My leukemia's back.

[N F C]

thanks for the offer! I didn't mean to ignore you, but thought sourland had explained I'd already had my stem cell transplant and was recovering. there are lots of posts I read here and think "Oh, I need to respond to that", and then I go read something else and BAM, chemo brain strikes again and it's gone. I go back and read things and think....why didn't I respond to that? Oh yeah, I meant to!

So, doing well tonight. Been on the sofa or in bed all day with my feet up and am going a little stir crazy, but the legs look good. Eve's giving me Princess lessons

. It was so hard sitting here and having Honey cook dinner, even though I know he's perfectly capable. We had grilled rib steak and home made green bean casserole--the man's amazing! Bless his heart, he's also coming up with some, ahem, creative ways to keep my legs elevated.....nice to know even after 20some years of marriage he still likes me

Hi Rachel, glad to hear you are doing better. Sounds like Honey really "stepped up to the plate" with dinner last night. He likes you, he really likes you (said in a Sally Fields voice), lol.

HI All! We are home tonight! No flu, RSV, or pneumonia!

It is a upper respitory infection so we came home with a chamber and treatments as needed. She has the runs, a fever, cough, her O2 stabilized at 95%, and just plain hurts overall. It took 4 tries to get an IV into her. It wasn't fun. But after that she was all settled in the E.R. and was happy to be there. Then the good news (to me) came that we were free to go home! It was funny when I told her we could go home, she said "No, I stay here. Chicken nuggets,tomato soup." She was already to get up to the PEDS floor, settle in to watch her movies, order off their awesome 24/7 menu and see her nurse friends. So close...in so many different ways.

*Thank you all for your kind words and praying!*
If I wasn't so far, Rachel, I would be over begging for some eggs! We eat about 2 dozen a week around here. My flock of 6 doesn't produce enough to meet the needs of the 3 families we share with and I can't expand much past 8 hens due to space and them not being at my place. Glad you are home! I say let your guy be as creative as he wants! It is awesome he cares for you so. Hope the hatching goes well!

BTW, If anyone loves irises, the previously mentioned iris garden website can be dangerous! The iris selection is amazing and awesome! To pick just a few and still not spend to much money is hard. My cart came to $175. Then over 5 days whittled it down to $60 but then I looked more and now it's back up to 175. Anyone have a huge discount code or know when they have a clearance sale? Maybe I should switch to sunflowers! Gorgeous photos! Thanks for sharing. It made me smile.
Go team Rachel!

Morning Hbh, glad to hear you're all home! I looked at that website too and was absolutely amazed by their iris selection. That would be tough to keep the tab down. Thanks for the compliment on the sunflowers, I've really enjoyed having them. Hopefully, we'll be able to get some of the dried seeds off them for the chickens (if the squirrels don't get to them first).

 

[3goodeggs]

HI All! We are home tonight! No flu, RSV, or pneumonia!

It is a upper respitory infection so we came home with a chamber and treatments as needed. She has the runs, a fever, cough, her O2 stabilized at 95%, and just plain hurts overall. It took 4 tries to get an IV into her. It wasn't fun. But after that she was all settled in the E.R. and was happy to be there. Then the good news (to me) came that we were free to go home! It was funny when I told her we could go home, she said "No, I stay here. Chicken nuggets,tomato soup." She was already to get up to the PEDS floor, settle in to watch her movies, order off their awesome 24/7 menu and see her nurse friends. So close...in so many different ways.

Good.
I hope she feels better soon.

I get upper respiratory infections, and... I know the misery.
I put ice in zip lock bags and lay them on my chest. It seems to help the coughing. I know they want you to cough it all up- but it gets to the point I think, that your body needs a break from coughing so it can rest.

 

[Bunnylady]

Sounds like good news for a bunch of folks around here - even if the kiddo didn't think so.

Sorry, I'm not bein' more yakky, but I have a gorgeomongous morning out there, and it's gonna be hot, so I need to get my outside stuff done while it's still nice for doing it.

