The Saga Continues
So for those of you not on Facebook? Things got more interesting.
I spent the past five days in the hospital with breathing problems. Actually that's a bit more dramatic than what happened, it's not as though I was constantly hooked up to oxygen or something. But it was labored enough that they wanted to keep a close eye on me and use nebulisers to give my lungs regular direct medication for a while. Two days in the middle were pretty bizarre.
That said, things did eventually improve (largely thanks to more antibiotics), and I'm out! YAY! HOME! So glad to be back.
The tests revealed that it wasn't Mothra, but yet ANOTHER bacterial lung infection, this one called Moraxella Catarrhalis, a name I find vaguely hilarious (the evil pizza infection!). Conclusion: having a compromised immune system (thanks to pregnancy, in my case) royally sucks, and if there are any anti-vaccers reading, I'm going to throw essays about herd immunity at you until you reconsider your stance.
So now I'm back to where I was when I last posted, really. My breathing is much improved though not 100% (still can't walk around or do much without getting short of breath), I cough a ton and produce enough mucus to make several sequel films to the Blob. Exercise beyond walking up and down the block, slowly, is off the cards for the moment.
But I'm hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooome. =)
Save your sympathy for Chris, though. My time in the hospital was tedious but not that bad (the food was even edible); meanwhile he was here alone with Robin, who of course picked then to get sick and throw up in the middle of the night. Meeeeeeep poor Chris!!! My in-laws have been lifesavers as always during the days, taking her on non-nursery days so Chris could get a break. They're going to France for two weeks in a bit, and Mom is going to come out and look after us then, which is a big relief to everybody. Hopefully I'll be better by then, but since this has been going on for almost two months, I'm not counting on it and neither is anyone else.
For now, back to computer games. I managed to do dishes and put clothes in the laundry, and that's exercise enough for the moment. Baby steps, Fae.
...that's a silly saying, really. Robin takes baby steps, and technically they're small, but she does so many of them so fast that she covers a lot of distance! Rather contradicts the spirit of the saying. ;)
I spent the past five days in the hospital with breathing problems. Actually that's a bit more dramatic than what happened, it's not as though I was constantly hooked up to oxygen or something. But it was labored enough that they wanted to keep a close eye on me and use nebulisers to give my lungs regular direct medication for a while. Two days in the middle were pretty bizarre.
That said, things did eventually improve (largely thanks to more antibiotics), and I'm out! YAY! HOME! So glad to be back.
The tests revealed that it wasn't Mothra, but yet ANOTHER bacterial lung infection, this one called Moraxella Catarrhalis, a name I find vaguely hilarious (the evil pizza infection!). Conclusion: having a compromised immune system (thanks to pregnancy, in my case) royally sucks, and if there are any anti-vaccers reading, I'm going to throw essays about herd immunity at you until you reconsider your stance.
So now I'm back to where I was when I last posted, really. My breathing is much improved though not 100% (still can't walk around or do much without getting short of breath), I cough a ton and produce enough mucus to make several sequel films to the Blob. Exercise beyond walking up and down the block, slowly, is off the cards for the moment.
But I'm hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooome. =)
Save your sympathy for Chris, though. My time in the hospital was tedious but not that bad (the food was even edible); meanwhile he was here alone with Robin, who of course picked then to get sick and throw up in the middle of the night. Meeeeeeep poor Chris!!! My in-laws have been lifesavers as always during the days, taking her on non-nursery days so Chris could get a break. They're going to France for two weeks in a bit, and Mom is going to come out and look after us then, which is a big relief to everybody. Hopefully I'll be better by then, but since this has been going on for almost two months, I'm not counting on it and neither is anyone else.
For now, back to computer games. I managed to do dishes and put clothes in the laundry, and that's exercise enough for the moment. Baby steps, Fae.
...that's a silly saying, really. Robin takes baby steps, and technically they're small, but she does so many of them so fast that she covers a lot of distance! Rather contradicts the spirit of the saying. ;)