The Biggest Buzz!

I'm scheduled in the outpatient department of the Boca Raton Community Hospital for Platelets at 3:30 p.m. – preparing for the weekend. Since there are sometimes allergic reactions to blood products it is customary to get Tylenol and Benedryl before the products are delivered into the patient. In times past when I got platelets I was already hooked up to an IV and the Benedryl was put into the IV line and disbursed slowly rendering me lightheaded and tired slowly over 5 minutes or so. Today, the nurse put the shot directly into my pic line (which go directly to my heart) and I was rendered useless in one second flat. The drug went right to my heart then right to my head and I got the biggest buzz of my life instantly! Some people might like that feeling but I don’t. I had to stop talking for awhile as I was making no sense. It only takes about one hour to get platelets so I was out of the clinic before 5:00 p.m. Sandy drove me home to relax on the couch (I have become the biggest couch potato) for the rest of the day and night.