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Sepsis Hurts…

I’m not quite ready to face the world head-on yet, but I’m venturing out a bit.  It’s been a rough road since Christmas as you can see. After that last hospital stay and procedure I came home feeling not great, but better than before.  The days are hazy and I can’t actually remember it all, …

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Happy New Year!

After stewing in the bath a while, I went to the hospital.  I was in such distress I didn’t have to wait too long.  I was up against the girl hobbling on her “broken foot” and a few other seemingly minor issues; really, if you’re hobbling on it and BARELY LIMPING?  It’s not broken.  I …

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Christmas Eve

It’s Christmas eve.  I’m unhappy.  This is not fair! I’m sitting in a tub of hot water hopped up on Vicodin because the Universe has seen fit to give me another kidney stone.  It hurts.  I’ll do just about anything to not have to go to the emergency room, but that is entirely out of …

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Well…That Was a Bust!

You might remember this post!   Do you?  Well, I had to have that surgery AGAIN.  So for the past 5 weeks I’ve been in that get-up again and trying to get things accomplished; which has proven tough!  I’ve let my blogging go by the wayside and for that, dear reader, I am eternally sorry.  I …

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NaNoWriMo: Excerpt #1

It’s official, we have to move!! I fell.  I don’t mean a little “whoops let me just get up as though nothing happened” kind of fall.  I mean the “I went sprawling, books flying, body soaring, people stopping” kind of fall. You’d think that was the mortifying part, it wasn’t!  You see, I was hurrying …

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Jan
16

Sepsis Hurts…

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January 16, 2012

I’m not quite ready to face the world head-on yet, but I’m venturing out a bit.  It’s been a rough road since Christmas as you can see.

After that last hospital stay and procedure I came home feeling not great, but better than before.  The days are hazy and I can’t actually remember it all, which is probably for the best, my poor friends do remember it all and for that I’m sorry.  I had an appointment with my doctor to have the stent removed; it’s a simple procedure in the office.  I felt a little better most of the day, but by the end of the day I was feeling pain and really bad.  By early evening I was in such pain that I was on my way back to the ER with my doctor sending orders to admit me immediately and surgery the following day.

It turns out, when the stent was pulled a large stone was lodged in my ureter causing complete blockage.  I was throwing up, I was in such unimaginable pain. I had surgery the following day.  There were so many problems with everything that happened and so many procedural issues and I suffered so much because of it.

I came away from the whole ordeal with fungal blood infection (sepsis) which caused some very scary moments.

I’m on the mend now, but I’m exhausted like I’ve never been before.  I have blood pressure issues and am on medication; I just took my BP and it was 93/55 yet I’ll bet if I take it before bed, it will be very high.  I’m on some insanely strong anti-biotic…but, I’m on the mend.  Right?

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Dec
31

Happy New Year!

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December 31, 2011

After stewing in the bath a while, I went to the hospital.  I was in such distress I didn’t have to wait too long.  I was up against the girl hobbling on her “broken foot” and a few other seemingly minor issues; really, if you’re hobbling on it and BARELY LIMPING?  It’s not broken.  I was given pain meds, fluids and sent home.  Not surprisingly, a few hours later I was back.  This time they whisked me right in.  This was Christmas morning, I should be opening presents, not barfing and feeling like death would be sweet.  It’s my own special hell, people.

This time they did a CT Scan and found not one, not two, but THREE kidney stones obstructing my ureter.  When you have one “good” kidney that news is not so much good.  My doctor is a wonderful man who I am lucky to have in my life.  I’m one of the few patients (two to be exact) who has his cell phone.  I fired off a text to let him know what was going on and damned if he didn’t call me right back.  They wanted to admit me (despite my protests) and since I was so sick I had no argument AND my doctor agreed.

I won’t give you all the details, but I was one sick puppy.  My creatinine level got to 3+ which is bad, but not dialysis bad.  I was on pain meds every 3 hours on the dot, I couldn’t keep anything down.  My doctor squeezed me in on Tuesday morning.

During my stay I was able to pass at least 2 of the stones.  I told the nurse and he gave me that “sure ya did kid” smirk and nod.  No, really, I did, you can check.

“How do you know?”
“I felt it…and I see it.”
“You don’t usually feel or see stones.”
“Buddy, just look.”
“OH, wow….yeah.”

This stone was around 6mm…6mm is approximately a quarter of an inch.  This is not small…not considering where it is coming from.  Just sayin’.

With the way 2011 is going out, I can only hope 2012 will come in better!

Happy New Year’s Eve everyone.  Please be safe and have fun.

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Dec
24

Christmas Eve

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December 24, 2011

It’s Christmas eve.  I’m unhappy.  This is not fair!

I’m sitting in a tub of hot water hopped up on Vicodin because the Universe has seen fit to give me another kidney stone.  It hurts.  I’ll do just about anything to not have to go to the emergency room, but that is entirely out of my hands.

