[venus rising] matchbook romance

Thursday, April 03, 2003

:: I've Never Seen You Like This::
I've been so sick lately. Went to the hospital again on Monday to check on my knee again. After x-ray and a heated moment with the stupid nurse, the doc found there's no fracture, just a sprain which might take a while to heal. So she set up a follow-up appoinment in 2 weeks, and gave me medication -muscle relaxer and painkiller.

So I went home happily, chatting with Im on the phone, and gulped down 2 white pills, and a really pretty pink and purple capsule. It knocked my head real good, and I was asleep before I knew it. In the middle of the night, I felt really humid, and due to an itch I began rubbing my eyes. They felt really heavy somehow. But I got a feeling something was wrong when I literally could not open my eyes at all. I swear I thought I was going blind, and I found my breathing getting more difficult.

I tried to calm myself down. Went to the bathroom, washed my face, clipped my bangs, and took a peek in the mirror. I force my left eye to open, and realised my eyes had swell up in red bulges from my eyebrows all the way to my cheekbones. I went to my parents' bedroom, and woke my mum up. She woke up immediately when we came to the light. I was told to get changed, and she woke my dad up. It was past 3.30am.

My breathing got heavier on the way there, and my nose was totally blocked,-both nostrils. Worse, I can't see clearly, and my eyes are getting watery. The doctor figured it was a serious drug allergy since it affected my lungs, and my dad was about to throw tantrums at the staff there. The doc shot something up the vein of the other side of my palm, I don't know what, but he booked me into the observation ward where I was given some breathing naps. I had to stop halfway and called the nurse, cos the stuff up my nose was horrible and the nurse had placed a trash bag by the bed for me to throw the tissues I blew my nose into. I fell asleep real fast, and when I woke up my mom was there, and the nurse was taking my blood pressure. I work up with one side of my cheek filled with mucus from my nose. I got up to clean myself, and when I get back, I almost collapse in my bed. I was totally drained out. Once again, I fell asleep.

It was almost 8am when I was woken up. My eyes felt lighter, and my parents were still there, thank God. I love them for always being there. The staff took my blood pressure one more time, but by now, all I wanted was my bed in the early morning sun. I was released and given a 3 day medical leave. My dad called the office, and I spent the rest of the day in bed. Till now.