I'm home

I was able to come home tonight-Tuesday.  It feels good to be home after 6 days in the hospital.  I'll continue to go to the clinic everyday for labs.  My electrolytes got out of whack, and so everything will be checked until I'm back in sync.   I am grateful that I got over this virus.    Even though it came on very fast, within a few hours I was so dehydrated that I was experiencing some other complications.   But, I have bounced back.   This took a lot out of me, but every day I'm feeling better.
So the roller coaster continues with hopefully a sense of humor, patience and lots of hope. And gratitude for answered prayers.
Kathy

FINALLY....AND THEN

APRIL WENT MOSTLY WELL.   I WAS PUT ON AN ANTIFUNGAL THAT I SEEMED TO HAVE A REACTION TO, SO I STARTED AN IV ANTIFUNGAL.    FINALLY WE DECIDED TO USE AN ORAL SUSPENSION. SO SINCE I WOULD NO LONGER NEED MY CENTRAL LINE, I WAS ABLE TO GET IT OUT LAST WEEK.    I FELT FINE AND ALTHOUGH DOUG CAME HOME FROM BOSTON SICK, I THOUGHT I WAS OUT OF THE WOODS.  WE HAD BEEN SO CAREFUL.    WELL...DURING THE NIGHT ON TUESDAY, I GOT VERY ILL.   I THREW UP AND HAD DIAHREA EVERY HOUR.   I WAS SO WEAK AND DOUG WAS IN LOGAN.   LUCKILY ANTHONY CALLED ME AND I HAD HIM CALL MY NEIGHBOR WHO HAS A KEY AND SHE CAME IN AND HELPED ME WITH SOME LIQUIDS.  BY THE TIME DOUG GOT HOME I KNEW THAT I NEEDED TO BE IN THE HOSPITAL.   SO WE IMMEDIATELY CAME UP TO THE 8TH FLOOR AND HERE I AM AND I AM MUCH BETTER AFTER BEING ON AN IV NOW FOR 3 1/2 DAYS.   I WAS DANGEROUSLY DEHYDRATED AND MY KIDNEYS WERE REALLY STRAINING.   IT'S TAKEN A FEW DAYS TO BALANCE EVERYTHING ELSE.   I WILL GO HOME WHEN I NO LONGER NEED EXTRA HYDRATION.   

I LEARNED SOME LESSONS THROUGH THIS..  I KEPT THINKING THAT I WOULD GET THROUGH THIS, BUT I HAD NO IDEA HOW HARD THIS VIRUS COULD HIT ME.   IT HAS BEEN RULED AS A VIRUS.    AND I NEED TO HAVE A BETTER BACK UP PLAN.  I THOUGHT I DID, BUT THERE WERE SOME CHANGES WITH PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES THAT I KNEW ABOUT AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BOTHER ANYONE.  BAD IDEA!    

SO, I'M HANGING OUT HERE, AND AT LEAST I'M NOT ISOLATED.   DOUG COMES EVERY DAY AND IT'S NOT BAD.   I'M FEELING MUCH BETTER AND HOPEFUL TO GO HOME ON MONDAY.  ALL DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH LIQUID I'M LOSING.   

I HAVE LOVED SPRING.   IT'S DONE SO MUCH FOR MY SPIRITS.    I'VE BEEN MORE ACTIVE AS WELL.   I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL.   STILL SO REMINDED OF HOW CAREFUL I HAVE TO BE.   

LOVE TO ALL AND GRATEFU L FOR LIFE
KATHY
PS KATIE MOVED TO CA.  SHE IS MISSED, BUT NEEDS TO BE THERE.  I'M COUMTING THE DAYS THAT I CAN ENJOY  THE CALIFORNIA SUN AND SAND.