towheadedmule Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 CBC, CMP (chem 20) TSH, amylase, lipase, cardiac markers, EKG, Head CT to start ETA: Wound and blood cultures, and skin color/condition R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asysin2leads Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 Okay, now that we are firmly in waters over my head here (thanks for making me feel REALLY dumb with all of that, chbare ) Its time to come clean. I only ever present cases I've been involved with. This time, the patient was myself. The only difference is that I called 911 (well actually I called my station... I say by pass the middle man whenever you can) when my fever hit 103.7, not when I had the violent shivering. The reason I wasn't seen when I had the shivering episode was because I thought that perhaps the shivering was indeed withdrawal symptoms from the Vicodin, as someone mentioned before. I actually spoke with an addiction specialist I knew about the possibility of that, and they told me that to suffer withdrawal symptoms from Vicodin you really have to be up to 10 or so a day for a month before you start having withdrawal symptoms like the ones described. So after a Guantanamo Bay like experience in the ER, I ended up being admitted for the weekend having the hospital go over my wound site with a fine tooth comb for infection, and kept me on IV ampicillin. Monday morning I woke up covered in sweat but with for the first time in 3 days with no fever. I feel fine now, whatever I had is apparently gone, I do plan on having my insides checked out from front to back when I get a chance, but either I had one whopper of an influenza type virus, or something was infected and the ampicillin fixed it. Other than that I really don't know and I am just glad I am better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERDoc Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Bacteremia from the procedure? Did they ever tell you anything about your blood cultures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firedoc5 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 hahaha Staph Sorry I was in a hurry and not paying attention. I'll even take away five points on myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asysin2leads Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 Bacteremia from the procedure? Did they ever tell you anything about your blood cultures? They said the blood cultures were negative, but I plan on getting a copy of the lab results whenever I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERDoc Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Ehh. Blood cultures are notoriously false negatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncmedic309 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Damn man - hate that you ended up being the patient on this one. It sounds like your doing better, thanks for the update on the case and keep us posted on any new findings. If that's a bug, I don't want it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerpcp Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 I find myself thinking about the conundrum related to Asys' butt cyst while doing things around the house...weird. Anyway, here's some of my thoughts: Shivering is your bodies attempt to elevate body temperature both in fever states and when the core temp. is sub-homeo. So initially, when you were cold shivering your febrile state just hadn't registered yet on your temperature measuring device (I assume you didn't attempt a core temp measurement which may be more accurate although you might still have been subclinical, in the febrile dept.). So you had some kind of mysterious infection. At least the cyst is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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