dazzledbylight
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Things ARE MUCH BETTER now.....
A friend and I got our signals mixed up...she was supposed to
drop into PGP et al and pass on the situation but then she thought I
told her not to... ah well
As quick as I can make this....
I felt a bit queasy Sat nite but nothing I hadn't felt from time to time in my life.. Did not sleep well.
By next Morning I woke up with pains in my upper back/neck muscles.
Migrated to shoulders and shoulder cradle. Finally to a bit of sternum muscles and the whole front /front side of rib cage.
Pain killers didn't help much. The day before I had done 80% more rolling about in my wheel chair.
By eve they said I started looking pale. They checked my oxygen level and it was lower than it shoulder be. They tried 2, 3 & 6 liters/hour concentrations.
When i went to the loo, after i got back in my wheelchair I felt the queasiness again, I rolled over to the sink and put my head down on it BUT
in my misery forgot to set at least one wheel brake.
next thing I know I'm looking at tiles on the floor, follow them to see them go up the the wall and realize I AM on the floor ..." Oh, this is NOT right " I thought to myself.
Staff got me up. Doctor came back in..and sent me off to the ER around? 9 pm +. nd theyeventually put me in the ICU.
SO I got CAT scanned for chest and later the next afternoon my head.
Unfortunately while The brain was good ! (YAY) My lungs were not so good no I had blood clots in them. can barely type that w/o feeling like "yaaaggghhhh"
A friend who has experienced bad asthma ( infrequently) AND Rib Injuries told me when she visited me Mon afternoon that they FEEL VERY SIMILAR.
By afternoon Monday they told me I had 2 choices - because I had started just sweating and sweating as well-- either they would go away on there own in a few days, BUT I could have permanent or long term heart6 damage ( it was working very hard -thus the sweat while just laying in the bed.) OR i could be given (intravenously) a "clot buster" with the possible risk of bleeding out.
sent that evening down the hall to the regular part of the hospital.
After about an hour plus -talking w the doctor, my friend i didn't want hear damage sO I said OK. My friend overheard a bit later the nurses saying that the numbers started to go in the right direction.
BY Tues morning all the rib & sternum pain was GONE>(hallelujah). Through all various tests/monitoring over Tues through weds my heart got better and no permanent damage (hallelujah), and the lungs sounds good again!(hallelujah)
They started reducing my oxygen from 3-2-1 and from 4pm on I was off the oxygen and stayed that way.
Was sent around the hall to one f the the regular floor of the hospital weds evening.. By thurs early evening I was good to go return to my rehab place.
I have batch 9of big emotions like shock/horror, GRATITUDE and some releif.... was feeling a bit fragile but feel better today after 2 gentler sessions of OT & PT> I had a bit shortness of breath but the kind you get after climbing 4 flights of stairs.
They expect that a bit on & off as I increase back to my former level and then surpass it. They'll be monitoring my oxygen and heart for a bu7nch of days in PT. While I had one drop in oxygen by a few points after one set of 2 exercises --once I took some deeper breaths it went back up. As I managed my breathing better and deeper it stayed at the proper levels, and my heart rate remained in normal ranges for exertion and resting phases. HURRRAYYYY :yippie :
anyway...I have to be on a different blood thinner for 6 months. The doctor thinks most likely it - they found the (gak) original clot in my leg with the injured ankle. She feels most likely that's it- done deql in 6 months. I do have to get further genetic marker teasing to rule out any pre-disposition BUT NOTHING in my personal and medical history indicates any such thing.
SO yeah what a week! Ultimately on the positive side of returning to good health again.
While I hav had 2 incidents in my life (mid-20's and late 30'S where i was in life threatening situations... i never had had anything medical before . AND I HOPE NOT TO HAVE ANYMORE fot least 30 years or so! :fingerscrossed:
SO any prayers/good wishes/vibes etc you care to send my way are GREATLY appreciated!
A friend and I got our signals mixed up...she was supposed to
drop into PGP et al and pass on the situation but then she thought I
told her not to... ah well
As quick as I can make this....
I felt a bit queasy Sat nite but nothing I hadn't felt from time to time in my life.. Did not sleep well.
By next Morning I woke up with pains in my upper back/neck muscles.
Migrated to shoulders and shoulder cradle. Finally to a bit of sternum muscles and the whole front /front side of rib cage.
Pain killers didn't help much. The day before I had done 80% more rolling about in my wheel chair.
By eve they said I started looking pale. They checked my oxygen level and it was lower than it shoulder be. They tried 2, 3 & 6 liters/hour concentrations.
When i went to the loo, after i got back in my wheelchair I felt the queasiness again, I rolled over to the sink and put my head down on it BUT
in my misery forgot to set at least one wheel brake.
next thing I know I'm looking at tiles on the floor, follow them to see them go up the the wall and realize I AM on the floor ..." Oh, this is NOT right " I thought to myself.
Staff got me up. Doctor came back in..and sent me off to the ER around? 9 pm +. nd theyeventually put me in the ICU.
SO I got CAT scanned for chest and later the next afternoon my head.
Unfortunately while The brain was good ! (YAY) My lungs were not so good no I had blood clots in them. can barely type that w/o feeling like "yaaaggghhhh"
A friend who has experienced bad asthma ( infrequently) AND Rib Injuries told me when she visited me Mon afternoon that they FEEL VERY SIMILAR.
By afternoon Monday they told me I had 2 choices - because I had started just sweating and sweating as well-- either they would go away on there own in a few days, BUT I could have permanent or long term heart6 damage ( it was working very hard -thus the sweat while just laying in the bed.) OR i could be given (intravenously) a "clot buster" with the possible risk of bleeding out.
sent that evening down the hall to the regular part of the hospital.
After about an hour plus -talking w the doctor, my friend i didn't want hear damage sO I said OK. My friend overheard a bit later the nurses saying that the numbers started to go in the right direction.
BY Tues morning all the rib & sternum pain was GONE>(hallelujah). Through all various tests/monitoring over Tues through weds my heart got better and no permanent damage (hallelujah), and the lungs sounds good again!(hallelujah)
They started reducing my oxygen from 3-2-1 and from 4pm on I was off the oxygen and stayed that way.
Was sent around the hall to one f the the regular floor of the hospital weds evening.. By thurs early evening I was good to go return to my rehab place.
I have batch 9of big emotions like shock/horror, GRATITUDE and some releif.... was feeling a bit fragile but feel better today after 2 gentler sessions of OT & PT> I had a bit shortness of breath but the kind you get after climbing 4 flights of stairs.
They expect that a bit on & off as I increase back to my former level and then surpass it. They'll be monitoring my oxygen and heart for a bu7nch of days in PT. While I had one drop in oxygen by a few points after one set of 2 exercises --once I took some deeper breaths it went back up. As I managed my breathing better and deeper it stayed at the proper levels, and my heart rate remained in normal ranges for exertion and resting phases. HURRRAYYYY :yippie :
anyway...I have to be on a different blood thinner for 6 months. The doctor thinks most likely it - they found the (gak) original clot in my leg with the injured ankle. She feels most likely that's it- done deql in 6 months. I do have to get further genetic marker teasing to rule out any pre-disposition BUT NOTHING in my personal and medical history indicates any such thing.
SO yeah what a week! Ultimately on the positive side of returning to good health again.
While I hav had 2 incidents in my life (mid-20's and late 30'S where i was in life threatening situations... i never had had anything medical before . AND I HOPE NOT TO HAVE ANYMORE fot least 30 years or so! :fingerscrossed:
SO any prayers/good wishes/vibes etc you care to send my way are GREATLY appreciated!