ER Visit

 Yesterday was a national holiday, Victoria Day in Canada or Patriots Day in Quebec.  It was also zone conference in Quebec City.  We were supposed to drive down and spend a little bit of the afternoon doing a little sightseeing.  Instead, I got to spend the day in the ER in Plattsburg, NY.  I actually had 3 really bad nights the past week where I couldn't sleep because of leg pain and one night I also had terrible cramps in my left foot and my right, inner thigh.  I was very tired to say the least.  We still went to zone conference for 3 of the zones to do training and car inspections.  We also did all of our regular office work.  (Posts to follow)
Well, Sunday I wasn't feeling great, but didn't think much of it.  Sunday night I couldn't sleep again with my leg hurting from the hip to the knee.  Also when I tried to get up, I was in so much pain in my hip area that I could barely walk.  We got up as usual to go to the office, but I just couldn't walk.  I had to hold onto the walls and furniture to even walk.  I was in a lot of pain, so I took an 800 ibuprofen and decided to go back to bed and rest.  John went on to the office.  After trying to sleep for a few hours with no pain relief, I was just in too much pain and decided that instead of going to QC, that I should go to the ER.  John came home and we made the drive to the hospital in Plattsburg.
The hospital staff were very nice, but it was also quite busy.  We ended up spending the entire afternoon in the ER.  We waited over 3 hours to be taken into a room and I then waited over a couple of hours before the Dr. finally came in.  Jacqueline, the doctor was VERY nice, very kind, and very thorough.  I really liked her.  After doing lots of blood work and x-rays, she told me that I had a very inflamed bursa.  No wonder I was in so much pain.  Luckily all of my blood work came back excellent.  They, the doctor and nurses, told me several times how good the blood work was.  I am so grateful for that.  Also the test for blood clots came back negative and I didn't have to have an ultrasound.  I'm certain that the blessing I had before we left helped me a lot.  Even before the x-ray, I had an iv put in to hydrate me and also to get an anti-inflamatory and pain meds.  It sure helped a lot to have those pain meds.   We finally left the hospital close to 8:00.   We stopped at KFC for a quick bite to eat and then began the trek home.  When we were 2 miles away from the border we hit the traffic.  It took about 3 1/2 hours to drive those 2 miles.  By the time we got home it was after 1:00a.m.  Today I feel so much better and can walk with no problem.  Of course, I am still on drugs.  I stayed home today and slept in.  I'm supposed to rest.  I think I will be able to go back to the office tomorrow.