I was visiting my step-father in the hospital. He's recovering from heart bypass surgery and doing quite well. He just got out of Intensive Care this morning.
It was pretty darn warm in his room, and no chairs to sit on. His daughter and her husband were there, all the way up to Ohio from Houston. I'd never met them before. Really nice couple. We were having a nice chat.
After about 30 minutes I started feeling dizzy. I rested my head on a counter for a few seconds. Next thing I knew, I was on my knees on the floor! I got more attention from the nurses than the heart patients! They brought me a glass of water, took my blood pressure (which was normal), then gave me a glass of orange juice. They kept asking if I'd eaten yet, which I had. Asked if I was ill or if this had ever happened before. Last time it happened was 15 years ago, in a hospital again. My wife was having a procedure, and I was by her bedside. For some reason I passed out then, too! I think at that time she was getting an IV inserted, but no such thing was happening today.
Could this be something to do with hospitals in general? I'm still slightly light headed, not much appetite, but no fever. Beats me? All I can say is, WTF?
It was pretty darn warm in his room, and no chairs to sit on. His daughter and her husband were there, all the way up to Ohio from Houston. I'd never met them before. Really nice couple. We were having a nice chat.
After about 30 minutes I started feeling dizzy. I rested my head on a counter for a few seconds. Next thing I knew, I was on my knees on the floor! I got more attention from the nurses than the heart patients! They brought me a glass of water, took my blood pressure (which was normal), then gave me a glass of orange juice. They kept asking if I'd eaten yet, which I had. Asked if I was ill or if this had ever happened before. Last time it happened was 15 years ago, in a hospital again. My wife was having a procedure, and I was by her bedside. For some reason I passed out then, too! I think at that time she was getting an IV inserted, but no such thing was happening today.
Could this be something to do with hospitals in general? I'm still slightly light headed, not much appetite, but no fever. Beats me? All I can say is, WTF?