A Special Prescription(Ⅰ)

5 A Special Prescription (I) I always thought of myself as having a “ rubber stomach" . I can put anything in it, and it will digest without giving me any trouble. In fact, I don't remember having an upset stomach since I was five years old. However, all of this changed one summer day after a meal in a seafood restaurant. It was 3 o'clock in the morning when my dreams were interrupted by an aching pain in my stomach. It felt as though a fork was in there, turning and spinning. I dashed out of bed and headed straight for the washroom. A few minutes later, I stumbled back to bed, but before I was able to fall asleep again, another jolt of pain hit. I ran to the washroom again. This happened again and again. It was like that all night. By 6 o'clock in the morning, I could barely stand up. I decided I'd better head to the hospital.

The doctor at the emergency room was a young lady. She took a good look at me as I sat in agony. Then, she started pressing down on different spots of my stomach. As she pressed, she asked if I felt any pain. I did, but I wasn't sure where the pain was. She asked me to take some blood tests. Fifteen minutes later, she got the test results. My blood tests indicated that I had an infection. " It could be an intestinal infection, or it could be appendicitis, " explained the doctor. “ Let's hope it's an intestinal infection. If it's appendicitis, we will have to do a surgery immediately. Take these four bottles of intravenous drip, and see if you feel better tomorrow. " After lying in a hospital bed for half a day, I finished four bottles of antibiotics. I went home hoping to get better soon, but I was not feeling any better. I hadn't eaten anything for a full day. And I couldn't even fall asleep anymore. Not only did I still feel very weak, but my arms and legs began to hurt as well. In fact, I even started having trouble breathing. Deeply disappointed at the diagnosis from the first hospital, I decided to go to another hospital for a re-examination.