Copyright buzzfeed
"I'm a nurse, and I'm my own 'why didn’t you come in sooner!?' patient. I had a sore throat and didn’t think much of it; my daughter had strep a few days before. I spiked a temp. My head hurt, and my neck began to get stiff. Now I’m thinking, oh shit, do I have meningitis? Fever gets to 104, so I call my doc and explain the symptoms. They essentially tell me to fuck off until tomorrow morning. Throughout the night my temp spiked higher. I don’t remember much of what happened, but I know at some point my ex-husband demanded I call in with my newest temp that was above 105, and they still told me to ride it out at home, so in my brain cooked state I thought 'yeah, okay.' Well, thankfully at one point my ex got fed up, and drove me to the hospital I’d just finished my ER internship at. What I remember most vividly was my shock at my triage rating: 2/5! That’s what they made possible heart attacks. All the nurses just kept shaking their heads."
