An Update

August 28, 2008 An Update

Well I thought that it may be time to give a bit of an update on my health situation, since I haven’t updated this since before I went into the hospital on July 23rd.

I’ve been home for nearly a week now and very happy to be here. I was literally kicked out of the hospital! Last Thursday they told me that I was just going to get out on a weekend pass, so we made all the arrangements for me to get picked up at 4:00 pm by Bruce as he was going to play golf in a tournament. Well Friday morning arrives and they tell me I’m being discharged. Great! I don’t have a ride until 4:00. Luckily my friend Barb called and spent the day with me or I would have been going crazy. We went to the cafeteria for lunch and when we returned all my stuff was packed up and in the hallway. I had been evicted from my room (as Joanne describes it!!!). Anyway, it was a long afternoon waiting for Bruce to come and get me. But I had a really nice visit with Barb.

I am quite weak right now. Some of the simplest tasks tire me out quite quickly. My mobility is not great either. Walking can be a struggle even with the walker. I think that I’m getting stronger each day though. My first shower took almost an hour and the 2nd one about 35 minutes. That includes drying off and changing my dressing and getting dressed. So preparing to go out takes some planning. Thank goodness I don’t have to worry about doing my hair though; I don’t really have any (just peach fuzz).

Tomorrow I have to go to the hospital for some line flushing and possibly blood work and then next Friday I go to see the doctor.

I am looking forward to seeing Sadie tomorrow. I was unable to see her for 3 weeks as I had an infection that gave me horrible diarrhea. It was awful. I couldn’t get over how much she grew!!! She also got 2 teeth and started rolling all over the place to get around.

I guess that’s about all for this time. I hope that everyone had a great summer.