Hope y'all have a great day!

 

[Blooie]

Good morning one and all! Wasn't on much yesterday - my granddaughter Little Diane and her husband flew in on Saturday are are staying until next Sunday. (I'm Gramma Diane - she's named after me.) So we've been busy visiting and being silly! I pop in when she goes to visit some friends, is in the shower or whatever. Grampa's been keeping himself and Dustin busy out in the yard. Never ignore the opportunity to put 22 year old muscles to work for those jobs that are a little tougher for 67 year old muscles to try to tackle alone!

@hbhoffman Glad you are home and that the news wasn't as serious as first thought. Those fast moving viruses and upper respiratory infections can be scary things, though. Four attempts to get an IV in reminds me of a story.

I was in the hospital for 10 days - in fact my ordeal began 14 years ago yesterday. On May 30, 2001, I was fine. I'd had a lipoma removed from my hand several days before, the sutures were out, steri-strips were beginning to fall off, and it was healing well, except for one little spot. The load of manure came for the garden, so I put on vinyl gloves under my gardening gloves and helped Ken unload it. That was on the 29th. The 30th my hand was a little sore and swollen. On the 31st I was in St. Vincent's emergency room signing permission for amputation and being prepped for surgery. I had gangrene. So began an ordeal. Every night I was NPO in case they had to take me to surgery the next morning and amputate. I was on IV antibiotics 24/7. There were 3 being used. When a bag of one kind emptied, another kind immediately took it's place. Antibiotics like these are hard on veins. IVs were blowing left and right, and it was getting harder and harder to get a replacement one in. Finally one night when Ken and a friend and his wife were up to see me, I had a major blowout in the IV site. So the nurse came in and tried to start another one. Remember that I couldn't have one on the left side where the gangrene was, so sites were limited. Finally she said, "I'm going to get a flight nurse in here - he'll be able to get it with no problem."

So in comes this kid, wearing a flight suit was but he probably wasn't even shaving yet, and he was so quiet and shy looking. In fact, he looked like he'd blush if he saw a table leg uncovered. He sat down next to me on the bed and patted my good hand. He smiled softly and said, "I'm gonna make you a deal. If you'll sit very still and let me get a little numby stuff in right here, I'll get that IV in really fast." So I patted his hand right back. "And I'm gonna make you a deal," I replied. "I'm gonna hold on to your testicles and if that IV going hurts I'm going to squeeze." I heard this loud cough coming from Ken, and our friends were laughing so hard they stepped out of the room. And he got that IV in! I think the fact that his face was so bright red gave him just enough extra light!!

 

[sourland]

Things are looking good for many today = that's a good thing.

Rachel, got to love creativity.

edited to add "good" - duh

 

[donrae]

Have I mentioned how much I love you guys?

Hb--glad things are going well and you're back home. Hospitals are full of nasty scary stuff and you should get out of there as soon as you can! It's funny about the menu, though....I was telling Honey one good thing about being in the hospital so much is the basically all you can eat salmon. Both hospitals offer a salmon entrée, and it's really pretty good. We don't eat it a lot at home cause $$$, so I feast when I'm admitted

I should have approached the iris farm and negotiated a commission, huh? Glad you're enjoying the shopping. Wish I could have gotten some good pictures from the overpass where you can see acres and acres of iris blooming, it was quite the sight.

So, another joyous day of sofa arrest. I think Eve is ready for me to leave again, she's getting bad about sharing the space. Spoiled thing.

 

[FridayYet]

Enjoy the couch while you can, sounds like Eve wants it back already! I'm not a "chatty" poster, but I think of you often and am glad your recovery is moving along.

 

[N F C]

Rachel, enjoy your couch time today:


Have a restful day (Eve will forgive you, eventually, for taking the couch).

 

[hbhoffman]

Does your couch look like this:

Or this?

Or this?

 

[Outpost JWB]

Love the pics @hbhoffman . Very glad all is going well and hope it's a comfy couch Rachel