We are home!

[Guest guest]

It has been a long day, but I just wanted to give everyone a quick

update & a great big thanks to everyone who called us in the

hospital. got discharged today from Mt. Sinai. Not that the

whole week wasn't stressful for us (6 days at the hospital), but the

past few days almost did me in. I got the flu as well & was asked to

not leave the hospital room for the past few days. Dr. H was

gracious enough to call in Tamiflu for me a few days ago, but I had

to go out in 16 degree weather feeling horrible with a fever to get

it at the pharmacy a few blocks away. is much better, but

still on some meds & nebulizer treatments. Today was quite stressful

for me, and I finally had a meltdown this morning. I knew

was going to be discharged today, but I also knew it would have to be

early if I was going to get a flight. So, I pushed for all the

doctors to get in there early. By noon, he was almost ready to go,

and I called some airlines. The only flight I could get was a 1:45

PM one, which was pushing it. I booked the flight, and didn't get

out of the hospital until 12:35 or so. Dr. H helped us out with our

bags in the pouring rain & hailed a cab for us. The airline told me

if I didn't get to the airport by 1PM, I would need to call & cancel

my flight. I knew this would be a risk, because the weather was

horrible. Well, we got there right at 1PM, but then luck us - we got

selected for additional security screening. So, we had to go through

a separate security entrance, they had to go through all of our

belongings by hand (and you can imagine how much stuff we had) & then

pat us both down. All this while we were both coughing

profusely.... Then, they came across the syringes & stuff, and it

took me awhile to find the note I had that said we were able to fly

with them. We got to the plane just in time for boarding, which

ended up being a little delayed anyway. I am sooooooo thankful to

finally be home - this has been one experience which I won't soon

forget.

On another note, this is the first time I have ever had to book a

flight so unexpectedly, and the rates were very high, which I didn't

expect. We got great rates for round trip airfare originally - only

$96 round trip per person including taxes. I ended up not flying

back on the same airline, and now I have a credit with them that can

be used within 1 year, and then I had to spend $420.00 for a one-way

trip home. I also ended up paying for 1 extra night at the hotel

that we didn't stay in (I got a refund for 1 night). I don't even

want to see what these out of state hospital bills are..... Sorry

for the venting!!!! But a great big thanks again for all the support

everyone gave me while we were there - you all are like family! It

will take me a while to catch up on the posts, but I do plan on

reading them.

Kim C.