Last day of abx!

I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend!

I had a wonderful visit at my uncles house despite not feeling good because I didn't have a working nebulizer cup. Note to self: open new neb cup and check that it works before going 8 hours away from your house!

I thought for sure since I had a crappy weekend health wise plus the fact that my doctor had to call me in a prescription of prednisone while I was up there that he would have wanted me to do an extra week of IV abx, but luckily he said that today could be my last day like we had planned.

Thankfully I am done today...I am SO white and pale I need sun! I am going to set my beach chair up on our deck and start sitting outside a little bit each day. Even if its just an hour while I read its better than what I am doing now.

Danny's friend Curt has his sister here visiting from Minnesota and when she walks in and is WAY tanner than me who lives in Florida there is a problem! :)

I have some pictures that I want to put up later...right now Danny and I have to go to Target to get a birthday present for our niece and then we have to go food shopping! I was gone for 2 weeks in the hospital and then away for a long weekend so we have NOTHING in our house. When I am gone no cooking happens so I have to stock up again so I have stuff to cook for dinner.

At my Uncles!

Well, we made it here....8 LONG hours in the car but we made it!

I am having a little bit of an issue though. Yesterday when we got here we unloaded all of my crap and set me up to do a breathing treatment and my vest and my neb cup wasn't working right. Its a brand new cup that I opened when I got here but the problem is it is barely smoking so I feel like I am not getting the full amount of medication and it takes an EXTREMELY long time to finish. I don't know what the problem is but because I haven't had a good treatment since I got here. I feel very congested and that's not a good thing. My mom and Uncle Eric just went to a local medical supply store to see about getting me a new med cup...hopefully that helps if not I am going to call my doctor.

Another thing that is kind of annoying is the time difference. We are on eastern time at home and they are on central time here. They are an hour behind us which is making my IV schedule real interesting.

We are going around and sightseeing today....its rainy out so we aren't going on the boat like we had planned. Tonight we are doing a crab and shrimp boil...YUM!

Almost there...

Only 3 days left and then I am outta here!

I am discharged Wednesday, then Thursday I have to get my hair cut, get my eye brows waxed and possibly get my toes done (depends on how much time I have) and pack because early Friday morning me, my mom and my sister are leaving my house to go and visit my Aunt and Uncle in Panama City Beach! WOO HOO!!

I will still be on abx for a week when I leave the hospital but its not that big of a deal. One med is due once a day and the other med is every 8 hours so its a piece of cake.

I can't wait to get home and be able to drink my iced tea again! I have been drinking Sierra Mist Free for a week and half. When I was first admitted I asked for unsweetened tea because I did not want to go back to soda since I have done so good at home at not drinking it anymore, well I can not describe to you just how bad there tea taste...it disgusting! I really tried for a few days to drink it but I just couldn't so instead of going right back to Coke I chose the lesser of the two and went with SM Free. Its not that great, I have never been a fan of diet sodas but its ok for a temporary thing. I just drink it with my meals and drink water the rest of the time.

There is this big block party thing that is gonna be in our town memorial day weekend (the weekend I am going out of town) its like 3 days long and there's gonna be tons of bands and things to do. Well Danny just told me the other day that he heard Vanilla Ice was gonna be there...how funny is that? Ice Ice Baby....

Well, I guess I will let you all know if anything happens from now until I go home. Until then enjoy the rest of your Sunday and have a good week!

What a long week!

I am SO glad last week is over!

Not only did I have 2 days of fevers...but I also spent 2 days over a trash can throwing up anything I ate or drank! It was NOT fun.

On Wednesday I felt better as far as no fevers went but then I started having my joint pain. So by Thursday my doctor had given me Tylenol w/codeine because nothing else was helping the pain. My pain started to go away but then the codeine messed up my stomach and that's what was making me get sick. I started throwing up Thursday at midnight (Friday morning) and was up all night getting/feeling sick. So ALL day Friday I was NPO and getting continuous IV fluids (so I wouldn't dehydrate) and Zofran every 8 hours for the nausea. I was able to eat a little bit by Sunday but it wasn't till yesterday my appettite got back to normal. Luckily not eating for 2 days didn't affect my weight at all which is surprising.

So now that the week from hell is over hopefully I can kick my health into high gear so that I can be discharged by next week.....I have a trip to go on! :)

No fever this morning!!

I woke up without a fever this morning...WOO HOO!! I already saw my doctor today and he said my lungs are moving a lot more air which is great.

Unfortunately, the one antibiotic I am on Fortaz makes me itch like crazy so that is the only thing not going my way.

Otherwise I am doing great...im only on the third day of abx and I already feel better so hopefully I can keep this up!

The benadryl I am taking for the itchiness is making me a little sleepy so I think I am gonna lay down for a few minutes! I will let you know if anything changes. :)