Sleepy, Sick and Seeing Double

Hey everyone! I hope no one is freaking out because I haven't posted in a few days. Friday I started feeling kind of 'off' and then I developed a fever and had blood cultures taken, a chest x-ray and a urine test. This all started at 4 in the morning. I couldn't really go back to sleep, so I tossed and turned, plus my nurse told me I needed 2 units of blood and at least 1 bag of platelets. On top of that Mike's parents, my parents, my brother and his girlfriend were coming to visit me. It felt very ironic to me that I would have my worst day here so far and everyone was coming to see me. I started the morning with cramps in my belly that hurt when i sat up straight or turned. Then when I was in the bathroom, just minding my own business, my nose started profusely bleeding, from BOTH nostrils. It was a mess. Mike and his parents were already here and I felt bad that they had to see me at my worst. They left to go find some grub, meanwhile, my family posse pops in to see how I'm doing. Steve and Wendy brought me some YUMMY gifts (chocolate covered macadamia nuts, heck yeah! - secret stash) and a cute stuffed animal frog.


His name is Hermit the Frog ('cause that's what my mom called him last night...lol). And here is my KUB (killer upchuck bucket) conveniently located on my food tray table.


She is my lovely lady in pink every time I need her. I always wondered what those buckets were for, and NOW I know. Needless to say, yesterday was the worst day I've had since I've been here. I didn't even want to move from the bed, I was dozing in and out, but trying to focus on what everyone is saying. Whenever I was alone in the room I would pull the covers up over my head and bury myself in blankets. I was also having blurry vision and feeling shaky, so they put a Scope patch behind my ear and it seems to be helping.

So I actually got through last night drinking 4 bottled waters and recovering from an overwhelming day for me. I got up at 6am to take a shower, had my bed made and I am ready for the world today. I think my body was just telling me to give myself a break on Saturday. Luckily, I wasn't emotionally too down yesterday. I still managed to smile and have conversations and enjoy my visitors. Oh, Friday, during the day, I decided to put all of the cards up on the very teeny board that my bed faces. It cheers me up to constantly be able to see them and know that in every card there are loving messages. On that note, maybe you can enjoy them too.