Dialogue no 3

Today is Thursday
den 13 juli 2008

Dialogue no 3

A Dialogue between two persons, not knowing each other

On Sunday afternoon a person calls one of the emergency operators
by dialling 112, to get a piece of advice, when not feeling well.
The operator recommends a visit at the hospitals’ emergency room,
the so called E.R., for consulting, where the following dialogue takes
place between a doctor and his patient:

The patient: “Good afternoon! I’m glad you’re taking your time to
look at me, because I don’t feel very well. I’ve no idea
what’s the matter with me."
The doctor: “Good afternoon! As a matter of fact I’ve finished off
the meeting with the former patient, that’s why I've
managed to visit you within soon. Now, tell me, what's wrong
with you?”
The patient:“Yesterday, I went to the West Coast together with my boyfriend.
We just intended to go to the South end of theKoster Island and
back during the day, as I suddenlybegan to feel ill.”
The doctor: “That sounds to be a very nice trip, but what happened?”
The patient: “Already, early in the morning, when starting the trip by car to
Strömstad I felt very frozen and had got head-ache. Arriving
in Strömstad we took the ferry to the South endof the Koster
Island.
It was a hot and sunny day. Even on board at the ferry I felt frozen,
which I thought depended on the wind blowing. I love to take a swim
in the salt waterat the West Coast even if there are some jelly-fishes,
so the first thing I did entering the beach was to go for a swim. In
the cold salted water I was seized with cramp, what made me interrupt
swimming around.The water was cold, which it usually is at the South
end of the Koster Island. We had brought some sandwiches and s
vacuum jug with coffee. As I started to feel sick, I didn'tparticipate the picnic. It was a wonderful sunny day andI went for another swim. At about four o’clock in theafternoon, we took the ferry back to Strömstad, wherewe had the car at a parking lot. At the ferry my body startedto freeze still more. I was almost shaking. As soon as theferry arrived in Strömstad we started the journey back toKarlstad. The driver had to put on the heat in the car cabin,as I was shivering so much. I felt like having high fever.However, there had arisen another problem, because nextday at eleven o’clock a.m. I was supposed to participate ina golf competition at Kils’ Golf Court. I felt pity for my boy-friend should sustain playing golf because of me not feelingwell. Anyway, I recommendet him to go.tAwaking this morning I still had got fever in my body,more than +40 degrees, why I immediately had a coupleof antipyretics. When my friend went back this afternoon,I still had very high fever, despite the antipyretics. Then,I felt somewhat anxious about my condition. That’s whyI called the emergency operator for a piece of advice.The nurse wanted me to visit the E.R., the Emergency Roomat the hospital and here I’m. Look, I’ve also got a discolouredpot on my left leg."The doctor: “For your information, I’ve got the result of the blood test,taken by the nurse, which indicates some sort of infection,but there is a problem. We don’t know what kind of infectionit is. You see, working at the hospital’s E.R. is very alikeworking as Sherlock Holmes, being a detective. Would youplease tell me what you’ve been up to these days beforegoing to Strömstad?”The patient: “Yes of course, on Thursday evening my friend and I wentto Grums’ Old Homestead Museum, where they had anentertainment in a barn. You see, the father of a school-mateof mine has given the Homestead Museum to the church andto the community. It’s driven as a non-profit-making associationand I was a member of the board. Afterwards, when people wentfor coffee-time that evening, I was assisting bringing chairs outof the barn. It was dark and dirty inside the barn. On Fridaymorning I went as usual to work.”The doctor: “Would you please take off your trousers, enabling me to havea look at the discoloured spot on your left leg! Have you gotsome insect-bite on your body?”The patient: “No, not that I’m aware of. Before going to the hospitals’ E.R.I carefully checked the body to eliminate tick-bites, but Icouldn’t find any.”The doctor: “Let me examine your body! Please raise your left leg anothertime! Ah, there it is! Here on you left leg you’ve got a red mark.I’ll take a test and send it away to the laboratory for an analysis.Now, I’ve got a slight idea, what it might be, but I’ll wait for theanswer of the analysis before making a diagnosis.You see, it’s no good to give you penicillin, when not knowingexactly what kind of penicillin is going to work your case. Now,we’ll have to wait a day or two, before we’ve got the answer ofthe analysis. Until then, I keep you at the hospital and prescribesome antipyretic and discharge fluid. I just want you to be patient!”

Dear readers, now I’d like you to guess and answer the five questions below:

No 1: “Who are the actors in this dialogue?”
No 2: “What’s the reason, why this person contacts the emergency operator?”
No 3: “What occurred to this person before contacting the E.R.?”
No 4: “How did it happen?”
No 5: “When did it actually happen?”July 13, 2008, Nilla