Tag and Release

Now where did that come from?

Yep, a day after leaving the ER, and I still found one of those EKG stickies on me. Yes, it was embarrassing finding the two BIG 3m red-and-white heart monitor thingies on my upper chest after I got home. I could feel the lower one at the hospital and took that one off before I left ... had no clue the other two were there. And DANG, those things are not stuck on with the easy-to-remove 3m post-it-note sticky stuff but some industrial stuff that leave that weird adhesive mark around the edges like to old fashion Band-Aids from kid days. OUCH. Took a long, hot shower. Struggled to sleep through the night. I'm changing again due to the night sweat soaking and see this smaller tab still stuck over and around, almost to the backside of my left flank. Huh! That was from the early morning EKG testing from the day before! This thing had been on me for over 24 hours! And it wasn't even doing anything; at least a leech or tick is sucking some blood. I had showered, slept, changed a few times, never noticed it. Now I sort of know what those tag-and-release animals feel like .... stupid.