loracs | Feb. 4th, 2009

Yesterday it was one month since she went to the hospital with what we thought was a UTI. And yesterday she finally left the hospital for the rehab center. They removed her pik line, so she is now IV free. The very hard work of getting her strength back now starts. The day before they had her sit on the edge of the bed for the first time since the surgery and she was drenched in sweat from the pain and exhaustion.

Yesterday was hospital day, serenejournal had her surgery. dbubley left room 823 at 2:30 pm for the rehab center and serenejournal came down from the recovery room at 3:30 pm and was put in room 829. They missed being neighbors by an hour. And because this is not enough medical crap in one day - I had a doctor's appointment at 11 am. It was made before all this stuff started and was only suppose to be a basic check in to go over all my numbers, which were fine. But (and there's always a but) I've had a shiny red swollen area on my shin for a few weeks, which I'd been ignoring for obvious reasons. It hadn't gotten worst or better. The doctor thinks it's cellulitis that my body's immune system has been able to keep in check, but it could "bloom" at any time and make me very sick. I've been through this with stonebender , dbubley , and clever_doberman, so I know what I'm dealing with. I have 10 days of Keflex and because I'm having alot of edema from my knees down, I have lasix. And I have a damn cold - wheezing, coughing, stuff nose and ears - your basic miserable making cold. I left a message for my boss at 3 am that I would not be in.

And did I mention the toothache I have . . . I just had a crown put on a few weeks ago and almost immediately after two more teeth started to hurt. I'm fairly sure I'll need crowns on those too. But that will have to wait - I still have to pay for the one I just got. I've stocked up on Orajel maximum strength.

Mantra for the day (or maybe for my whole life) "This too shall pass don'tcha know."