Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Toothpick Troubles

What happens when you swallow a WHOLE wooden toothpick?. . .
Well, I haven't watched the episode of House where this actually happens, I just lived it for a month and half. I have lived in Korea for about a year and half now and only have 3 months left on my contract.

This whole episode started out pretty harmlessly. I had stomach cramps for 3 days straight, then was sick off and on for about 2 weeks. I went to the doctor's 3 times, "Don't worry, it's just some kind of stomach virus." It progressed to the point where I was hardly functioning and finally a coteacher of mine I work with drove me to the hospital again.

I was admitted then told at midnight that evening that they could not treat me. I was carted down to the Uijeongbu ICU, then hauled into a ambulance. That's right, be jealous, I got an ambulance ride in Korea. How many people can say that for the time they have worked here?


I was in the hallway of the emergency room for about 12 hours in a bed then moved inside the emergency room where I stayed for another 15 hours. I was then moved down to the 3rd floor of the hospital, where I stayed a few days until I got too sick for them to take care of me. The emergency icu was next for me, where I stayed for about 5 days. I saw two people die. . .exciting! I then was transfered to the surgery icu unit for about a week. My last stop at this magical place was the Infection unit.


30 days later after my admission to the hospital I was allowed freedom with antibiotics of course!

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Korean Thoughts

This blog about my Korean experiance will be updated weekly (hopefully). What can you expect in this new blog... adventures, fashion, food, people and other great things that are in my Korean world. Enjoy!
“Words have no wings but they can fly a thousand miles”
Korean Proverb