This week has had more drama than usual. Monday the lab work (blood work) came back with lots of different issues. When they took vitals I had a low grade fever. They told me to check my temperature every hour or so, parts were out of the normal range. Tuesday instead of chemo they hydrated me and gave a mineral cocktail. They told me that if my temp got to 100.4 or more to go to the Emergency Room. The fever was staying in the normal range, but it jumped into the dangerous Will Robinson land after 9:00 pm. So off to the ER at 9:30 pm ( we had to get dressed from PJs to clothes).
They hydrated me on arrival and then took "gallons" of blood. Some of the tests would take three days because cultures had to grow. About 2 am they decided to admit me to the hospital because there were so many issues going on. I was still very very weak like last week, and maybe even worse.
From early Wednesday through late afternoon Saturday I was in the hospital. During that time I was hydrated, on antibiotics (IV) and many minerals that I was low in. They also fed me antibiotics during my stay to fight the infection. As usual, Kaiser provided fantastic care and attention to me as if I were their only patient. The blood tests came back including the cultures and all were in the good range except for one minor infection that I am treating with antibiotics for the next week and a half.
After i got home last night, I am resting more because the noise level is lower and Marty does not check my blood pressure every two hours. Also the moaning and yelling patient down the hall is not here with me. I am trying to walk more (with a walker) to regain my strength. I am forcing myself to eat more even though food tastes awful. Not because of Marty's cooking ,but because of my taste buds.
Prayer warriors, its been a tough week and I appreciate it so much. We do not expect it to get much better so I need you to kick it into overdrive, God bless each and every one of you.
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