Day +3: Crash cart - stat!
After getting settled in yesterday and saying goodbye for a couple of days to Susan, I thought this was going to be a doddle. That is until about 5:30 pm when I ordered my dinner. I lay down on the bed to read and started to shiver, not that I was cold. And then shake. And then look like I was having my own personal earthquake. OK, I didn't get a crash cart but I got pretty much every other piece of equipment in the place. And my dinner arrived in the middle of it - the guy who delivered it placed it on my table most nonchalantly and wandered off which, oddly enough, reassured me greatly. My temperature went up to 102.2 but they soon got that back to near normal and hooked me up to a bag of something to keep me going all night.
I slept well, waking several times but not uncomfortable. I finally decided to stay conscious at about 6:30 which was a good thing as they had decided pretty much the same. A long hot shower made the world a better place and probably made me a better person to be in it. Must remember to be a bit more careful about messing with the controls, though, as one of them turns on a jet of cold water at shoulder level from behind you (it eventually ran hot).
Now I am waiting, without much enthusiasm, for breakfast to arrive. The food here is really good but my guts don't feel the best. Then I will be off to take Marvin (my bedside drug pump for sake of a better description) for a walk. Breakfast did arrive and it went down a treat, especially the melon. So it's time to remove the things on my lower legs that massage me to stop blood clots and go and avoid blood clots the old fashioned way.
The whole day was uneventful - I walked 6 laps of the indoor walking track, taking Marvin with me for 3 of them and then dived into the 72 hour Twilight Zone marathon on the ScyFy channel. There were even some I don't think I'd ever seen before. I have given up on CNN as a news channel as they show the same thing all day, including the big "Breaking News!" screen that precedes it. It would appear that my hands are more steady, too as I am having to make less corrections to my typing.
To finish the day off, I had another case of the shakes. This time I reported it earlier and, as they had recorded what they'd done yesterday, I was back in good shape within minutes.
High spot of the day was undoubtedly my nurse, Cristina, giving me a solo performance of "O Sole Mio". Lovely voice and amazing how such a small person can produce so much volume.
I slept well, waking several times but not uncomfortable. I finally decided to stay conscious at about 6:30 which was a good thing as they had decided pretty much the same. A long hot shower made the world a better place and probably made me a better person to be in it. Must remember to be a bit more careful about messing with the controls, though, as one of them turns on a jet of cold water at shoulder level from behind you (it eventually ran hot).
Now I am waiting, without much enthusiasm, for breakfast to arrive. The food here is really good but my guts don't feel the best. Then I will be off to take Marvin (my bedside drug pump for sake of a better description) for a walk. Breakfast did arrive and it went down a treat, especially the melon. So it's time to remove the things on my lower legs that massage me to stop blood clots and go and avoid blood clots the old fashioned way.
The whole day was uneventful - I walked 6 laps of the indoor walking track, taking Marvin with me for 3 of them and then dived into the 72 hour Twilight Zone marathon on the ScyFy channel. There were even some I don't think I'd ever seen before. I have given up on CNN as a news channel as they show the same thing all day, including the big "Breaking News!" screen that precedes it. It would appear that my hands are more steady, too as I am having to make less corrections to my typing.
To finish the day off, I had another case of the shakes. This time I reported it earlier and, as they had recorded what they'd done yesterday, I was back in good shape within minutes.
High spot of the day was undoubtedly my nurse, Cristina, giving me a solo performance of "O Sole Mio". Lovely voice and amazing how such a small person can produce so much volume.
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