Thanks. Yeah having my husband there would have made a lot of things easier. Not just for comfort but I was suffering from confusion/disorientation and it was really hard for me to communicate. Lack of blood volume/blood flow to the brain can do that to a person.

The EMTs also told the triage nurses that I was anxious (yes after I got sick everywhere and continued to get sick in the hospital. ANXIETY!

I think this contributed to hospital staff not taking me seriously. They did not do continuous (heart/bp) monitoring on me even with all the weird readings. I had a bp cuff and electrodes but they were not hooked up except for a few seconds a couple of times.. BP was only checked a few times the entire time I was there.I mean at least they could have given me valium if I was so "anxious", it may have helped the vertigo too.