csziggy
csziggy's JournalI'm home from the hospital!
Still have a nasty cough, but my lungs are clear. Immediate future is to build up some endurance so I can walk more - they blame the pneumonia on my inability to walk and distance.
Right now I am on various blood thinners, heart and kidney medications and such. No idea if I will have to take there the rest of my life or just until they get the aortic valve cleared.
I'm sorry I didn't respond to many messages in the other thread. Ti took everything I had to just write the message. Same thing here - I am completely out of energy tonight.
I start home physical therapy tomorrow and a home health carer to make sure I stick with my routine.
Thanks to everyone for your good wishes!
Well, I'm out of ICU but they won't let me go home
OK, mid December I got an echcardiogram that showed clot on the sort valve that was replaced in 2017. Three days later, it was confirmed switch a CT scan
Weny thru the holidays. Visited with most of the family,l good. Monday husband and I were sick. We treated the symptoms and stayed.
Thursday when I laid down on bed I couldn't breathe
, told husband I needed to ho to hospital. stopped at rural firestation on the way. I asked for ambulance-don't remember anything after that.
Work up sometime Ftiday with tube coming out of everywhere. Congestive heart failure and pneumonia
Bottom line is they are pumpimg fluids out of me to help with PNEUMONia and filling with bloodthinners to break up clot. Don't know when I will get out of hospital.
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