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From: DrLith on 24 Dec 2005 23:31 Hello, fine folks on the NGs! I wanted to let y'all know I appreciate the well wishes, which I got second hand from a couple of sources. I finally got sprung from prison^H^H^H^H^H^Hthe hospital this afternoon, just in time to make it home for Christmas eve and all. After having increasing difficulty with breathing deeply and chest pain last weekend, on Monday I went in to the doc, who ran an EKG that read normal but thought it wise to send me to the ER to have further evaluation. After many many hours, another EKG, an echocardiogram, a chest CT scan, chest x-rays, and some bloodwork later, I was diagnosed with blood clots in both my lungs, aka pulmonary embollism. So I was admitted upstairs for what was supposed to be a couple of days, but what turned out to be the rest of the week on a heparin drip to thin out my naughty little platelets. I was uncomfortable the first couple of days, but then my lungs started to clear a little and, as my little birds have mentioned, I was mostly just bored and tethered to the wall socket via an IV. I am feeling mostly all better now and am cleared to resume normal activities, but no strenuous exercise for a month, and I have to be cautious with certain activities with a high risk of cuts or bruising, since I will be on a blood thinner for a year as a preventive measure. So now, the presents are almost all wrapped, my gem of a husband is stuck with the midnight shift and will will keeping an eye out for reindeer on the rooftop or the metro station at the MCI Center, and we should have a very merry Christmas when he gets home from work. He really was the greatest, stepping in and doing all the week before Christmas stuff with two kids who were understandably weirded out by everything going on! Again, thanks everyone for your kind wishes, and I now return you to your regularly scheduled nitpicking!
From: Joy on 24 Dec 2005 23:47 "DrLith" <drlith(a)nospamhotmail.com> wrote in message news:416libF1de7g2U1(a)individual.net... > Hello, fine folks on the NGs! > > I wanted to let y'all know I appreciate the well wishes, which I got > second hand from a couple of sources. I finally got sprung from > prison^H^H^H^H^H^Hthe hospital this afternoon, just in time to make it > home for Christmas eve and all. > > After having increasing difficulty with breathing deeply and chest pain > last weekend, on Monday I went in to the doc, who ran an EKG that read > normal but thought it wise to send me to the ER to have further > evaluation. After many many hours, another EKG, an echocardiogram, a chest > CT scan, chest x-rays, and some bloodwork later, I was diagnosed with > blood clots in both my lungs, aka pulmonary embollism. So I was admitted > upstairs for what was supposed to be a couple of days, but what turned out > to be the rest of the week on a heparin drip to thin out my naughty little > platelets. I was uncomfortable the first couple of days, but then my lungs > started to clear a little and, as my little birds have mentioned, I was > mostly just bored and tethered to the wall socket via an IV. > > I am feeling mostly all better now and am cleared to resume normal > activities, but no strenuous exercise for a month, and I have to be > cautious with certain activities with a high risk of cuts or bruising, > since I will be on a blood thinner for a year as a preventive measure. > > So now, the presents are almost all wrapped, my gem of a husband is stuck > with the midnight shift and will will keeping an eye out for reindeer on > the rooftop or the metro station at the MCI Center, and we should have a > very merry Christmas when he gets home from work. He really was the > greatest, stepping in and doing all the week before Christmas stuff with > two kids who were understandably weirded out by everything going on! > > Again, thanks everyone for your kind wishes, and I now return you to your > regularly scheduled nitpicking! Glad to hear you are better! A Merry Hanukkah Happy Christmas White Festivus to all!
