April 22, 2019
I was diagnosed with “appendicitis” . as a normal night of Sunday I was with my friends of the flat #103, we’re watching a movie (guardians of the galaxy) because in the same week we’re going to see “Avengers End Game” in the cinema, around of the 12:00 am of Monday I started to feel pain in my stomach and when the movie finished I went to my flat to take some tablets, the pain didn’t disappear but I didn’t care and returned to the flat of my friends to see the next movie. At 3:30 am of Monday The pain felt stronger and when I decided go to my flat and try to sleep a little, but it didn’t finish on that moment. At 4:00 am I started to vomit, I was vomiting every 30 minutes until 8:00 am. I didn’t know what should I do because every thing was closed here in cambridge (was a holiday) and I couldn’t call to my mom or no one else in Panama because it was 2:00 am in there and every one were sleeping, so I had to wait until 2:00 PM to call to my mom and Ask her what should I do (on that moment I didn’t know I had appendicitis), she recommended me take some tablets because probably I had appendicitis, so I asked to my mates if they had those tablets and to my luck they didn’t. I could standed the pain, At 4:00 I called to the coordinator in Panama And I asked him Whether I could go to the hospital and use the health insurance, he allowed me to do that, so I didn’t waste time and called to my friends asked them if they could go with me to the hospital and 2 said yes. After some minutes talking by cellphone, We went to the reception of our building asked if some one could call an ambulance and they said that was going take too much time, and they advised me take a taxi, he asked a taxi for me and 5 minutes later the taxi arrived and took us to the hospital (addenbroooke’s hospital), I was seen at 6:00 PM then some exams a nurse told me I had appendicitis and I needed one surgery, I accepted and after 26 hours and too much pain I was taken to the surgery room at 11:00 PM of the Tuesday, the surgery was successful and I woke up at 3:00 am of the Wednesday without know where I was. I rested Wednesday and morning of thursday and the doctor give some advices, he told some things I can not do and give me some tablets, then of all that he let me go to my flat at 11:00 am of Thursday.
All that process was easier because I had the help of my friends, the coordinators in Panama and of coordinators here in cambridge.
I’m thankful with my friends Aod and Anica because they helped me to go to the hospital and also they helped me when I try to communicate me with the nurse when I couldn’t talk by the pain.
Nthgmz 