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Arrived 6:47 Sat 10/17. Left arm very swollen and ...

Arrived 6:47 Sat 10/17. Left arm very swollen and painful. Almost 20 min before ARNP came....verified serious infection. Ordered blood work, ultra sound ( to rule out blood clot). Blood wprk completed 7:30 isj. Ultra sound almost 9p
Sat feeling increasing swelling amd pain. Again sat until 10:30 when nurse said blood work showed high white cell count
ARNP back few min before 11p. Gonna admit me to run IV antibiotics...really. should have started that at 7 when infection acknoledged....after blood work results...Have beem lying feeling arm continuing to swell and become more painful. As very imp commitmemt Sun and feeling scared as NO trust that she knew what she was doing I refused. So received bolus of antibiotics and left w writtem prescription.
Room also not very clean. When overhead light on dust everywhere. Floor sticky. Stale smell...not usual hosp smell.
What made me most amgry was after lying there between 7p and 11p I recieved no care. Antibiotics should have been running througj IV during that time. IV port put in but used only to draw blood. Fact that I wanted OUT due to issues described was put back on to me. Really their lack of any action increased my issues. NEVER gonna go that ER agaim !

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