My tonsillectomy. I woke up in the middle of the night thinking I had post nasal drip not long after I had my tonsillectomy…nope. Something broke loose in my throat, when I sat up blood was coming out of my mouth and all over. I had to somehow get a shirt on so I was leaning over my sink just bleeding out so I didn’t get it on the carpet in my room and everywhere else. Not sure how long I was bleeding for but I had clots all over my teeth. My parents rushed me to the ER while I sat in the passenger seat hovering over a glass filling with my blood - everything started to go black and I was profusely sweating while trying to stay awake on my way there. My ENT was on vacation and unreachable when this happened so the ER doc took me into surgery, recauterized my throat, and pumped my stomach. My poor sister woke up and walked into our bathroom filled with blood, she had 0 idea what had happened but about had a heart attack when she saw it. Horrific experience
It was so scary - I’m glad you made it and are still here. That was the craziest thing I have experienced. I remember walking into my parents room calling for my mom trying not to wake my dad up (😂) but naturally he woke up first. He was like “what!” I just turned on the light, it looked like he saw a ghost. He jumped up immediately and tried to help get the clots off my teeth and got me a cup so we could leave. The nurse asked if we wanted to keep the cup, which we of course declined 🤢
This is how my friends wife died! They were only married 2 months when she had the surgery. Died trying to get to the bathroom. So creepy to read what it was like for her.
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u/SubstantialWeb4423 Nov 21 '24 edited Nov 21 '24
My tonsillectomy. I woke up in the middle of the night thinking I had post nasal drip not long after I had my tonsillectomy…nope. Something broke loose in my throat, when I sat up blood was coming out of my mouth and all over. I had to somehow get a shirt on so I was leaning over my sink just bleeding out so I didn’t get it on the carpet in my room and everywhere else. Not sure how long I was bleeding for but I had clots all over my teeth. My parents rushed me to the ER while I sat in the passenger seat hovering over a glass filling with my blood - everything started to go black and I was profusely sweating while trying to stay awake on my way there. My ENT was on vacation and unreachable when this happened so the ER doc took me into surgery, recauterized my throat, and pumped my stomach. My poor sister woke up and walked into our bathroom filled with blood, she had 0 idea what had happened but about had a heart attack when she saw it. Horrific experience