Why I Went To Hospital (15 November 2018)

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My biggest takeaway from this video was that Dan and Phil really did an exceptional job on social media of playing down exactly how scary and serious this incident was while it was happening. When I imagined the ways in which things might have gone in my head, this was pretty much the worst case scenario. Dan was actually woken up in the middle of the night and found Phil lying on the floor, unable to get up, and Phil had to wait for days to find out for sure that nothing was seriously wrong with him. As far as I’m concerned, this is probably just about as scary a false alarm as you can get when you’re an adult with no children. I’m so impressed by the grace with which Dan and Phil communicated information about this situation to their audience, and I’m so glad everything turned out alright. Here are my highlights:

• The first thing I noticed is that it looks like Phil re-dyed his hair sometime between the filming of the gaming channel video posted yesterday and the filming of this video. I find this noteworthy because, during the joint liveshow this past Sunday, Phil said that he and Dan were filming both videos on Monday.
• [0:57] Phil sets up the story by explaining that he gets a lot of headaches. He probably gets three per week. As someone who used to get headaches fairly frequently, this sounds absolutely horrendous.
• [1:29] Dan is mentioned for the first time. Prior to fainting, Phil was feeling hot and cold and shivery, and Dan asked him why he kept turning up the heat in their apartment.
• [2:27] Dan is mentioned for the second time. Phil woke up at 5am after four hours of bad sleep due to a severe headache, and he had to climb a set of stairs to get to the bathroom where he and Dan (“we”) keep the ibuprofen (and other “tablets”).
• [3:52] Phil says that the first thought that went through his head after fainting was disbelief that he was going to die in the “worst room in the house.” He says that he hates that room, and he shows a picture of it. Phil says that his second thought was about whether he was going to haunt the bathroom if he died, and the third thought was about whether his ghost would have emoji pajama bottoms. I actually laughed out loud at Phil’s description of these thoughts. He’s such a goof.
• [4:15] Dan is mentioned for the third time. Phil remembers that Dan’s in the house, so Phil starts calling for Dan while he’s laying on the floor. Phil gives an incredible impression of Dan waking up in daze saying, “What?” and says that Dan climbed the stairs in his underwear holding a pillow to get to Phil. When Phil explains what happened, Dan starts “freaking out a bit” and asks if he should call an ambulance, but all that Phil wants is some toast.
• [6:35] Phil talks about getting the results from a CT scan. The doctor held him in suspense while they walked from the waiting room to a different room before telling him that everything was fine. Phil was not pleased. (Which is understandable, but I think the doctor has the right policy.)
• [7:47] Dan is mentioned for the fourth time. Phil says that he visited and brought a care pack while Phil was being held in the hospital waiting to get an MRI.
• [10:07] Phil shows a variety of images of his brain from the MRI. He says, "It looks more like a brain than I thought it would."
• [11:27] Phil talks about his official diagnosis: a vasovagal attack. He says that a similar incident occurred about ten years ago, and it seems that, whenever he gets really stressed about something, his blood pressure and heart rate drop, causing him to faint.
• [12:14] Phil admits to overworking himself sometimes. He says that he sometimes stays up until 3am working. Bad Phil!
• Phil didn’t include any merch links in the video description for me to comment on, which is especially unfortunate because he makes a big deal about a sale on tour merch.