It’s been a very long week…
Hi guys,
First off, I'm sorry it's been so long since I could give you an update. The last weeks of my radiation treatments really kicked my butt. Besides the fatigue, which I'm still dealing with, I ended up with two areas that looked like 2nd degree burns on the underside of my left breast. Getting those healed without infection wasn't fun but they're finally looking better. There's still some soreness but no breaks in the skin now and the redness looks a lot better. I've got a follow-up appointment with my radiologist on the 23rd, I think he'll be pleased with how it's healing. I had my latest heart Echo on Tuesday, overall it looked pretty good so I'll be able to restart my chemo/immuno therapy drugs on Dec 1st, which is good.
What's not so great is that Lee is sick, he was diagnosed with covid on Monday. Lee got an monoclonal antibodies infusion on Tuesday. He's still really sick. He felt a little better on Wednesday but then was up most of Thursday night due to coughing and congestion. He's pretty miserable. He slept in his recliner in the living room the last couple of nights, I've been sleeping in our guest room to try and keep down contact between us as much as we can.
Yesterday we had to go to the ER and he was admitted. He has bilateral bacterial pneumonia. Lee's covid exposure must have happened at work. Except to pick up our groceries each week we barely go out. We've worked so hard to stay safe the last year and a half. Got our vaccinations, always wore our mask and he still got sick. It’s so damned frustrating.
I know that he's scared, he admitted it to me, I am too. It's frightening how fast he went from fine to really sick in just a couple of days. I keep hoping he'll start to show some signs of improvement. They’ve got him on two different iV antibiotics and he’s also getting steroids to try and reduce some of the inflammation in his lungs. Hopefully, I’ll know more when I see him this morning.
Sometimes I wish I wasn’t a nurse, seeing his labs, knowing what the numbers mean, makes things even more frightening. Please, we could really use all the positive thoughts we can get sent our way right now. I'll keep you posted as I can on how things go. Thanks, as always for listening.
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First off, I'm sorry it's been so long since I could give you an update. The last weeks of my radiation treatments really kicked my butt. Besides the fatigue, which I'm still dealing with, I ended up with two areas that looked like 2nd degree burns on the underside of my left breast. Getting those healed without infection wasn't fun but they're finally looking better. There's still some soreness but no breaks in the skin now and the redness looks a lot better. I've got a follow-up appointment with my radiologist on the 23rd, I think he'll be pleased with how it's healing. I had my latest heart Echo on Tuesday, overall it looked pretty good so I'll be able to restart my chemo/immuno therapy drugs on Dec 1st, which is good.
What's not so great is that Lee is sick, he was diagnosed with covid on Monday. Lee got an monoclonal antibodies infusion on Tuesday. He's still really sick. He felt a little better on Wednesday but then was up most of Thursday night due to coughing and congestion. He's pretty miserable. He slept in his recliner in the living room the last couple of nights, I've been sleeping in our guest room to try and keep down contact between us as much as we can.
Yesterday we had to go to the ER and he was admitted. He has bilateral bacterial pneumonia. Lee's covid exposure must have happened at work. Except to pick up our groceries each week we barely go out. We've worked so hard to stay safe the last year and a half. Got our vaccinations, always wore our mask and he still got sick. It’s so damned frustrating.
I know that he's scared, he admitted it to me, I am too. It's frightening how fast he went from fine to really sick in just a couple of days. I keep hoping he'll start to show some signs of improvement. They’ve got him on two different iV antibiotics and he’s also getting steroids to try and reduce some of the inflammation in his lungs. Hopefully, I’ll know more when I see him this morning.
Sometimes I wish I wasn’t a nurse, seeing his labs, knowing what the numbers mean, makes things even more frightening. Please, we could really use all the positive thoughts we can get sent our way right now. I'll keep you posted as I can on how things go. Thanks, as always for listening.
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