From: Sushi Fish on 25 Dec 2005 00:01 DrLith wrote: > Hello, fine folks on the NGs! > > I wanted to let y'all know I appreciate the well wishes, which I got > second hand from a couple of sources. I finally got sprung from > prison^H^H^H^H^H^Hthe hospital this afternoon, just in time to make it > home for Christmas eve and all. > > After having increasing difficulty with breathing deeply and chest pain > last weekend, on Monday I went in to the doc, who ran an EKG that read > normal but thought it wise to send me to the ER to have further > evaluation. After many many hours, another EKG, an echocardiogram, a > chest CT scan, chest x-rays, and some bloodwork later, I was diagnosed > with blood clots in both my lungs, aka pulmonary embollism. So I was > admitted upstairs for what was supposed to be a couple of days, but what > turned out to be the rest of the week on a heparin drip to thin out my > naughty little platelets. I was uncomfortable the first couple of days, > but then my lungs started to clear a little and, as my little birds have > mentioned, I was mostly just bored and tethered to the wall socket via > an IV. > > I am feeling mostly all better now and am cleared to resume normal > activities, but no strenuous exercise for a month, and I have to be > cautious with certain activities with a high risk of cuts or bruising, > since I will be on a blood thinner for a year as a preventive measure. > > So now, the presents are almost all wrapped, my gem of a husband is > stuck with the midnight shift and will will keeping an eye out for > reindeer on the rooftop or the metro station at the MCI Center, and we > should have a very merry Christmas when he gets home from work. He > really was the greatest, stepping in and doing all the week before > Christmas stuff with two kids who were understandably weirded out by > everything going on! > > Again, thanks everyone for your kind wishes, and I now return you to > your regularly scheduled nitpicking! Welcome back, Dr Lith -- glad you enjoy time outside the hospital, it can be worse than being in jail as I found out, as you are tied with IV, oxygen mask and a bunch of other electronic devices. It is not that hard to get to parking lot, but It is hard to escape hospital if you have to carry CSF and urine bags on the shoulder and convince the taxi cab driver to take you home. Inject your wisdoms frequently - Merry Christmas!
From: Jess on 24 Dec 2005 23:16 "Joy" <joydoesn'tlikespam(a)nospam.net> wrote in message news:cvprf.1445$Z95.893(a)fe04.lga... > Glad to hear you are better! A Merry Hanukkah Happy Christmas White > Festivus to all! Ditto, since I didn't get the original post. :) Jess
From: La Mer on 25 Dec 2005 00:41
DrLith wrote: > Hello, fine folks on the NGs! > > I wanted to let y'all know I appreciate the well wishes, which I got > second hand from a couple of sources. I finally got sprung from > prison^H^H^H^H^H^Hthe hospital this afternoon, just in time to make it > home for Christmas eve and all. > > After having increasing difficulty with breathing deeply and chest pain > last weekend, on Monday I went in to the doc, who ran an EKG that read > normal but thought it wise to send me to the ER to have further > evaluation. After many many hours, another EKG, an echocardiogram, a > chest CT scan, chest x-rays, and some bloodwork later, I was diagnosed > with blood clots in both my lungs, aka pulmonary embollism. So I was > admitted upstairs for what was supposed to be a couple of days, but what > turned out to be the rest of the week on a heparin drip to thin out my > naughty little platelets. I was uncomfortable the first couple of days, > but then my lungs started to clear a little and, as my little birds have > mentioned, I was mostly just bored and tethered to the wall socket via > an IV. > > I am feeling mostly all better now and am cleared to resume normal > activities, but no strenuous exercise for a month, and I have to be > cautious with certain activities with a high risk of cuts or bruising, > since I will be on a blood thinner for a year as a preventive measure. > > So now, the presents are almost all wrapped, my gem of a husband is > stuck with the midnight shift and will will keeping an eye out for > reindeer on the rooftop or the metro station at the MCI Center, and we > should have a very merry Christmas when he gets home from work. He > really was the greatest, stepping in and doing all the week before > Christmas stuff with two kids who were understandably weirded out by > everything going on! > > Again, thanks everyone for your kind wishes, and I now return you to > your regularly scheduled nitpicking! So glad you're okay; I've missed your wisdom :-) Stay well! |