On the Sunday before last, my caregiver found me on the floor of my apartment with my head under the bed and unconscious.
The next thing I knew I woke up in the hospital with a red gown on and a Foley catheter in. Everyone was acting really strange around me so I knew something was up but they withheld my sleeping pills so I was too tired to care.
They sent me down for an MRI and I was sure they were giving me electric shock treatments. I got too scared and waved my arms out of the machine. That stopped the machine immediately so they stopped the test.
Got back to my room and I thought they had moved me to a new room. Everything seemed meticulously arranged to look like my old room only I didn't remember the green wall. Suddenly I felt like I was going blind. I looked behind me and saw they had a strobe light going. I put a cold wet washcloth over my eyes and finally they turned that thing off.
The next day I woke up and my mind was clear. They told me I had a UTI and it was causing delerium. Thank God it was only temporary!
Has anyone else heard of UTIs causing delerium? I don't want to ever experience anything lie that again. Does anyone have any ideas of how to prevent this from happening? I self-cath with sterile catheters, keep everything clean and take a daily prophylactic antibiotic. What else?
The next thing I knew I woke up in the hospital with a red gown on and a Foley catheter in. Everyone was acting really strange around me so I knew something was up but they withheld my sleeping pills so I was too tired to care.
They sent me down for an MRI and I was sure they were giving me electric shock treatments. I got too scared and waved my arms out of the machine. That stopped the machine immediately so they stopped the test.
Got back to my room and I thought they had moved me to a new room. Everything seemed meticulously arranged to look like my old room only I didn't remember the green wall. Suddenly I felt like I was going blind. I looked behind me and saw they had a strobe light going. I put a cold wet washcloth over my eyes and finally they turned that thing off.
The next day I woke up and my mind was clear. They told me I had a UTI and it was causing delerium. Thank God it was only temporary!
Has anyone else heard of UTIs causing delerium? I don't want to ever experience anything lie that again. Does anyone have any ideas of how to prevent this from happening? I self-cath with sterile catheters, keep everything clean and take a daily prophylactic antibiotic. What else?
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