I meant to posted several days ago but have been a guest at our local hospital until yesterday afternoon. Ugh.
At least it was a very nice private room.
I had progressively felt worse as last weekend drew to a close, but on Monday I had an appointment to see the doctor to get an injection that would boost my white cells and thought all would be well. By the time I arrived at his office I was literally dragging myself around. Those who know me, understand this is not the norm for me. I'm generally pretty high energy and ready to jump from one project or task to the next. Words can't express how frustrating it was to feel like that.
I'd been warned that the side affects to the injection would give me flu-like symptoms. How bad could that be, right? Always think positively, I say...but the truth is, it produced sharp shooting pains in all the major joints and across my torso. Not fun.
The doctor put me on an antibiotic on Monday for the chest cold and I thought okay, that's that. The following day (Tuesday), things got worse and by four in the afternoon, my fever reached 102.5. My chemo instructions indicated that I needed to call the doctor if I ever had a fever over 100.5.
By 9:00 PM, I was admitted into the Oncology ward at Ball Memorial Hospital and there I stayed until yesterday Saturday, February 18. All the blood work, chest x-rays, and whatever other lab work they did all came back negative for any type of infection, but the fever didn't break until late Thursday.
I know the other patients on the floor were in far worse shape than I was. One family was considering placing their loved on in Hospice and here I was, being treated for the chest cold. I felt like crap about it, but I'm told the game changes once you begin chemo treatments and the slightest cold or sign of infection could lead to something much worse.
The hot shower I took last night did me wonders--those sponge baths just don't quite do it for me. And this morning I slept until 9 AM. Still have bit of the cold hanging on and plan to take it easy today, but over all, I'm feeling pretty well.
Guys, I promise, one of these days we'll get our lives back. Besides, we have a wedding to plan!
