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Last night was fun....(long)

PandaManda23PandaManda23
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Had to share this. Part of it is funny. Last night was interesting.

A little back story before I tell the main. My husband is in the Army so that means I can use the Army Doctors/Hospital. We own our own house off post about 30 minutes away from post, and about 10 minutes away from local Hospital.

I was supposed to take my Trigger last night at 9 so I can have my IUI on Thursday. My nurse gave me one of those "mix it" ones. If you've done it, or a nurse, you know what I'm talking about. Well the mixing part was okay. Putting the needle in my skin was an issue.

I normally do Ovidrel but this time I got Novarel. The difference between them are the size in needle. Last night was oooooo, so much fun. Since I spent 30 minutes trying to get a hold of my nurse/ advice nurse & failing at every turn. I decided that I was going to take a trip to the ER for a very stupid reason.

Well I drove the 30 minutes to A. H. & they have a number ticket system to be checked in. Showed up pulled a number, looked at the number I was 522. The last number was 408. Looked around and 95% of them are children. Not only did I feel sorry for them, because what they are going through, I went through 3 weeks ago, but I just needed a smaller needle & wasn't going to wait 3-4 hours, and risk myself getting sick again.

So I gave my number to the next person to walk in & left to try to the L.H.  Which actually I should have done in the first place. Funny thing is coming. I waited in line to be checked in, the Triage nurse asked what's wrong. I explained to her that I'm trying to get pregnant, and I needed to take this Trigger shot at 9pm or as close as possible. She looked at me with a confused face & asked, "What is a Trigger shot?" ... I then had to explain to her what it does. 

Not to be rude to the fellow nurses on here. And I know I am the weirdest case ever to come into the ER, but shouldn't this be part of your training. 

 Anyways.....she ended up having to call her boss. She said she couldn't give out a needle without Checking me in, I was like fine, that's what I'm here for anyways. She got me checked in & I waited about 10 minutes before another nurse called me back for vitals. I then once again have to explain the Trigger shot to a guy & once again get the confused look from hell. 

Short story, waited 30 minutes then called back. Got another confused looked. Then got a Dr whose sister apparently takes it, got a needle then checked out. All before 1130. Got home. DH passed out. Missed him apparently by a few minutes, so no "pregame" before the IUI tomorrow. 

Sorry for so long, hope you enjoyed it. 

Married 04.23.07
Hayden born 11.18.07
BCP - March 08' -Feb. 09, Aug. 09' - Nov. 09'
TTC #2 since Dec 09'
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  • ansi29ansi29 member
    Sorry that you had to go to the ER for a needle and they gave you the runaround! Good luck with your IUI today!!
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  • gsalyer06gsalyer06 member
    Whew! I'm tired after reading your post! I hope this cycle is successful and you never have to take another trigger shot again.
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  • LissaLeeLissaLee member

    Why in the world would you expect an ER nurse or even doc for that matter to know that much about fertility meds? Yes, it may have been covered briefly in med/nursing school, but I wouldn't expect them to know about current fertility methods, just like I wouldn't expect an OB or RE to know how to insert a chest tube. Your trigger shot isn't within their scope of practice, so cut them some slack if they weren't familiar. 

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  • BlueEyedDreamerBlueEyedDreamer member
    imageLissaLee:

    Why in the world would you expect an ER nurse or even doc for that matter to know that much about fertility meds? Yes, it may have been covered briefly in med/nursing school, but I wouldn't expect them to know about current fertility methods, just like I wouldn't expect an OB or RE to know how to insert a chest tube. Your trigger shot isn't within their scope of practice, so cut them some slack if they weren't familiar. 

    Not only this, but the fact that you were taking up that many ER staff members' time in order to help you with a trigger shot is a little ridic, panda...

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