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Glad you're still around PR... at least you didn't lose your sense of humor, then I'd really start to worry.

Sheriff Buford wrote:See!!! All these nice responses! Only Postitnote wanted you dead!! Or er.... ded.

Sheriff

hehehe -- but postitnote wasn't a journalist... or was she/he?? Hey, maybe we should do a poll. Oooops.. GP will be here any minute now.

archangle wrote:Any clue as to a root cause? Is it just that some sort of germ attack? Did they figure out any particular germ?

I heard what was growing in my blood.. but don't remember it offhand, I'll have to download the reports and stuff.

archangle wrote:Sounds like you're lucky zit girl didn't pick up your CPAP and turn it over trying to figure out how to put the water in.

indeed.

Love the humor, PR, and so happy you're back. Note to self: post a "keep yer mitts off my CPAP" if going to the hospital (aka the Big House). I know, I know, it's not a prison, but.....

Happy New Year, and hope every day gets better for you and yours!

bwexler wrote:I am really glad you survived the hospital.
My brother in law, who I have been trying to care for, wasn't so lucky. After a week in the hospital being pumped full of antibiotics and who knows what else, even their non invasive ventilator couldn't keep him breathing. Talk about a monster PAP machine. He passed the day after thanksgiving. At least now he is at peace.

So sorry to hear about your brother in law.

Glad your back PR, hope the new year deals you better cards and hope you missed all the tornado activity in Big D area...get better.

Janknitz wrote:Good gravy! Glad you survived not just the illness, but the hospital! What is your blood sugar doing through all this?

interestingly... (confoundedly?) given that I'm one of those people that "I judge every book by it's cover" people look at and say "diabetic, high blood pressure, yup, that's him", the near month that I was in the hospital, my blood pressure (which was actually LOW when I was in the ER and ICU (they were giving me a variety of things to get it up) partially because I didn't have much blood (severe dehydration)... I think I had two saline bags going in at once for a while... anyway, my digressions are growing digressions...

my bp hovered in the 130-140/65-75 range most of the time...

and one of my nurses ran back through my labs,(which they were doing daily) and said my blood sugar was within a point or two of normal the entire time, except one spike.... which *might* have been when they shoved the NG tube up my nose and said "NOTHING BY MOUTH" and started pushing bags of D5W into my arm tubes.

Gasper62 wrote:Glad that yer not ded yet ! ~~~ https://youtu.be/W4rR-OsTNCg

yup, I got rejected... must have had trouble finding a suitable club.

Sheriff Buford wrote:Glad you ain't ded yet. I woulda' have let the young nurse (in braces) stay a little longer, but heh.... that's me! Hope you have a better new year. Glad to see you!

Sheriff

she wasn't a nurse, not even sure if she was a respiratory therapist... could have just been a wannabe... and wasn't cute... and I find stupid to be very unattractive in anybody... besides, I had enough competent, nice folks around.

Stormynights wrote:Wishing you a speedy recovery. You never get any rest in the hospital. For some weird reason they have to draw blood during the night and take your vital signs and they can't do that at the same time. They have to spread it out so you can't get to sleep more than a few minutes at a time.

well, you can't control the roving vampires ("they're on the floor!") the blood draws in the middle of the night are, of course, for doctors convenience so they can get in, get out, and get on the golf course at a good time for them

some of the folks did try to make it better, some of the nurses (there were so many different ones) would try to wait till it was vitals time before they'd come with meds... etc. but, still, hospital exhaustion, it's a thing.

Sheriff Buford wrote:See!!! All these nice responses! Only Postitnote wanted you dead!! Or er.... ded.

Sheriff

ems has made clear her feelings, and a few others with lesser disgust...

bwexler wrote:I am really glad you survived the hospital.
My brother in law, who I have been trying to care for, wasn't so lucky. After a week in the hospital being pumped full of antibiotics and who knows what else, even their non invasive ventilator couldn't keep him breathing. Talk about a monster PAP machine. He passed the day after thanksgiving. At least now he is at peace.

sorry to hear that..

I think I met the same machine... big, noisy, horrible mask...

though, not as big and noisy as the one that the paramedics were using, which was built into the gurney they transported me on... sweet gadget, built in o2, powered lift, spiffy.

knothead wrote:hope you missed all the tornado activity in Big D area...get better.

other than the alerts waking me up, all we got was a lot of wind and rain.

thanks for the wishes.

So glad you're back.
I find "pretty" to be kind of a turn-off.
Homely forces one to grow a personality.

palerider wrote:ain't ded

Glad to have you back, PailRider. Ded or alive.

May your 2016 be flawless!