Dr. McDreamy

 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2014

Dr. McDreamy

Been there, done that....never again...

That little black area is where the source of blood came from

So much for that shirt, bra and undergarments.

I felt every bit of that blood trickle down.

Ambulance...? REALLY...?? I wonder how much that will cost me

I decided to venture out of my hotel and see if I could find some pants. I only brought one suitcase and ran out of clothes. I thought by now I would have had surgery and been home with my family, so I didn't bring extra anything...really, you can believe it, I'm a woman and didn't pack heavy--my husband should be impressed.
I made it to a Macy's department store and was looking on the sales rack (Eric, you would be proud)
Nothing there, but while I was standing there, I heard something behind me hit the wall, I turned to look, and it was a significant splatter of blood. Immediately my ear was gushing bright red runny blood down my neck; I felt a puddle forming in my undergarments but was afraid to look--I grabbed my ear, and sure enough, it was not stopping. There was blood everywhere. The sales associate took me to the bathroom and sat me on a chair. The blood was still gushing out, saturating the wet towel, and I could feel the blood going down my throat as I put my head back.
Macy's called 911... I asked them not to because I didn't want to pay the bill for an ambulance when I could just drive to Cleveland Clinic. As soon as the EMTs saw inside my ear, they decided for me, and soon I was lifted into an ambulance. I had to tell the history of my ear issues over and over today. To top it all off, when I arrived at the Cleveland Clinic, they rolled me into the emergency area and told me to put in room 13..." No, I will not go in room 13; please don't take me in that room, I'll wait in the hallway, but do not take me in there"  wanting me to calm down the EMT asked me why I didn't want to be in that room, I said "It's not a good number, it's bad, and I need all the blessings I can get right now"  he laughed at me and rolled me into room 13...YIKES--Soon Diana and her sister, who lives here, came into my room they waited with me until a doctor could come--An ENT came, cleaned me up, and called for Dr. Haberkamp; however, he was deep into surgery and would not be able to come. We waited for one of his residents to come. Finally, he opened the curtain and said, "Hello" I couldn't resist it I replied, "Did you have to be so dang cute?"
  he laughed, and as he walked closer, I could see he had a hickey on his neck, again I couldn't resist it...."Um, you know I can see that hickey, you're not fooling anyone" he laughed and said, "I'll have to talk to my wife about that."

By this time, it had stopped bleeding...this was so scary; I had no idea an ear could bleed that much--Originally, the EMT told us he could see the blood seeping from the surgery plug Dr. Haberkamp had put it in to cover the nerve. Dr. Cutie Pie said there was a small black area in the bowl area of my ear where the blood was coming from. He said since I was seeing my surgeon tomorrow, I could leave, and Dr. Haberkamp will assess it tomorrow. I was so relieved; it was very scary to feel that amount of blood gushing from my ear and not know what to do. I just held it, like I did when I was a young child; I remember holding it when it hurt. I thanked the doctor and said have a good day "Dr. McDreamy." He was embarrassed but he smiled.

Besides a migraine, I felt fine when I left the hospital. I just wanted to go back to the hotel and sleep; I was exhausted. I did my usual going-to-bed regimen, I was finally able to lie down and once again, the blood started gushing. I remember Dr. McDreamy told me to put some Afrin on a cotton ball and pressure it if it started to bleed again. I did exactly what the doctor said, and voila' blood flow stopped. I put some bacitracin on it, covered it with a cotton ball and band-aid...and off to sleep.