Truthfully, I didn't think you were coming back. Glad I was wrong I have lots of questions, but will let you rest
On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 1:55 PM Greg <g...@eskimo.com> wrote: > Update on my health journey: > > It all started with an antibiotic. The dose kept being too high and they > kept lowering it, but it continued to be high and after about a week I > ended up being very loopy in the head, so they took me to the hospital and > by the time I got to the front door I don't remember anything for about a > month. > > I ended up being in complete kidney failure which snowballed into > respiratory failure. I was on daily dialysis and a ventilator. Thank > goodness I don't number the 1st month, but the 2nd month when they were > trying to wean me off the ventilator was very hard. I still have a lot of > fluid on my right lung so I have to drain it about every 3 days and that's > pretty gross and uncomfortable. > > This last Monday I had to go back in for an Ablation in my heart. They had > to stick a catheter up a vein in my groin that allowed them to burn the > extra cells that kept my heart in constant Aflutter for the past two months > and wouldn’t stop. I'm still having trouble sitting all the way up. I'm > very tired, out of breath, very weak and I not able to type very long, so I > haven't been writing. I'm am speaking into a phone right now as I can't > type all this. > > The doctors had told me I’d be on dialysis and a ventilator the rest of my > life at one point and was on the verge of death multiple times during the > first weeks. My kidneys started showing a glimmer of function after a few > weeks, but they still didn’t think they would ever be back to normal. I am > relieved to report that I am free of both the dialysis and the tracheotomy. > I just went to the kidney doctor this week and he told me my kidneys are > back to normal, so that's good. > > Thanks for all your kind words and prayers and I hope I can be back to > posting soon. -Greg >
