Scary!

This Tuesday, I was at the SCCA to get my antibiotics from the last time that I was at the hospital. While I was in the infusion room, I started to get confused. I ended up getting transported to the UW via ambulance. I continued to get worse until I couldn't talk. Meanwhile, I remember everything everyone was saying to me. I just could not answer. I could only moan. The right side of my body was numb. They took me to a CT scan, MIR scan, and gave me a lumbar puncture. They thought that I might have had a stroke. I spent the night in ICU with Travis, my Mom, Jill, and Nick. Early in the morning, I needed to go potty-so I started talking. I don't know what happened to turn it back on. I was missing a few words, but now I'm pretty much back to normal. Wednesday I was transfered to the regular cancer unit. Thursday I got to go home.

That was a close call!

On January 1st, I was sent home from 4 days of chemo at the UW. This round of recovery felt a little different. I still felt nauseated but it didn't seem the same as before. On Thursday Jan 7, I went to SCCA for my usual follow-up to receive the "light" chemo doses. After I received the chemo, they took my temp prior to giving me platelets and it was 102. I was waiting for a hospital bed at the UW and while I waited my condition became a little more concerning. Eventually I was ambulanced from the SCCA to UW and admitted to the ICU. It was discovered that I aquired a blood infection, called sepsis, and they pumped me full of fluids and antibiotics. Today, Jan 12, I am still at the UW. I am no longer in the ICU but they are holding me until my breathing improves. I will get a chest CT today to make sure I'm not developing pneumonia or something in my lungs. I'm feeling much better compared to a few days ago. No more nausea. I still have a bit of a cough but they are giving me some good cough medicine to control it.