Re: I Got Out Of Hospital Yesterday

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Goodness Kim... you have been through so much lately! God watches over you.

You are so young to have to endure so much.

God's Blessings on you.

MamaSher, age 70. IPF 3-06, OR. NasturtiumsDon't fret about tomorrow, God is already there!

I Got Out Of Hospital Yesterday

Hey everybody whats up? Thought I would update everybody on what happendto me this past weekend & week. On Friday morning I was feeling a-okay,I woke up and started to do routine things. I started to feel reallynaseous and began to vomit uncontinually. by then my mom left me for acouple hours to run some errands I told her I would be fine while shewas out. A couple hours later she came back and I was still vomittingand by then I couldn't catch my breath like something was starting tochoke me. Mom started to be panicy and was going to take me to the ERand was trying to dress me herself. All I remember saying to her wascall ambulance - call the ambulance then apparently I passed outafterwards, I turned blue. The paramedics came and took me to a ER thatwas close by in the area. If the paramedics didn't come when they didthey told me I would've died on the way over. I don't remember muchpassing out but I remember a white bright warm light and suddenly Iheard sirens and the paramedics talking to me with the breathing maskover my face.I remember being hoisted onto the ER table at the first hospital - withall the nurses trying to start a IV on me and with heavy heavy oxygengoing with a big ol mask trying to get me stable. I was in between shockand unconciousness/conciousness I let them do whatever they wanted. Mypoor mama I kept telling her I was okay and kept giving her thumbs up. Iwas very talkative even though I had the mask on. After I managed tokick myself back to reality I was stable enough they tried to get someinformation from me. Finally I was told they wanted to transfer me tothe Hospital I always gone to, which was downtown so they were gonnatransfer me to downtown. They put me on the helicopter and flew me overthere, it was a very fun ride I was concious so I was able to see a verypretty sunset. I was in ICU for 3 days and a regular room for 2 days.Yesterday I was able to finally breathe on a cannula and stuff on myusual 3 liters of O2. I got diagonsed with pnemounia, I still haveantibiotics left to take. Cause of my veins being so crummy they stuck aartery line in my groin area. I watched them place it & thought it wasthe coolest thing ever. Why I dunno, lol. They wanted to try and drainsome fluid that had started to build up but the radiologists disagreedwith the doctors saying it wasn't worth the risk to have my lungscollapse. The fibrosis will always be around, but my right lung istrying to rexpand so I've been having some extra pain with that. I'msure alot more happened but that is what I mainly remembered./23/North Ridgeville, Ohio~ Non Hodgkins Lymphoma12/2005~Autologus Bone Marrow Transplant 09/2006~Pulmonary Fibrosis dueto Chemotherapy 06/2008.

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Kim, You are the energizer bunny. I hope this week is better for you.... then again it can't get much worse. Sorry you have all this to deal with. Love and Prayers, Peggy   IPF  2004,  Florida"Worry looks around, Sorry looks back,  Faith looks up." Hey everybody whats up? Thought I would update everybody on what happendto me this past weekend & week. On Friday morning I was feeling a-okay,I woke up and started to do routine things. I started to feel reallynaseous and began to vomit uncontinually. by then my mom left me for acouple hours to run some errands I told her I would be fine while shewas out. A couple hours later she came back and I was still vomittingand by then I couldn't catch my breath like something was starting tochoke me. Mom started to be panicy and was going to take me to the ERand was trying to dress me herself. All I remember saying to her wascall ambulance - call the ambulance then apparently I passed outafterwards, I turned blue. The paramedics came and took me to a ER thatwas close by in the area. If the paramedics didn't come when they didthey told me I would've died on the way over. I don't remember muchpassing out but I remember a white bright warm light and suddenly Iheard sirens and the paramedics talking to me with the breathing maskover my face.I remember being hoisted onto the ER table at the first hospital - withall the nurses trying to start a IV on me and with heavy heavy oxygengoing with a big ol mask trying to get me stable. I was in between shockand unconciousness/conciousness I let them do whatever they wanted. Mypoor mama I kept telling her I was okay and kept giving her thumbs up. Iwas very talkative even though I had the mask on. After I managed tokick myself back to reality I was stable enough they tried to get someinformation from me. Finally I was told they wanted to transfer me tothe Hospital I always gone to, which was downtown so they were gonnatransfer me to downtown. They put me on the helicopter and flew me overthere, it was a very fun ride I was concious so I was able to see a verypretty sunset. I was in ICU for 3 days and a regular room for 2 days.Yesterday I was able to finally breathe on a cannula and stuff on myusual 3 liters of O2. I got diagonsed with pnemounia, I still haveantibiotics left to take. Cause of my veins being so crummy they stuck aartery line in my groin area. I watched them place it & thought it wasthe coolest thing ever. Why I dunno, lol. They wanted to try and drainsome fluid that had started to build up but the radiologists disagreedwith the doctors saying it wasn't worth the risk to have my lungscollapse. The fibrosis will always be around, but my right lung istrying to rexpand so I've been having some extra pain with that. I'msure alot more happened but that is what I mainly remembered./23/North Ridgeville, Ohio~ Non Hodgkins Lymphoma12/2005~Autologus Bone Marrow Transplant 09/2006~Pulmonary Fibrosis dueto Chemotherapy 06/2008.