I keep watching this to cheer myself up.

Christmas with a cat

Enjoy!

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Dec
21

Well…That Was a Bust!

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December 21, 2011

You might remember this post!   Do you?  Well, I had to have that surgery AGAIN.  So for the past 5 weeks I’ve been in that get-up again and trying to get things accomplished; which has proven tough!  I’ve let my blogging go by the wayside and for that, dear reader, I am eternally sorry.  I do have a number of things to update you on, though!

1. nanowrimo
Abysmal failure.  Okay, okay, it certainly could have been worse.  I spent a lot of time prior to surgery cramming words in the story trying to get as close as I could to the 50,000 word goal.  I got just over 10,000 which I actually feel pretty accomplished with, and considering surgery was on the 9th I’m pretty sure I would have made it.  So, yay me!  If you’re interested in more excerpts leave a comment and I’ll dig some out…

2. Surgery
This time seems to have been better than the first.  The surgeon really has no idea what happened or if it was an error on his part or another injury.  A second MRI showed more tearing in an area there wasn’t tearing before that could only be fixed with surgery, and I was willing to do it only because my range of motion was WORSE after the first surgery.  I can assure you there will not be a third surgery.  After surgery he said to me, “well you sure came by your discomfort and pain honestly!”  What that meant to me was it was good I did the surgery and the discomfort wasn’t “all in my head” which he may have been thinking.

I’m probably at about 70% according to my Physical Therapist which seems encouraging.

3. cimblogphoto(tm)
*sigh* It’s pretty difficult to take pictures when your right arm is tied down.  If you take all your pictures from waist level it works pretty well, but that doesn’t make for a very interesting picture.  I tried using a tripod which worked okay, but it was still difficult to push the button and I got a lot of shaking, out of focus pictures.  Oh well.

4. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Last night I finished all of my shopping.  Now it’s on to wrapping and organizing.  I love this time of year.  I love being able to give gifts and make people happy.

I hope this season brings you peace, happiness and joy!

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Nov
03

NaNoWriMo: Excerpt #1

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November 3, 2011

It’s official, we have to move!!

I fell.  I don’t mean a little “whoops let me just get up as though nothing happened” kind of fall.  I mean the “I went sprawling, books flying, body soaring, people stopping” kind of fall.

You’d think that was the mortifying part, it wasn’t!  You see, I was hurrying to English so I didn’t get another tardy. (Thanks a LOT Mr. Krump!) As I rounded the corner I guess I cut it too close because my foot hit the corner.  The slap of my body hitting the cement followed by thump of my books hitting the ground stopped everyone within 25 feet of me.  I slid a good 3 feet before coming to rest at the feet of none other than that new boy Sean, literally, my nose was bent on the tip of his shoe.  I closed my eyes for a moment, hoping the entire thing was just a bad dream and that I had just fallen asleep at my desk in English*.  I opened one eye.  His shoes were still there.  My face was still pressed against them.  It was inevitable, I had to get up.  I asked myself, “How can I get up and still look cool?” Of course the answer was, “You can’t, idiot!”

Among the whispers and snickering I started to move my limbs, and it seemed that everything was functioning properly.  I was moving to my knees when that new boy Sean’s face was right in front of mine, close enough I could feel his breath.  He smelled like cinnamon Altoids, my favorite, the warm spicy flavor lingered in my nose.  Why hadn’t I noticed those piercing amber eyes before (wait, weren’t they BLUE)?  I struggled to get up, but lost my balance again and went teetering; his hand grabbed my shoulders to steady me.  The conversation then went something like this,

Him: Are you okay?
Me: Uh…
Him: That was quite a fall.
Me: Yeah, uh…
Him: So, are you okay.  Are you hurt?  Your hand is scraped.
Me: I’m, uh…fine.
Him: Did you hit your head? (And do you know what he did?  He SMIRKED when he said it)

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Nov
01

NaNoWriMo

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November 1, 2011

NaNoWriMo = National Novel Writing Month

Every November novelists are challenged to take 30 days, the month of November, to write a novel.  50,000 words in one month.  That’s about 175 pages in one month.  A lot of crap in one month.  But a NOVEL, in one month!

The beauty of it is, no one can write a really good novel in one month, but trying and getting those creative juices flowing is exciting and thrilling!

Anyone interested in this?  I’ve got a cliche vampire story itching to get out, and also a memoir, hmmmm…but I’ve already lost 21 hours.  Could be my undoing!

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Nov
01

Scary?! Part Deux! Delightful!

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November 1, 2011

I laugh harder and harder every time I see this!

Favorite moment #1: about minute 2:21 when they are surrounded and Amy is tripping all over herself trying to get away!!

Favorite moment #2: about minute 2:34 and mom is scared by a monster and with huge eyes says, “WHAT IS THAT!!!”

Enjoy!

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