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I’ll check in. Wish it was something light but it’s not good news and
ends with warning.
I just got home, two days ago, from being in the hospital for 5 days.
Diagnosis… Aspiration Pneumonia. (Food particles.)
Before that I had coughing spells so bad my stomach and chest
muscles got so sore and painful I could not sit up. (What I was
spitting up had a horrible taste). Was running temps of 100.9,
102 once up to 104 but back to 100.9. They had to take me to
the hospital by ambulance (EMS). I was put in a Special Care unit.
Three bags of fluid hung on the rack. Pain medicine by injection.
So many blood draws they ask if I’d be ok with a possible blood
transfusion if needed. ?
Whoever designed that hospital bed should have been forced to
spend 5 days in it with all the tubes just taped to his/her arms.
On the last day they asked to do a Barium swallow study.
Fortunately I have that scheduled at my next ALS clinic in
January. There was no way I was going to spend another two
days in that hospital bed. I said no because I had the same thing
to be done in January. I got discharged.
The warning… anybody who has swallowing issues please be
careful. I’ve had swallowing issues apparently wasn’t careful
enough. You don’t want to go through what I just did. From
the falls to this I am wore out. I hope what I did have somewhat
comes back.
Sorry for posting a such downer.
PS. I may have posted this on the wrong one. Mods, maybe
move it to the "Wednesday or anytime" one.
ends with warning.
I just got home, two days ago, from being in the hospital for 5 days.
Diagnosis… Aspiration Pneumonia. (Food particles.)
Before that I had coughing spells so bad my stomach and chest
muscles got so sore and painful I could not sit up. (What I was
spitting up had a horrible taste). Was running temps of 100.9,
102 once up to 104 but back to 100.9. They had to take me to
the hospital by ambulance (EMS). I was put in a Special Care unit.
Three bags of fluid hung on the rack. Pain medicine by injection.
So many blood draws they ask if I’d be ok with a possible blood
transfusion if needed. ?
Whoever designed that hospital bed should have been forced to
spend 5 days in it with all the tubes just taped to his/her arms.
On the last day they asked to do a Barium swallow study.
Fortunately I have that scheduled at my next ALS clinic in
January. There was no way I was going to spend another two
days in that hospital bed. I said no because I had the same thing
to be done in January. I got discharged.
The warning… anybody who has swallowing issues please be
careful. I’ve had swallowing issues apparently wasn’t careful
enough. You don’t want to go through what I just did. From
the falls to this I am wore out. I hope what I did have somewhat
comes back.
Sorry for posting a such downer.
PS. I may have posted this on the wrong one. Mods, maybe
move it to the "Wednesday or anytime" one.
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