Wow. It's been like 22 days or more since i posted last.
It goes to show you how fast time flies, and how much can change in a short amount of time. Where to start. On the 31st of August i went to see a movie with my bro Larry. We went and saw Spider man Far from home. It was great. Had a good time. I felt a little more fatigued and winded more than usual. All day that day I had worked in my work office, and was hot. while everyone else was cold in the office. That should have been the first clue. I went home after the movie and crashed. The next morning was a Saturday and i felt like shit. Finally around 11 am i took my temperature, and it read 102.8. That was no good at all. I had to immediately call my oncologist, and then my BMT team oncologists in Charleston. they all came to the same decision, go to the Emergency Room. So by now its 130 pm and the wife and I are headed to the ER.
We get to the ER, and thank goodness for the Oncologist, they expedited my arrival, and i went straight back just about. While there, i had x-rays done of my chest, and had to have an ultrasound used to find a vein to put in the IV in my arm. Once they did that they filled me with fluids, and IV antibiotics. They diagnosed me with Community Acquired Pneumonia and prescribed me some antibiotics and sent me home after about 5 hours of being in the ER. I felt better for the most part the rest of that day and night, and all day Sunday.. however Sunday night was horrible, and i was having the chills and sweats and couldn't stop either. So Monday i called back my oncologist, who looked at what i was prescribed and felt that i needed a stronger antibiotic. She prescribed one and Emily was kind enough to go to CVS for me as usual and picked it up. I started the rotation of that antibiotic, per the doctors orders and sometimes i felt fine, sometimes i didn't. and yet other times i still had the sweats and chills. this went on till Wednesday when i called back again, and my oncologist said come in to the office. so that Thursday morning Emily and I went in for an appointment.
Thursday mornings appointment was fairly standard, blood was drawn, and then we saw my oncologist. After 2 minutes meeting with her, she said I don't pass the eye test, as in i looked horrible and miserable. She recommended me being admitted to the hospital right then and there. so i was admitted to the hospital. It was my first time being in the new wing that was built. The rooms were big and clean and nice. I had a little anxiety though as i didn't want it to work out like last time where i ended up being in the hospital for over 2 months. While i was in the hospital they had to do more Xray's of my chest, and since they couldn't find a vein to set an IV in my arms, I had to go to radiology and have a mid line put in my upper arm. This had two ports on it and was much easier to put fluids in me and Antibiotics in me. They loaded me up with 5 antibiotics at once on drip and 1 in push as well. They did this for two days straight, and by the second day i was feeling much better and no longer had the sweats and shakes, I even was able to take a shower and get cleaned up. Friday morning the doctor came by and said we could probably go home on Monday. Seeing that my birthday was coming up on Tuesday, I had previous plans to celebrate with my in laws that weekend and they were coming in from out of state and what not so I really didn't want to stay in the hospital over the weekend. I asked the Doctor if i felt well enough is there any way i could leave Saturday morning. She stated that if I felt good enough and the weekend doctor thought that I looked good enough to be discharged i would be able to. Saturday rolled around, and i felt much better, and the weekend doctor agreed, so I went home. Thank goodness!!!!
I was able to watch the Carolina football game that day, with my family, at home. While i didn't feel great, I did love having them here with me and being home. The next few days I didn't do much other than rest, and spend time with my family. I had a great birthday, on the 10th, had wonderful dinner and presents and more than i could ever ask for honestly. The only one that i'd say was missing was my Dad, but he lives in VA so its hard to make it down. I would say my mother and sister were missing but unfortunately that relationship still is quite estranged, especially with the mother side of things. Shes not bothered reaching out to me since her last phone call to me when i was in Charleston for my bone marrow transplant last April. Kinda shitty. actually, not kinda, more like totally. so be it though. Until they are clean and sober and sane i cannot deal with them.
The rest of the week was pretty good as i rested and healed as i went to a few doctors appointments and got a clean bill of health from the pneumonia. That brings us to the rest of this past week. I've spent my day's working from home. building my strength and trying to make sure i'm healthy. Work has been good, although i miss going in to the office to see my colleagues.
My buddy Alex has been working on my Camaro for the past month or so roughly, and he's been getting very close to being done with it. Sadly he's found that my carburetor may be a culprit, and that it may be bad. This is not good as it can be a 600.00 issue or more. I'm not looking forward to having to spend more money on the car, but i want to have it dependable and it is almost there thanks to Alex. I'm very excited about that.
Well that is about it for now, so i'm going to stop here and say until next time.
