Two days ago: "... I suspect that they will find a reason to admit me on Sunday after the check-up results are in."
Sunday: admitted to Ward 41 after a seven-hour wait in the Osborne Assessment Unit, platelet count way down at 17 × 109 cells/L (Normal: 140–400 × 109 cells/L), neither sign nor hint that there are any matched platelets on-site for me.
And now I'm told that I need an MRI scan in addition to the heart test/scan and the breathing test.
Add to that the fact that the Ward Sister can't figure out why I was prescribed Ranitidine pills... as far as we can determine, it was to protect my digestive system from the effects of the steroid treatment that I was having for inflamed heels... but that treatment was Hydrocortisone cream... topical, not oral!!!
This could be a busy week. Plenty of nonsense to get sorted out, plenty of faith in need of restoration, and plenty of rides out in the ambulance. Probably no "blues and twos" though.
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THE SMALL(ish) PRINT... (updated 23/07/2016)
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Monday Update: It turns out that the Ranitidine was to negate the side-effects of an oral steroid which I don't recall being given as an inpatient, and which I certainly didn't take home.