outdoor festivals and ambulance rides

i had tickets to the citybeat beer festival yesterday in north park. although i was a little tired and jetlagged from having just returned from d.c. on saturday, i didn't want to waste my ticket and figured beer would be the perfect pick me up.



at the festival, i was standing in line waiting for the ladies room. and by ladies room, i of course mean one of those nasty port a potties. i had only had 5 or 6 of the little beer tasters at that point (probably the equivalent of a beer and a half) when i started to feel really nauseous. then i got tunnel vision for a few seconds. next thing i knew, people were shaking me awake on the street. apparently i had fainted. everyone kept asking if my head was okay, as i apparently had fallen on it. someone called the paramedics and they checked my vitals. my pulse was racing and i was extremely dizzy. my face felt very tingly and i was slightly disoriented and confused. so, they called an ambulance. at the ER, the doctors ran a bunch of tests, mostly to make sure i didn't have any internal bleeding from my fall.



everything came back okay, so they told me i could go home, finally after 6 hours. the bf took me home and stayed by my side all night to make sure i was okay.

so, now i need to make a doctor's appointment to find out what the hell happened. i've never fainted before. it was extremely scary waking up on the street having no idea what happened. don't want to do that again.

out.
- L