A couple of days ago I started to shiver violently. I managed to fight it off with paracetamol and sleep and Wednesday was fine. At 4am this morning I woke, shivering. I pulled a blanket over me and went back to sleep. When I woke, an hour later, it was clear that I needed help and at 6.30 am I surprised one of the neighbours as she put her bin out and took the dog for a walk, waving from my trolley as I was, once again, loaded into the back of an ambulance.
I had breakfast in hospital (yoghurt), had blood taken, was given antibiotics via a cannula and by 1.00 was sitting in the sun as my sister came to collect me. I am typing awkwardly as I have an infuser pump hanging round my neck and it keeps finding new ways of inconveniencing me.
Tomorrow I will go back for a newly loaded pump And the day after, and the day after . . . Five days, in fact, and on the 6th day I go to see a doctor for assessment. Meanwhile, I am also taking large doses of oral antibiotics too. They are determined to get rid on the infection this time.
In a minute, I will go yo bed and see how ell I can sleep with a pump, several yards of tubing and a cannula. I’ve slept with a catheter for 14 weeks, so I’m sure five days with an infuser pump will be OK. I’m going to hang it on the bed head and see how it goes.
Meanwhile, Number Two Son had racoons on his balcony> He lives several floors up in Toronto, but they currently have scaffolding up on the building and the raccoons were using this to explore the balconies, which were now in reach.
Hoping you are on the mend. And happy that raccons have never ascended our often present scaffolding to my second floor
Not yet . . . 🙂
Good point
Well done for managing a post. I am sure that we all appreciate the effort. Good luck with the sleeping arrangements.
Thank you. It was, I note, a dull post with lots of typos. Sleeping went quite well. 🙂
Glad to hear you are still with us, Simon! I hope they figure out the antibiotic and dosage to get you back on your feet.
How is Julia?
I’m feeling great. Though to be honest, the amount of antibiotics I’m on could raise the Titanic.:-)
Glad to hear you are feeling good! All the best to you and Julia.
Thank you. I will tell her.
Torture
I would say “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger” but it feels a bit borderline at the moment. 🙂
Still, could be worse.
I can well imagine how you felt. When I returned from a short stay in Ethiopia about for years ago I woke up feeling terrible and ended in hospital. First case of Malaria! in the Ballarat Hospital. I had doctors and medical students all vying for a chance to see me. The med student were not told what my problem was but had to ask questions and go back to class and justify a diagnosis.
🙂 It is good to be of use. 🙂
Just think, somewhere in the world a former Ballarat medical student is using that knowledge to save lives.
After reading about your health emergency, I was reluctant to press the “like” button. Consider it a form of support as there is nothing to like about going to the hospital. Take care! As always, rooting for you in Maine.
I just keep reminding myself I am very lucky compared to many other people in the world, even though it doesn’t always seem that way. 🙂
Always good to keep this in mind. But still, there is no getting around the fact that you and Julia have had a very hard time lately.
It has been a little dispiriting at times, I admit. I pointed out to Julia that at least we had each other. Her response was less enthusiastic than I had hoped. 🙂