Okayyy so... first off idk how many people know this already but i was supposedd to come home from Seattle on Monday but unfortunatly and i was SUPER pissed i got a blood infection and was rushed by my father and mother at 11:47 to the hosptial with a fever of 101. I sat in the ER for a while before taken to the Oncology unit and given a bed in a room with 2 other people one of which happened to be a crying baby and the other a little boy who like to watch tv at 4 am. greatttttttt...... soooo my dad left to go back to woodinville and my mom pulled out the bed next to me and we tried to fall asleep. with not much luck.
They make you stay in the hospital 48 hours after your fever to make sure u dont get another fever so i had to stay there for 2 days. On the 2nd day my mom had to leave and go home. Not more then 10 minutes after mmy mom left did my nurse come in with some bad news... I had a positive blood culture and that meant i had a blood infection. :(
My mom and i had been talking about blood infecctions the day before and her being the mom she is not thinking i would get one told me that blood infections were prettyy serious and could sometimes be deadly.
So after my nurse told me i began to cry thinking i was probably gonna die and that it would be really bad. So my dad walks back into the room to me crying and he has no idea whats going on. I try to explain about the blood cultures and he realizes this means no Spokane probably.. no birthday in Spokane.. and no seieng his dog. :( So he calls my mom and explains everything and we wait for the doctor to come visit and explain more.
Around 8PM the doctor comes in and tells us that a blood infection was found. This could mean 2 things
1. a small staff infection nothing big but i would be put on antibiotics and friends could still visit.
or
2. It could be a large staff infection and i would be but in containment or whattttt evr that one I word is that i cant remember.. with no visitors and alot of antibiotics
and both those meant probably no spokane!!
I was pretty dissapointed and sad... but my dad and i kept up hope.. really hoping that we could just learn to do IV antibiotics at home.
The next day a scientist from the disease and infection group came and told us all about my infection .
THANKFULLY it was just the small infection and strangely it was only in one of my lines. So after 3 positive blood cultures and a few more studies to find out the exact antibiotic to use we should be able to go home. maybe spokane or maybe woodinville.....
Ps. the scientist guy had a really cool last name and a really perfectly shaven face... it was really coool
I had my up and down sickness with some nights being able to sleep and others feeling really sick. I finally got my tube feeding to over 40 and i started slowly to take pills by mouth again and i had 3 positive bloodcultures
I was stuck at the hospital for almost a week and pretty restless. pluss im pretty sure all my doctors were getting annoyed with the crazy girl who inturupted them constantly during rounds to ask questions and tell them all about my cold and how i wanted to go back to spokane. Eventually my constant begging worked and my dad was taught IV antibiotics in hope of leaving later that wednesday.
My original plan was to drive back early and suprise everyone at youthgroup.. but as the day went on and 2 came around with still no news i quickly moved on to new plans.
We finally were able to leave at 6:30 PM my dad was stressed outta his mind cause that meant we would have to stop at Squami pass and do my IV antibiotics at a gas station. Pretty tricky ocnsidering this was supposed to be a clean procedure. We managed to do it with little bickering. And soon had a fun drive home suprising my mom at 12:30 am with her two favorite people!
It was great to be home and my bed felt amazing and my dog slept on my bed and it was just great(:(:
Oh Robin, I am sooooooo oooooooooo HAPPY you got to come home! What an awesome surprise for your Mom!!! Love you!
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