Monday, January 14, 2008

Flu for Two and Two for Flu (update time)

Remember back a hundred years ago when my dad first went into ICU and he was diagnosed with the bad sort of flu that ignores the shot? Guess what I got! Thanks, dad.

I've been feeling pretty awful for two weeks now. Started feeling bad 3 weeks ago but the past two weeks and been horrible. Some of it I chalked up to the chronic bronchitis mixed with the stress. Crippling headache, neck pains that made me howl they hurt so much, throwing up, exhaustion, leg pains, shortness of breath.

Past 4 days or so it was so bad I couldn't walk from one room to the other without panting like a hyperventilating dog and having to sit down. I could breathe alright if I was sitting up but forget about getting horizontal. I would fall asleep for a few minutes and SHOOT up awake and unable to breathe deep. It's the scariest thing I've ever felt.

Diagnosis? Big bad nasty FLU. I don't want to eat, I don't want to move, I just want to sleep and whine about how crappy I feel. Right now I've got:

Badly blurred vision
Dizzyness
Nausea
Fever of 101.6
Stuffed chest
Neckache

Meanwhile.,.,

My father had a blood transfusion last night, 3 pints (maybe it was quarts, I'm unsure). He was so dangerously low on potassium the other night he was a hair away from a heart attack. The transfusion seems to have perked him up and the Dr. said the MSRA was 'colonized.'

He probably should have gone to Kingston Hospital first, this place seems bigger and more urban. He's not in ICU, they have a regular respiratory ward and vents are welcome.

I can't even go see him, that's the hardest part.

Right now sitting up to type this has taken the last bit of wind out of my sails. I'm going to try and get horizontal or try and make myself cough up some nasty phlegm. I'm such a sexy beast!

Ugh.

1. Rest easy kittyn, the flu isn’t easy to get over so save your energy.  best hopes and prayers for you and your family.

    on  01/14  at  05:23 PM

2. Bless your poor heart!  Hope you get to feeling better soon!

   Nicki  on  01/14  at  08:04 PM

3. *sends warm soup*

   Bobby  on  01/14  at  10:03 PM

4. The worst of days. If it gets much worse, the positive side is you may be sharing a room with your dad then you won’t have to worry about getting there.

   I know that sound like I’d wish that on you, but that is so far from the truth. I will call to Hygeia on your behalf. She is the Goddess of health personified pronounced Hi-je’-a. It is derived from the root word hugies or hygies , meaning healthy, which is also the root word for hygiene.

   For every cloud there is a silver lining and although it may seem like someone sold your silver, hang in there. It’s just around the bend and only 5 minutes from getting to you.

   Mare Martell Stotler  on  01/15  at  12:20 PM
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