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SICKLE CELL STORY THREAD:
so lemme get started
having sickle cell IS NOT for the weak. this shit made EVERYONE strong! we didn’t ask to have this but we made apart of dignity.
so i just wanna start off with saying to ALLLLL MY SICKLE CELL WARRIORS .. i love yall baby!
so back in oct 2019 i was admitted into Tulane Hospital.. My entire 18 years I been in & out the hospital but this time?? DIFFERENT AND I WILL EXPLAIN
So Tulane called my phone to come do blood work but 25 mins later I was in the ER from a sickle cell crisis and it was the worst pain I have EVERRRRRFELT!
i cried and crawled on the ER floor until my mom got there .. It felt like someone was stabbing in the leg with a knife and a hammer
fast forward .. my mom calls my ON-CALL nurse and she gets them to get me a room so I won’t have to be in the ER waiting rook but if yk .. tulane TAKES A LONG ASSSSS TIME
So I am constantly crying and crying. and crying.. The nurse finally came to do my IV and I get a room in the back of the ER. They started me off with morphine.. WHICH DOES NOTHING BUT MAKE ME SLEEPY AND NAUSEOUS
so at the point i am HOLLERING . I remember calling @Grimdoza and @thatsridiculus_ begging for comfort. So my mom went and got kayla so she can stay with me because they were going to be admitting me.
7 hours later its about 1am and the pain went away but the nausea kicked in.i vomited for atleast 5-9 hours straight the next day so I could not eat anything BUT THIS IS THE PART
i remember the next day I woke up and I had another crisis but i couldn’t feel my legs.. Such as I tried getting up and I couldn’t walk anymore.. (true story ask @thatsridiculus_)
So I am sitting there crying because I just felt like sickle cell was killing me.. I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t eat .. It was like my life was over in my head.
having sickle cell puts you in a major depression mode because you feel like you are putting stress onto so many people. i am honestly making this thread for people who don’t understand how bad sickle cell is or for my friends who dont know how to help
anyways back on topic .. so . basically i just encourage everyone to WATCH WHO YOU HAVE KIDS WITH. You can prevent your child from ending up like me and others
i been in a sickle cell crisis for 13 hours now and i am terrified to leave because of this virus going around . I AM TERRIFIED
