Fever-
Apr1
So, I woke up with a fever of 102 this morning. I finally decided to go to the hospital. The healthy, holistic route can only go on so long.
As I made it to the hospital here in Montana, I was new and was not in the books. So, with a burning body, a raging headache, and I suspect some frothing in the mouth, I focused as well as I could while filling out the application. All the while, the receptionist is asking me questions, that I have to squint my eyes to recall from memory the answers to. It is about 2 minutes into this process, that I realize she is asking me the same questions that I am struggling to answer on the application.
“Why do I need to write these answers down, when you are already typing them in the computer as we go along?”
“Hospital policy.”
“So, twice as much work to get these same answers into one place?”
“Hospital policy.”
I take a deep breath as I feel a seizure rumbling beneath the surface.

