October 2007 Archives
I never did get to sleep this morning. Well about a half hour cat nap around 5:45.
6:30 AM and in comes my PCP.
Well here it is. 3 AM and I have set up the Laptop and trying to come up with an excuse for not being able to go to sleep.
I wonder how many of others in my situation have found themselves in this position but unable to put their thoughts down to share with others.
Some good news at this time. Perhaps a bit premature but I hacked up a small portion of junk awhile ago. No Blood present. I will probably be made a liar in a few more hours but its enough to give me hope.
Well, time to close things up and take a nap.
Naw, that ain’t going to work so I’ll play some games and see what happens.
I mentioned the need to go on antibiotics on Tuesday afternoon.
Well Wednesday I crawled out of bed, started my morning drug ritual, and proceeded to cough up the ugliest looking sputum I think I have ever seen. I was staring at nothing but the color RED. As I was holding the sample tissue in my right hand my left was dialing the phone for EMS. They arrived shortly and I was bundled up for my trip into the Hospital. It has been determined, at least initially, that I have bi-lateral pneumonia.
The craziest part of the whole thing is that aside from a bit of SOB I really did not feel that bad. Go Figure !
It is filled with the usual Medical terms and abreviations that make my eyes glaze over, but there are a lot of them.
With three local Drs. (PCP, Cardiologist, Pulmonologist), I am not sure whether one of the three co ordinates all the testing or I have to deal with each one individualy. I'll call the PCP tomorrow to see what he has to say and take it from there.
The biggest problem I have right now is that we are starting into our seasonal weather change and this always is a difficult time for me. Last night and today proved to be no exception.
They had called from my Drs. office needing information on where my local Cardiologist had his office, as they were getting the information packets ready to be sent. This was the early part of this last week...Tuesday I think, and so the local testing should begin soon.
I have some nervousness in this as there could be something show up that might be enough to knock me out of the program all together, or delay the final procedure. What ever it will take I will do my best at completing as soon as possible as I am also anxious about heading into the weather seasonal change which has been always difficult in the past.
I do not wish to re-examine each and every one of these events but rather provide at least an overview of why I am here at the beginning of this journey.
