I've finally made it home to the boat!!!
May 25, 2017 15:49:06 GMT
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Post by bettina on May 25, 2017 15:49:06 GMT
Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Well after 8 weeks in the hospital, I've finally made it home to Dave & the boat
I hadn't really realized just how serious it was till a couple of weeks ago - apparently the first few days I was there they weren't sure if I'd pull through or not. I wasn't aware of this as I was completely out of it, and only have slight memories of a couple of conversations but they are just bits & pieces really.
Dave tells me I was up and shuffling around the hospital after the ambulance dropped me off in A&E, and although my speech was a little slurred he said I was pretty co-hearent. The next day when he came to visit, I was bedridden, breathing with the assistance of oxygen and not really with it at all. My oxgyen saturation level had dropped to 60, low body temp, low blood pressure, low heart rate, sepsis (blood posioning) brought on be a really bad case of cellulitis & a major vitimen D deficiency (anything between 30 - 50 results in a course of supplements) mine was at 5 when I was addmitted. With my oxgyen saturation being so low I had to have NIV support (a pressurized oxgyen mask) that I had to have on for 16 out of 24 hours for the first couple of weeks, then it was gradually reduced down in the lenght of time I needed it, along with the amount of litres of oxygen being put through the mask. Then I was on just the nasual feed for a little over a week with the mask on just over night. I wouldn't wish that bloody mask on my worst enemy!!
Anyway, I'm back on the boat now, still walking with the assistance of a stick, and the Occupational Health nurse arranged for a non slip surface ramp that I can use for getting on and off the boat at least till I get my "sea legs" back, and a "perching stool" that I can use in the kitchen when standing for longish periods.
CRT have been really good about it. We were a couple of miles north of Peartree when I collasped on the boat on the 12th of April, and Dave thought the pub at Peartree would be the best place for an ambulance crew to get me off the boat so he moved it down here. The boat has been there ever since, mostly on the tow path side, but Dave moved it over to the pub side yesterday so Occ. Health to drop off the equipment and me to get onboard. He called and asked that a message be given to Glenn B. (EO for the area) a couple of weeks after I was admitted (once he realized I was on the mend and would be ok). Turned out Glenn was on A/L and just got the message today, apparently after a overstay notice has been put into action; he said not to worry at all about it, that he would do an approved overstay notice that would override the over stay action. He's also given us the all clear to come back to the area for 3 dates I have for blood tests and a doctor's appt.
Moral of the story - If you suffer from Hypothyroidism make sure you take your tablets daily, at the same time each day, and well before any food or drink. Who knew that by not doing so, you could die! I sure didn't.
Ohh and as a side note....it's not a great idea to leave you boat solely in the hands of your partner for 8 weeks especially if he's a slob!!!!! Good God where to start
How's everyone been? What's the scoop? What's the score? What's been happening around here?
Well after 8 weeks in the hospital, I've finally made it home to Dave & the boat
I hadn't really realized just how serious it was till a couple of weeks ago - apparently the first few days I was there they weren't sure if I'd pull through or not. I wasn't aware of this as I was completely out of it, and only have slight memories of a couple of conversations but they are just bits & pieces really.
Dave tells me I was up and shuffling around the hospital after the ambulance dropped me off in A&E, and although my speech was a little slurred he said I was pretty co-hearent. The next day when he came to visit, I was bedridden, breathing with the assistance of oxygen and not really with it at all. My oxgyen saturation level had dropped to 60, low body temp, low blood pressure, low heart rate, sepsis (blood posioning) brought on be a really bad case of cellulitis & a major vitimen D deficiency (anything between 30 - 50 results in a course of supplements) mine was at 5 when I was addmitted. With my oxgyen saturation being so low I had to have NIV support (a pressurized oxgyen mask) that I had to have on for 16 out of 24 hours for the first couple of weeks, then it was gradually reduced down in the lenght of time I needed it, along with the amount of litres of oxygen being put through the mask. Then I was on just the nasual feed for a little over a week with the mask on just over night. I wouldn't wish that bloody mask on my worst enemy!!
Anyway, I'm back on the boat now, still walking with the assistance of a stick, and the Occupational Health nurse arranged for a non slip surface ramp that I can use for getting on and off the boat at least till I get my "sea legs" back, and a "perching stool" that I can use in the kitchen when standing for longish periods.
CRT have been really good about it. We were a couple of miles north of Peartree when I collasped on the boat on the 12th of April, and Dave thought the pub at Peartree would be the best place for an ambulance crew to get me off the boat so he moved it down here. The boat has been there ever since, mostly on the tow path side, but Dave moved it over to the pub side yesterday so Occ. Health to drop off the equipment and me to get onboard. He called and asked that a message be given to Glenn B. (EO for the area) a couple of weeks after I was admitted (once he realized I was on the mend and would be ok). Turned out Glenn was on A/L and just got the message today, apparently after a overstay notice has been put into action; he said not to worry at all about it, that he would do an approved overstay notice that would override the over stay action. He's also given us the all clear to come back to the area for 3 dates I have for blood tests and a doctor's appt.
Moral of the story - If you suffer from Hypothyroidism make sure you take your tablets daily, at the same time each day, and well before any food or drink. Who knew that by not doing so, you could die! I sure didn't.
Ohh and as a side note....it's not a great idea to leave you boat solely in the hands of your partner for 8 weeks especially if he's a slob!!!!! Good God where to start
How's everyone been? What's the scoop? What's the score? What's been happening around here?