So yesterday, not last night but the night before

Katie wanted to go to the ER at about...... midnight

There were an array of reasons, edema being really bad, she was worried she was having a blood clot and she felt something was very wrong

She was having whole body pain. USUALLY she just has pain from the like waist down but this was apparently her whole spine

She has a pain pump for her lower body but it has zero effect on her upper body so she's just suffering

WELP

They did a CAT scan and found nothing

So they sent her home

And I am angry but we knew they would do the bare minimum

Fuck UVA Hospital c:

Basically, because she has a pain pump and it is pumping very very hard drugs into her on a regular basis they essentially refuse to treat her unless it's absolutely necessary

My dad had to persuade them to do the CAT scan

She's just seen as a liability to the hospital

It's ridiculous

But now all of our sleep schedules are whack because hospital visit was until about 8am

She's still in a lot of pain but she's just carrying on

She has an appointment with her pain doctor up in Arlington later this week

And she sees a neurosurgeon in April

So that's what is keeping her going at the moment

THIS WILL SOUND TERRIBLE

BUT HEAR ME OUT I am bad at logic things

So when she broke her leg almost 2 years ago now

It healed but not great

And one leg is shorter by 3 in. so she's at a constant tilt

I am aware how crazy it sounds but I honestly think she should be trying to even out her legs, I don't know how the heck they can do it

But I swear she would not be in as much pain if she wasn't forced at an angle constantly

Anyway, just airing frustrations at the medical shitstem

I'm sorry to hear all of this! but I do think your tilt adds merit

my mother is at a tilt now because of her leg issues and all of her pain is definitely amplified because her spine is now tilted/twisted from being hunched and leaning to one side

Yes, it's exactly this. Like the pain was there before the leg issue but now it just seems to have been amplified by it

And I'm sorry your mom is also dealing with this

It's hard to handle from a support standpoint