After 2 blissful nights in our new home I've had a little set back. I was cruising along with little to no side effects from treatment until the afternoon of Wednesday, July 15th: Wednesday, July 15th: I woke up Wednesday feeling good. Throughout this process I've continued to work as is allowed with appointments, treatments, etc. I was working on Wednesday and after I took a break for lunch and to hang out with Avani & Anya for a bit I started to feel a bit off (slight headache, fatigue, cough) . This got worse over the afternoon and around 5pm I was feeling pretty shitty (and now very warm). I took my temperature and I had a temperature of 102. I immediately sent a text to my Oncologist (already knowing what her response was going to be) . I had already begun to pack up my backpack by the time she responded. Load up the car! Family trip to the ER. I haven't mentioned this yet but I'm at Northwestern hospital in Chicago so of course we have now moved to the burbs a...
During my night in the ER and my transition to an inpatient room I had to receive 4 blood transfusions. This was because my hemoglobin levels were at dangerously low levels when I arrived at the ER. For explanation purposes a healthy, 39 year old male should have a hemoglobin level between 13-15. When I arrived at the ER my hemoglobin level was 4.8. The baseline (safe) level that Dr.'s use is 7.0. After my transfusions I was now above that level and for the 1st time in over a month I felt pretty decent again. During my stay at the hospital which lasted for a few days I began to see all kinds of Dr.'s roll through my room (poking prodding, pushing, questioning). Luckily, guest restrictions (due to COVID) had just lifted the night I was in the ER so Maneesha was able to be with me in the hospital and hear the info from the Dr.'s 1st hand. A HUGE thank you to our friends who helped out with Avani & Anya (especially Kelly & Ramon)! It was pretty much established that...
All, if you're not logged in with a Google Account and you leave a comment please leave your name in the comment so I know who you are! Otherwise it just shows up as 'Unknown". Feeling much better today and it feels great to be home with the family!!!
Weevil! Glad to hear you are back home! Gotta send some pics of the new house!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you're getting to have fun with the kids - I want to see you going down the slide!
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