Back from Virginia Mason

[amberfocus]

My mother tired to kill us no less than three times on the drive home from Seattle.  That Everett corridor is NASTY during rush hour.  One time we seriously only stopped within six feet of the car ahead of us and I'm pretty sure she wore off an entire year's worth of tire tread.  The drive down was uneventful.  I still have not been given the okay to drive.  Apparently almost fainting twice during one of the radiology procedures was a big no no.  Actually, they made me use a wheelchair when I was in the hospital.  We got there a bit early so went to eat in the cafeteria (I managed 1/3 of a turkey and havarti with mustard on whole wheat sandwich and a drink) and as we were coming out, I guess I lost all the color in my face and was hugging the wall, because a nurse saw me and told me not to move and she was getting me a wheelchair right then.  *sighs*  I guess I'm not up for a marathon yet, but I had no idea I was that bad.  It is a long way between the cafeteria and registration, but still.

On the bright side they took out the damn cath (that is the technical, medical name for it).  And kidneys, liver, and bladder are all functioning properly.  The repair work is holding well, things are healing well.  I still have a tube coming out of my abdomen as back up, but it is capped, for another week and if things continue to function properly it comes out in a week.  Had a lot of skin irritation because of the medical tape and ended up with an infection around the tube so I got both antibiotics and a topical to put on it.

I feel like I have so much freedom.  Of course I can't walk much more than the length of the house, but I no longer feel tethered.  Still running a low grade fever, probably from the infection, so have been ordered to take it easy this week.  Extremely easy.

I hope I will feel like writing in a day or two.  Right now I just want to watch TV and play Facebook games.  And maybe eat some more.  Eating still feels like a chore, but I gotta do it.  Anyone know if LJ has restored editing capabilities yet?

Comments

[ramblinsuze.livejournal.com]

Definitely take it easy and let yourself heal. And feel free to do nothing but watch TV and play Facebook games! :D

According to a couple of other folks on my f-list, the editing seems to be working again, so give it a shot.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I will. I'm pretty much in bed most of the time, but I get up to cook and to walk around the back yard a bit. They want me to walk, just not too much. I still can't get mine to edit.