I am finally home

I am finally home from the hospital. This just goes to show ya how when everything is going good in your life so you let down your guard a little and then...BAM...everything goes to crap. On Saturday I felt a little more fatigued and weak than normal. Sunday I did not get out of bed at all.  I started monitoring my temperature at around 8:00 and it was 99.4. My normal temp usually runs about 97.8. I felt very weak and my muscles were achy.  I started drinking iced drinks and even took a cold shower (brrrrr). By 10:30 I was at 101.4 so I headed for the hospital. When I checked in my temp was 102.8. I felt very weak and drug out, along with cold chills.  They had me in this room that was freezing so I asked for another blanket and the nurse said "no, you have a fever". She smiled and left the room.  To make a long story short, somewhere I had caught a bug. They took blood, took ex rays, started me on fluids and mega amounts of antibiotics. They said my lungs looked and sounded great so the bug was somewhere else. I was finally taken to a room at 4:30. By Monday my potassium levels were very low :<, my INR was very low, my white blood cell count was 1.8, (normal is 10),  my blood pressure was 85 over 47 and I felt fine. Most of this was caused by Chemo. Anyway, they pumped fluids in me for the blood pressure, and gave me meds to raise my white cell count, antibiotics for the bug, a mega amount of potassium, doubled up on coumadin for my INR. By day 3 all my counts were much improved except my blood pressure. They pumped alot more fluids into me and my bp started raising closer to normal. I had to stay one more night just to be monitored. On Thursday I went home.  I am still on antibiotics and I feel kinda drug out and weak but all in all I am doing good.   When I got home Thursday I received a phone call from the pulmonary dept wanting me to pick up their night monitoring equipment so I headed back to the hospital to pick it up. I was very spacey and probably should not of been driving but it did not hit me until I started walking thru the hospital again. After sitting down for about 1/2 hour I felt  much better and headed home.  I slept last night with wires taped to my finger.      

I want to take this time to send my well wishes to my sister-in-law/good friend Lydia who has been fighting colon cancer for at least 3 years. She just found out her tumor count has gone up and she starts a very strong chemo on Tuesday. She has been on this chemo before and it makes her very sick. I want to let her know that she is in my heart and on my mind. She is such a special lady, grandma and friend. She is always doing for others weather it be her grandchildren or someone else, she is always there and does not deserve this cancer crap. Lydia, we love ya and only hope good things for ya. Stay strong and know you are in my thoughts and prayers.