Today is Tuesday, July 5. I’m going to warn everyone right now that this blog is going to be packed full of errors. I’m not going to do anything about any of them, so I hope you understand stand it OK. I haven’t written for a while, but a lot has happened. I’ve been wearing a boot every day. Dang there all day. Been pretty sore.   I’ve been going to physical therapy twice a week, and doing pretty well. David canceled my appointments this week for me, because I won’t be able to make either one of them. Courtney, Ryan, and Warren, all came in this weekend for the fourth. We had a wonderful visit. We finished laying our floor just in the nick of time. Last night, around 10 PM, I was sitting in my recliner when my chest begin to hurt. I thought maybe I had cracked a rib, but just a short while later another pain hit. Then another. I told David to get the car keys and please take me to the ER because I thought I had some pulmonary embolism‘s. Long story, short, I do. David stayed with me in the ER till 5 AM, at which time I sent him home because they were going to admit me. Turns out, that happened after an additional five hours in the ER. I was miserable. They didn’t put me in the oncology unit this time. This time, I was put in cardiology. I am on five N. They have doubled the nursing staff in this section of the hospital. I am in room 5806 and hospital at UT Health. I have no idea when I’m getting out, I just know this hurts like a booger. I am on 4 L of oxygen and I can’t seem to control the pain very well. I have to be careful not to send my vitals into the toilet every time they increased my dosage of pain medicine. I am tired, miserable, and in a world of hurt. There’s no sugarcoating in this this sucks. I will try and write more later when my brain comes out of this fog.

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