Where Have I BEEN Lately?

  Basically I came home Wednesday night and went to bed and that's where I have stayed! I got up only to dress and go to the doctor on Friday feeling sick and weak. My Urologist sent me to my primary care who called in two prescriptions (thinking I had UTI and diverticulitis), had me go to the lab for blood work and then sent me to the pharmacy downstairs for the contrast dye and check in at Hospital Registration in time to start drinking the 'stuff' because she had me scheduled for a CT scan at 3:00. Since I had already been sick in bed so being up this long was a real effort. Coveniently all three places - both doctors and the hospital are all next to each other. Everyone was so very nice to me. I guess I looked pretty pitiful. By the time Isaias, the technologist, came to get me for the procedure I was shaking like a leaf and so cold I could barely walk. He was very kind and gave me warm blankets as he put the IV in. He used the same arm they had used for blood work just a half hour before. I barely felt either of the needles. 

He entwined another warm blanket around my arms and yet I was still shaking. I never felt the dye during the IV probably because I was so COLD!! Isaias even walked me back to Louis Dean in the waiting room. LD  had already made a run to get the meds. All I had to do was get home and crawl back in bed which I did!!

I expected to feel better by morning - but I didn't. My doctor called Saturday after getting the results from the lab - Kidney infection and my white blood cells were really high. NO diverticulitis so I could stop THAT med which I was happy to do as it gave me such a headache! I do think I was a little better on Sunday but no where near where I should have been. My doctor called this morning and had me come in this afternoon so the only times I have been up and dressed and looking decent was to go to the doctor. Poor Louis Dean! I have looked AWFUL and I didn't even care!

Bottom line - she gave me a shot of Rocephin which will work with the antibiotic I'm already taking.

She will call me tomorrow and if I'm not better I have to go to the hospital.

I have battled bladder infections for over 25 years but I have never had one turn so mean on me!

Praise God I have insurance! I will NEVER take those insurance cards for granted!

I am blessed to have great doctors (both of them have called to check up on me)  and kind nurses and technologists.

They make all the difference. 

Louis Dean and I call them 'Baylor Angels!'

What has Louis Dean been doing while I have been secluded in the bedroom?

Cooking. Waiting on me hand and foot. Bringing me meals in bed and not complaining when I could only eat a couple of bites. He repaired a broken canvas and the arm of a chair. He did laundry - I noticed a rug I bought for the quad's bathroom last week hanging outside in the gazebo. He DID keep damage control to a minimum but when he offered to bake bread I assured him he should wait til I got well and he could make cinnamon rolls for all the 'Baylor Angels.' He has been beside himself with worry. I read up about kidney infections and wisely cautioned him that SOMETIMES it requires hospitalization. He lost his beloved first wife to cancer after 41 years together and gets really scared when I am ill. Thankfully that's not often.

I have been in the den since we came home this afternoon which is a good sign. Still resting but it's the first time I have even felt like sitting at the computer!

The bright spot of my day arrived in the mail!

A lady from Finland and I have developed a true bond of friendship over the last couple of years.

She knows how I 'redeem' old blue jeans so when she found this book she snapped it up and shipped it off to ME! That was a couple of months ago. She thinks they must have rowed it over!

As much as I love the book - THIS is my favorite page!

Seeing HER handwriting.

It is loaded with all sorts of ways to use denim I would NEVER have dreamed of.

Written in Finnish it transcends the language barrier with the most wonderful photos!!

May I say, "Kiitos!" to you, my dear Jutta!!

God knew just when this book should arrive! His timing is always perfect.

I thought I would read a lot since I haven't felt like getting out of bed but I was surprised to find I was too sick to even do that! Now that I am hopefully on the mend I intend to finish this book! I have been reading it for weeks carrying it with me everywhere I go but seldom getting more than a page or two read at a time.

It's a good book and interesting. Just not a fast read or a thrilling page turner.

Louis Dean has baked us some potatoes and he has a fire burning in the fireplace. The weather is cold and nasty and our A/C-Heat unit decided to retire this morning. LD ordered a new one and it has already been shipped out. We have central air and heat but rely on the one in here a good bit. We have the central one on and are running it with abandon!

It's nearly 9:00 and I am not in bed! Woo HOO!!!