It doesn't just rain ... it bloody pours!
I'm ill now!
Woke up this Friday with what I thought was a sore throat and just put it down to being tired and run down. Early hours Saturday morning it developed into a ear and throat infection. I dragged myself to the festival (it was too late to call in sick) and held on until I could find cover about midday. Since then I've been popping pain killers and feeling very sorry for myself! It's meant I dropped my collegues in it (they realise not on purpose) by having to call in sick for the last weekend of the festival and also leaving David visitor-less :o(
I feel a little better than I did yesterday but first thing tomorrow I'll be calling the doctors to make an appointment. I need to recover quickly, for David but also because gerriparker has kindly offered to come over and keep me company this weekend. This should happen easily enough because the festival is now over and i'm off work for at least a week (maybe two).
Also on Friday we were told by the consultant that David is going to be in hospital for at least another week with a very strong possibility of it being longer. *goes to look at previous posts to work out what i've told you so far*
Where to start .....
I think the best place is to ease some worries posted in the comments by letting you know that the consultant has brought other consultants onto the case. To our knowledge at least four other consultants have assesed the situation and all of them have come to the same conclusion. They have no idea what is causing his illness and all they can do at the moment is treat the symptons and observe David.
Since my last post they have found more/different infections and have put him back on antibiotics. Since then his fevers have stopped thankfully. He is of course still on anti-coagulants which will hopefully have a positive affect on his blood clots. Also (which I didn't mention previously) part of his spleen has died because of the blood clots (I can't remember the medical term for it now) and so observation is important as this could lead to internal bleeding.
Since my last update there have been some good days and some bad days. Having to deal with crappy food, lack of sleep, bordem and lack of privacy on top of the uncertainty of his illness doesn't keep you in the happiest of moods to say the least. Quite frankly I don't know how he's coping but coping he is.
Woke up this Friday with what I thought was a sore throat and just put it down to being tired and run down. Early hours Saturday morning it developed into a ear and throat infection. I dragged myself to the festival (it was too late to call in sick) and held on until I could find cover about midday. Since then I've been popping pain killers and feeling very sorry for myself! It's meant I dropped my collegues in it (they realise not on purpose) by having to call in sick for the last weekend of the festival and also leaving David visitor-less :o(
I feel a little better than I did yesterday but first thing tomorrow I'll be calling the doctors to make an appointment. I need to recover quickly, for David but also because gerriparker has kindly offered to come over and keep me company this weekend. This should happen easily enough because the festival is now over and i'm off work for at least a week (maybe two).
Also on Friday we were told by the consultant that David is going to be in hospital for at least another week with a very strong possibility of it being longer. *goes to look at previous posts to work out what i've told you so far*
Where to start .....
I think the best place is to ease some worries posted in the comments by letting you know that the consultant has brought other consultants onto the case. To our knowledge at least four other consultants have assesed the situation and all of them have come to the same conclusion. They have no idea what is causing his illness and all they can do at the moment is treat the symptons and observe David.
Since my last post they have found more/different infections and have put him back on antibiotics. Since then his fevers have stopped thankfully. He is of course still on anti-coagulants which will hopefully have a positive affect on his blood clots. Also (which I didn't mention previously) part of his spleen has died because of the blood clots (I can't remember the medical term for it now) and so observation is important as this could lead to internal bleeding.
Since my last update there have been some good days and some bad days. Having to deal with crappy food, lack of sleep, bordem and lack of privacy on top of the uncertainty of his illness doesn't keep you in the happiest of moods to say the least. Quite frankly I don't know how he's coping but coping he is.