A few more bubbles in my iv line later

Having given a 2nd sample of a dark cloudy bloody stool sample and the doctor recommending i purchase more of these from his surgery he gives me a box relating to the product.

It's a pyramid scheme. Sell to your friends and they sell to friends everyone is happy and makes this much money per month! Yay...

Clearly i'm just wasting a bed here and paying for it. I would rather rest at home so i ask to be discharged but the doctor is unavailable.

Just before bed the nurse comes in and gives me some more bubbles in my iv line... thanks..

Science and Medicine

Being a hospital i naturally get the feeling "leave it to the experts they will work it out" so in a way relax thinking they will find the correct solution and apply it the safest manor.

But.. Here comes the nurse and informs me this is the medication i must take

1. An expensive berry juice with a label "no proven medical benefits"
2. and a tablet from a bottle also with the label "no proven medical benefits"

I'm sure the "no proven medical benefits" part is not a selling tactic.

The only type of pain killer i have the choice of can only be given every 8 hours and seems to only work for 3-4hours. Asking about other options well not really, give me half then another half of that i can have after 4 hours to try and spread it out can't do that.. I'm starting to think i'm in a bad movie only to see the nurse push an air bubble into my iv line when she gives the pain killer. 

Not taking any notice i kink the hose and point out the 2inch air lock just about to enter my hand. She promptly unkinks the hose and gives it a flick "that's fine" i guess she knows best.

Carefully watching as they replace my iv fluid another air bubble travels down the iv line and i ask again "is that ok?" and she reply "that's normal".

A little bit alarmed thinking i haven't been watching every time they touch the line no doubt i'm gonna start ballooning with all this air entering my veins? A quick jump on google gives me some data on how much air it takes to kill a person... those bubbles in the IV line are not very much i suppose.

The Solution

The doctor is here with a solution!

Seems i have a very common virus, that my body isn't used to. So i suffered greatly but currently my white blood cell count isn't up so all must be good except for the 30 times a day toilet run and liquid and blood coming from the wrong places....

The solution is non-medical approved tablets that can only be purchased via his surgery.

I smell something fishy but what can i do...

Large hospital and some dodgy doctors... can't say i didn't get warned.