My job will write you up if you call off. I literally just monitor phone calls. If one of us isn't there they just redistribute the assignments.
Over a month last year I noticed that I had sciatic pain and was nauseous a lot. It seemed like eating healthier foods made it better. But eventually I couldn't even eat a pb&j without getting sick within minutes.
Eventually my mom and sister, who are nurses, made me go to the hospital. They had Diners Drive In's and Dives on and just seeing the food in the waiting room made me ill.
I threw up in the intake room. And after some tests Dr's told me I was being admitted to get my galbadder removed and crystals in the duct in a second surgery that week.
I was working the entire time up until that moment and I should have been able to call off at some point without punitive consequences. I only went to the hospital thar day bc I was off.