Oh boy, where to start. We got there and he had bl...

Oh boy, where to start. We got there and he had blood taken at 2a.m., we waited in the waiting room until 5a.m. We made it back and waited to actually see a ANYONE until 7a.m. They ordered an ultrasound (he's now had an IV in his arm WITH NO IV BAGS ATTACHED TO IT since 2a.m.). At 9a.m. it's now two hours past when they ordered the ultrasound or were supposed to start the IV fluids, I'm ticked beyond belief. 9:30a.m. they take him for an ultrasound. 10:15 we make it back to his "room 9". It's now 10:45/11 and we ask about the IV since it's now been almost four hours since they were supposed to do it and NP says "oh, they were supposed to do that hours ago" and I'm like "yes, we know." They hang IV fluids at 11, add on IV anti nausea and stomach relaxant/pain meds. It takes until about 1:30p.m. to finish and diagnosis, Gastroenteritis, a bad case of it. Pharmacy took until about 2:30p.m. He and I made lunch (rice and cream of chicken) and finish eating at 4, lay down for a nap, wake up this morning at 7:30a.m. from exhaustion.
They had to pack with not one but two liters of IV fluids. Probably because THEY WAITED 9 HOURS TO DO IT.
THERE WERE ONLY FIVE OR SIX OTHER PEOPLE in the waiting room before us.
It took them three hours to let six people back.
It was like watching a traffic jam with no accidents.
Hospital was badly organized.
They had one NP (no Dr) running all 10+ ER rooms.
She was the most calm of anyone. And there were air bubbles in his IV and when I asked, one nurse was angry and said 'it's fine' and I'm sitting here like 'bubbles in IVs aren't fine, but okay???'
All in all, thank goodness he's okay now, but that was the worst ER experience I've ever been a part of and I have both volunteered at a hospital and am studying nursing.