i was sitting on the couch when i first started to think that i might have to go to the hospital. my stomach had been bothering me all day, but it had really started to hurt around 5pm, it was now 8pm. i paused the movie. did i have to throw up. yeah, it was coming.
i quickly ran to the bathroom.
this did not feel like the flu. it was definitely Crohn's related. that much i knew. but it was worse then i had felt in a longtime.
i went back and finished the movie.
it really hurt.
i really hate the hospital. i mean, who doesn't?
i tried to sleep. i thought maybe if i lay down it would help. it didn't.
here it comes again. i ran, once more, quickly to the bathroom.
it feels a little better after i vomit. but then it comes back with a new savagery.
stubborn, i tried the bed thing again.
at 9:30pm i gave in. on to the hospital.
I vomited once more on the way to the hospital. thankfully my wife thought to bring some bags.
it takes about 30 mins to get to the hospital from our home. one of the longest rides of my life. just about as bad as when i had a kidney stone.
of course it was night and pouring rain.
laying in the ER, praying for someone to please come and give me pain meds. my poor wife stands helpless beside me. finally some one comes in.
as the pain meds sweep through my body i remember thanking for smart people that can make this kind of stuff.
I threw up a few more times before the night was through.
i had a CAT scan and got put into a room on the third floor.

it was in the afternoon, i am not sure what the time was, when i was told i would need surgery.
this was a very big decisions. allowing some guy i don't know cut me open and take six inches of my intestines. this was a big deal; however, the guy shoving the pen and paper into my face didn't think it was. the only thing he was thinking about was when he could get his precious pen back.
i signed.

i woke up.
what the heck is this tube doing coming out of my nose. there was another tube coming out of me but we wont go there.
that was friday. the tube came out of my nose on tuesday.

i got out of the hospital on Wednesday night. i was in the hospital for six days.

i am better now.

the end