GiftedGrandma

Just to update everyone why I haven’t been around. I got real sick and ended up in the hospital July 11 to Aug 7, 2008. Ended up having emergency surgery and having a colostomy bag and having 14 inch of colon taken out. Kidney biopsy, bone marrow test. Still they are not sure what happened.

It is sooo good to be back home. I have home health care come in almost daily to check my vitals. They took so much blood in that time span. I had about 7 IV’s they put in and 2 pick lines that they could draw blood without searching (probing) for a vein to get it from daily.

They put the fluids to me the first 48 hours and my kidneys wouldn’t let it go, so I had 40 lbs too much they had to find a way to get rid of. My feet and legs could not support that much weight immediately put on. I almost collapsed each time they tried to get me out of bed. From about 165 lbs to over 200 lbs. in 48 hours. It will be a slow recovery but know with God’s help I will make it. Blessings to all.