Being thankful…
As I wrote to a friend earlier today, I'm thankful, and overjoyed, today because Lee got to come home from the hospital last night. He came with antibiotics, two new inhalers, a steroid dose pack, O2 Sat monitor, new BP cuff, new meds and strict orders to let them know if he has any instances of being excessively short of breath but that's okay. I think that mostly they let him come home because he lives with a nurse, retired though I might be.
They said to consider it as virtual hospital time. He’s not to go back to work yet. He still has to heal and build his endurance back up. The main thing is that he’s home! There were times in the last week that I was so scared for Lee. His respiratory doc told him yesterday that his being vaccinated is what saved him. With the speed at which this virus attacked, how quickly he became really ill, I truly believe that, too.
Even though Lee’s home we’re still postponing dinner with Amber, Anastaisa and our friend, Doug for now. Partly due to finances, the cost of food, gas for all the trips back and forth to the hospital, doc visits and meds were all unexpected expenses here at the end of the month. But also mostly due to caution, we don't want to take any chances until we have a negative COVID test for Lee. We don’t want any one else we love to have to go through this. I’ve never seen any other virus be as vicious as this one.
If he feels up to it at all he'll be working remotely next week. He’s going to play it by ear and see how he’s feeling. I plan on encouraging naps, using his inhalers and doing his breathing exercises to keep cleaning out his lungs. I’ll be fixing high vitamin foods to help boost his immune system. Mine too, I restart my chemo on Dec 1st.
I'm just so glad to have him home. The last year has taught me that life changes in an instant and you can never take anything for granted. That you have to cherish the people you love, hug them, tell them how much you love them, whenever you have a chance. So, I'm thankful, both for having Lee home and having all of you in my life.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope that your day was filled with laughter, friends, family, good food and tons of hugs!😊 You can also read this entry on Dreamwidth (
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They said to consider it as virtual hospital time. He’s not to go back to work yet. He still has to heal and build his endurance back up. The main thing is that he’s home! There were times in the last week that I was so scared for Lee. His respiratory doc told him yesterday that his being vaccinated is what saved him. With the speed at which this virus attacked, how quickly he became really ill, I truly believe that, too.
Even though Lee’s home we’re still postponing dinner with Amber, Anastaisa and our friend, Doug for now. Partly due to finances, the cost of food, gas for all the trips back and forth to the hospital, doc visits and meds were all unexpected expenses here at the end of the month. But also mostly due to caution, we don't want to take any chances until we have a negative COVID test for Lee. We don’t want any one else we love to have to go through this. I’ve never seen any other virus be as vicious as this one.
If he feels up to it at all he'll be working remotely next week. He’s going to play it by ear and see how he’s feeling. I plan on encouraging naps, using his inhalers and doing his breathing exercises to keep cleaning out his lungs. I’ll be fixing high vitamin foods to help boost his immune system. Mine too, I restart my chemo on Dec 1st.
I'm just so glad to have him home. The last year has taught me that life changes in an instant and you can never take anything for granted. That you have to cherish the people you love, hug them, tell them how much you love them, whenever you have a chance. So, I'm thankful, both for having Lee home and having all of you in my life.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope that your day was filled with laughter, friends, family, good food and tons of hugs!😊 You can also read this entry on Dreamwidth (
comments)