Questionable Questing

pepperjack

I would stay up with you myself, but since I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between you falling unconscious and you getting up to grab a glass of water, I don't know how much help that would be.

Plotvitalnpc

It seems my brother is planning for the probability of missing classes tomorrow due to this, so he may very well be available to keep watch.

pepperjack

That would be an immense relief.

pepperjack

In particular, I'm looking at this list:

"Keep an eye out for the following symptoms, which could merit an immediate trip to the emergency room:

Repeated vomiting
A headache that gets worse
Dizziness
Seizure
Abnormally severe drowsiness
Double vision
Slurred speech
Lack of coordination
Numbness or weakness in arms and legs"

pepperjack

At the point that you notice any of those, I'd recommend just picking up the phone and calling the ambulance yourself if need be.

pepperjack

...of course, there comes a certain time of night where your drowsiness would have to be pretty dang severe for it to be "abnormal," but most of those other symptoms are less ambiguous.

Plotvitalnpc

Most of those would keep me from moving over to the phone. Speaking into it is less of a problem, since they can pick up your location from the phone call itself.

pepperjack

Yeah, that's a big part of why you want someone there with you.

pepperjack

If for whatever reason that turns out not to be in the cards, maybe you could grab the phone in advance and just keep it by you? Or, if all you've got is a corded phone, sit beside it.

Plotvitalnpc

My biggest reason to want the fuckin' medwagon coming now-wise is that, whether it's just a function of how this posture I'm maintaining is effecting my airway or not, my throat feels somewhat tight

pepperjack

Tight, as in you're having trouble breathing?

Plotvitalnpc

Not trouble breathing, but discomfort in my throat whether I'm breathing or not.

Plotvitalnpc

I'm concerned one could lead into the other though.

pepperjack

That sounds to me, in my extremely unprofessional non-medically-trained opinion, like it's more likely to be due to your posture and/or general stress than a direct symptom of the concussion.

pepperjack

If you do experience any shortness of breath, though, that is on the list for immediately-see-a-doctor.

Plotvitalnpc

If only Speckled Burd were online, I could appeal to the fact that they're rather more educated on the topic than most to use them as an authority for the 'get the to a medicus' side.

pepperjack

On that note, if you've already gotten up and moved around since the injury, that suggests to me (as one of those NOT-a-doctor people) that you probably don't have to be as vigilant about maintaining immobility of the head as the instructions for a first-responder arriving on the scene of a head injury would indicate.

pepperjack

I'd try to find a comfortable posture where your head can be both at rest and immobile, without moving it *too* too much in the process.

Plotvitalnpc

Still going to try and minimize it. Always the chance that there's damage I just haven't aggravated /yet/.

Plotvitalnpc

Well, now I've got a pillow between my head and back and the chair. I'll see if this helps.