I decided to go ahead and walk back to Cal-Org and return the plug I forgot or neglected to take with me the first time.
On my way to Cal-Org I decided to stop by the Library again and let Lorraine know what the Tulelake Health Clinic had to say. Where Vincent said the only thing we can do is have me transported by ambulance to Sky Way Hospital ER in Klamath Falls. And that they would have to do a Trachea to try and get the food particle to go down to the stomach at the ER at Sky Lakes in Klamath Falls, OR. I said to Vincent, “Wait a minute, what is that? Then, Vincent explained. Well, they have to put a tube down your throat to help push it down”. And I said…. “Wait aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa minute. I don’t think so.” The nurse Vincent said, “that’s the only way they will be able to help you get it down.” Vincent said, “We have nothing here in the clinic to be able to help you with it. The only option is for you to go to the ER in Klamath Falls, OR.”
Where I went on to explain to nurse Vincent, while Vincent was telling me I had no other option or I could die if I didn’t go. Well I told Vincent I had no transportation to take me or anyone I know who would be willing to take me there, either.
And if I went by ambulance, I would still need to find someone to pick me up and bring me back home again, not possible. I have no one that would be willing to do that in Tulelake. Oh, I know a lot of people and lot of people know me but not one of them that I can think of that would be willing to offer their time to take me, less well to go up to Klamath Falls and bring me back home again. I don’t think so.
Lorraine went on to say after I explained what the nurse Vincent had said, “that maybe I could find someone to take me to the ER in Klamath Falls, OR by paying for the person that did, by putting gas in their car. That would be nice but like other people in Tulelake I didn’t have any money for gas until payday.
I went ahead and left after that conversation knowing there was not one person who was willing to offer to take me to ER in Klamath Falls, OR without me paying for the gas up front.
I walked in to Cal-Org and handed Sara the adapter plug so she could credit my account. And I mentioned the same thing to both Sara and Elizabeth what the clinic had said as I had done with Lorraine of the Tulelake Library. I mentioned it might be good to try and walk this off and maybe from the walking it would help make what was caught in my chest area go down.
I left Cal-Org and continued on my walk by stopping at the post office on my way back home. Where once I got home I was still pacing the floor and trying to get what was caught in my chest area to go down.
I tried drinking sips of water to only have it come back up again in a few minutes. Then, I would try and take bigger gulps of water and it came up almost as fast as I drank it. I thought maybe I am going to die. And all those kinds of thoughts ran through my mind. I thought about calling my cousin Cathy in Madress, OR to let her know what was going on. But what good would that do, she couldn’t help me to get to the ER in Klamath Falls, OR, either. So what was the point of getting her all upset and worried and from where she was sitting be unable to do anything about my situation, either.
Well, I thought if I could just lay down and rest on the couch for a while maybe that would help if I could just lay flat on my back. So, I tried it and sure enough after falling asleep and waking up between 11 PM and 1 AM. I woke up to the fact that whatever was stuck in my chest area had finally gone down and I could drink water again. And boy did I. It was nice to finally have a drink of water that would help to take care of the thirst I was experiencing. I had for so long a few hours ago been dying a thirst, before I went to sleep.
Well, thank God that was over and now I could get back to my normal routine of writing on my Face Book pages and the TNT blogs.
Where it was a close call and one to remember for a long time to come and share with others of how I almost died.
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