Jacoby's American ER Experience

So, this is an account from Jacoby.

My mom left me last night at the ER and went to my grandparents to sleep after 22 hours of plane and airport travel. I was put in an ER room because there was no room for me in the ward. They put my on an IV drip and shut the door and turned out the light at 8:10PM. For two hours in the middle of the night I was ringing the buzzer and no one came. I had no food (hadn’t eaten anything in 14 hours), no water, the IV drip had run out and my back was killing me. It was an 11 out of 10 in pain. I was moaning in pain, but nobody heard me. Twice I forced myself out of bed to pee in a cup, left it in the sink and three hours later got up to pee again in a cup, I left the two cups in the sink. By 4AM I was yelling and ringing the buzzer…and after two hours of this a lady came and gave me two small pills. I saw no one again until 9:10AM, the pain was back again, when a janitor looking lady brought in a wheelchair and moved me up to the orthopedic recovery ward. By 9:30 I had breakfast delivered when my aunt and mom arrived to visit. It was a night from hell. I had a better experience in the Senegalese hospital even with mosquitoes biting my feet. This is was my American ER experience. Hopefully, by 6PM I can get my new custom back brace, have a CT scan, get PT orders, my discharge papers and go home…if not its another night in the this place. Please pray for me to have a good attitude and better care. The spine specialist saw me one time and I haven’t seen him since. I guess that is good news!