KateP's musings

I was very sick on Friday.   I believe I had a stomach virus.   I was vomiting most of Friday and by Saturday I was sleeping the entire day away and getting up occasion for the required feeding and trips to the bathroom.   I was having a hard time walking but not realizing it until Sunday that it was swollen. After several messages back and forth to neighbor Kim I decided to call my PCP and the on call doc returned and after listening to me explain he told me to go to the ER and get test for the Corvid19 virus.   I got dressed in my sweats and top and headed to YNHH.   I parked the car and the Valet parking took it and I waited for my turn.   I was taken in quickly and given basic triage.   Then    I was taken to the rest of ER and put in a room and this Doc told me I didn’t need the virus test. However he did say I needed an ultra sound to see what the problem was with my leg.   So they eventually took me to DI.   I don’t kno...

When I originally started this entry it March 13, 2014.  It was my first week back at work from vacation and I thought I was getting over my Lupus flare up.  That week I ended up having a 24 hour bug then by the end of the week I wasn’t feeling better.  It turned out I was having my second stage of Lupus flare up.  i started coughing and all kinds of things going on.  Last Monday I went to the doctor and shortly after that I was sent to the hospital with AFIB.  It turns out I had pneumonia/bronchitis and fluid around the heart.  So the next two days included some tests, resting, and meds.   MY roommate was an older woman who was anxious to go home and at one point she almost did.  She did end up leaving before I did on Wednesday.   She was becoming confused, and agitated.  They would move her out of the room for several hours at a time so it wouldn’t be inconvenience.  It also turned out she was resident at WRNH. Wh...

Things have been hectic.   I helped EH with the signature and lit drop Tuesday in the pouring rain.  I had to leave by 7:30.  I still had to see Mom before meeting M&T. I got to Gaylord by 8.  Mom was watching NCIS and was relieved to see me.  We spent about half an hour. Never did get to meet with M&T.  We both had things to do. I was home by 9:30, exhausted and not so hungry.  I didn’t do much except watch TV and then go to bed. Wednesday work was hectic.  We had a party for EH.  After work I was so tired I went home.  I found BC working on the roof.  Short time his son came and did the lawn.  HE had some questions about the door so we called Brother #2 and worked out what the results would be.  Later on he made a request that the final payment for the “project” be paid Sis stopped by after having a dodgy phone conversation with her.  Partially I was having the conversation with BC and the other is...

Yesterday I got to the hospital around 5 I think. When I arrived Mom was having an Echo-cardiogram and various other tests. Liz, Bob, and Nelson were all sitting there talking. Actually I think Bob was letting them do all the talking. We all had to wear gowns. Mom had been gone a long while I guess Bob had been there an hour already. He seemed very uncooperative about giving views on what the next step is for Mom. We helped Mom get back into bed and found out she does have a couple of infections. She seems more lucid but just tired. She didn’t want us to turn people away from visiting. Yet that morning she was telling me she couldn’t handle more. That was confusing. She reminded us where to look for her check book and to see what was paid as far as bills but I tried to look at one check book and it was so confusing. I need to ask her or at least bring it to her to show her. Liz offered to help but I told her I could do it. I feel that I am definitely missing something. I left ...

Well it has been a few days since I wrote again.   I have either been too tired or too busy to write.   This might be short so I apologize. Mom is still in the hospital and will be for another week at least.   The prognosis is this:   What we thought was non-aggressive cancer is now just pre-cancerous cysts.   They will not do any surgery for the foreseeable future.   She has had a blocked bowel and has been getting enemas unfortunately they are not working.   So they will be stopping those.   They started getting her to walk in the last few days.   She has had a shower at least once (thanks to Liz).   They did take her off the O2 and IV through nose.      They are concerned that there is an embolism forming in her chest and will be keeping an eye on that. She has had many visitors through the time and it pleased her immensely.   Most of the time the Rivera clan came to visit but so has Bob a few times and Diane ...

Hello and Happy Mothers Day to all of you. I hope you had a wonderful day today. I know I did. As in the past I spent the morning playing bingo with the residents at the Nursing home. The rest of the afternoon was enjoyable. We had hot dogs and hamburgers at My sister’s and BIL’s home. Things for me are going well. I had some Doctor’s appointments in the last few weeks and they were fine. I continue to make progress with the WW @ work program. My last weigh in was on Friday and that was very successful. Each day is a progress and I am enjoying it. Work continued to be a little hectic as I had to change my vacation plans around when a co-worker had some serious health issues come up and we were a little understaffed and of course heading to end of FY. I have been taking long weekends to use up excess vacation time I need to use before the end of the year. The volume of work for every one has tripled. We have some challenges ahead as we get new billing assignments and new method...

It is before 9:30 at night. I am closing down the house for the night. Today was a good day despite the fact I was still tired. I woke up around 5 and stayed in bed until 6. I started getting ready for work by then. I did get online and replied to some emails and read some forums. I got to work at my normal quarter of 8. I did my usual stuff picking up the mail and collection letters. I went to the office and looked over stuff that Nina did. AT first I was really critical because she had logged off my computer and locked it. I thought I wasn’t going to be able to get on it but I was wrong and was able to get on. She also left a disk I used for the monthly reports for the bad addresses in the disk drive. I told her about it when she stopped by for her eyeglass case I found on the floor. I got a chance to talk to Ann and asked if there were any problems or complaints I should know about. She said no. I told her how the day went yesterday. She was glad to hear that it went w...