Discharged and going home. Thanks for your prayers, love and concern... Nearly home. On antibiotics for a week and have to go back in 6 weeks for a repeat crafty
Very sore wrist from the cannula
@Berrybunchfamily What did they do with you, except from giving you antibiotics? What does A and E mean (I don't understand every English word and abbreviation).
@tanjaostman A & E = Accident & Emergency. It's the trauma care unit of the NHS. A place you'd go in an ambulance (or walk in, as I did today) Lots of doctors aand nurses, and plenty of equipment.
I wasn't quite in the most serious part, .but I wasn't in the main A&E ward either...
When I arrived there was one other person waiting to be seen. When I left my bed was already being cleaned and made ready....Praise God we arrived in a quiet moment!
I had a chest x-ray, which showed some cloudy streaks - which matched up to the blood they took and tested - indicating a mild infection. One of infection markers was ever so slightly elevated (I don't really know that means)
I had frequent oxygen monitoring (all good) an ECG (I think - what ever is called it was the machine with lots of wires and cables that tracked the electrical signals from my heart
Lots of observation too
Lovely doctor
@Berrybunchfamily @tanjaostman I'm so glad you went to see a doctor, the antibiotic should help you feel better soon.
@Berrybunchfamily @tanjaostman praying for a break through to excellent health!!
@MaryMamuzich @tanjaostman well my health, according to the bloods anyway, is good
i'm looking forward to some excellent health too: i want to get back on my mountain bike, 'cos sitting around on the bed has driven me slightly silly
@Berrybunchfamily @tanjaostman yes, just a short walk will help your mind.
@MaryMamuzich @tanjaostman I had a very long shuffle from the hospital to the car yesterday...not much fun though! I want to be back up in the fields above our home!!!! I'm quite a away from that...I need to physically present myself to our local doctor in order to register...that's about a 10 minute walk on a good day...hoping to try that this afternoon
@Berrybunchfamily @MaryMamuzich @tanjaostman I'm praying for you to be as swift and agile as Elijah!
@tymektt @MaryMamuzich @tanjaostman thanks Tym...I'd settle, right now at least, for having some life in these dry bones!!
@Berrybunchfamily @MaryMamuzich @tanjaostman
It can be hard to stay hydrated in a hospital, especially when there is so much waiting... I'm glad you had a great doctor and are home and able to address the infection! Praise God! I'm so glad the infection was not worse.
@Cherishingsparrows2020 @MaryMamuzich @tanjaostman it was a little odd, and I cam certainly compare this against my last hospital visit - 3 years ago.
the first thing you see are 2 entrances - Covid or Non-Covid, but you're treated as Covid, regardless
plus, I was on my own the whole time, while Jo simply had to sit in the waiting area. i'd have been glad of the company, especially when having the canula fitted (really dislike that part)
certainly looked a little tired everywhere, but the staff were professional, and you can't expect more than that!
@Cherishingsparrows2020 the Doctor made the point a few times that it was incredibly mild.
looking forward to starting to feel again! it's been a long two weeks and now i know why it didn't feel like I was actually recovering
@MaryMamuzich @tanjaostman I hope it will
So dehydrated right now! I'd kept my fluids great until half a day in a hospital! On my second point of fluids since coming home 30 minutes ago