of this one) nurse said
it was muscle relaxer, that would relax the muscles in my chest and broncial
areas. Pepcid. She said yes she know it is not a stomach problem but that it
has antihistimine properties and will relax those muscles too.

Jim was late for work, not good for starting a job. Didi, Chris girlfriend
came down to stay with me and bring me home. She got there as they were
putting in the iv. She kind of looked funny and was acting weird when they
were doing it. I thought maybe she had a problem with blood. Well when we
left, I found out what it was all about. She said something was not right
with that IV. So she called her mom who was an RN and told her mom about it.
The thing that caught Didi's eye was that when they put the needle in I had
blood all over my arm from it. A lot of blood. I didn't think anything about
it because this has happened before. No one seemed concerned about it.
Didi's mom said they punctured my vein. So the IV was no good. Which by then
I knew something was wrong. I was going to bathroom about once an hour and
putting out a major amt of urine.
I had cotton mouth worse than when I got there. So I take it, the Fluids
went somewhere besides where they were. So I kind of agreed on that part.
But about 6 tonight, I knew something had happened. I forgot this part till
then. When I get Medrol, I have a bad pain reaction that could be bursitis
acting up. Major pain. I got it tonight. I go oh yeah, I forgot about that.
When they give it to me in shot, I get it like almost immediately. So that
kind of convinced me that her mom might be right since it took so long to
react this time. I have had it in IV before and it activated right away too.

The dr says I have acute Bronchitis, but yet my xray came back clear. Also
asthma kicked off by the bronchitis and whatever is in this air lately. So
he sends me home. No meds, just to keep taking the 20 mg pred for the next
three days and inhalators. I have to go back in if my fever gets higher,
dehydration any more, feel worse, etc.

So there is the story. Boy was I scared this morning. It was not a pleasant
experience.