Home Again from the Hospital

    Today is one beautiful day and I am healing from the issues that brought me into the hospital.  I might add right here, that going to the ER on the weekend is NOT a good idea, at least the local city hospital.  We (Ruthie and I)  were in a "bay" overnight in the ER waiting to see if I would be admitted for extreme pain and low grade fevers until early Sunday morning when I was finally "admitted" but into the "Observation" section of the hospital.   I had extremely good care there and then later on was "wheeled" up to the oncology floor.   I was actually put into the same large, spacious room I had before and recognized "my" very caring nursing staff and even my wonderful hospitalist, Dr. Sedighi:)  I have been given such good care and they even brought in the Infectious Disease doctor who happens to have been born in Bogota, Colombia.   She is thorough and very nice.  
    My painful side where the tube is inserted is no longer painful.  I assume that it was aggravated by certain muscles being used which ordinarily would not bother but because it is a "foreign" object in my liver down to my pancreas.   There was no unusual bacterial infection found in the bile sample.  I had one CT scan and 2 chest Xrays while there.   My blood work was fine except for a little anemia, and my liver enzymes are all very good!  The tumor is growing some!
      I was given Meropenin, a broad span antibiotic through my port,  to make sure any infection that was around would be "zapped"😉   It worked.         
     My fevers went away and my pain subsided.  I still have a very small pain where the tube is inserted but nothing to cause the extreme discomfort I had last week.  
     I think the only "exercise" I can do at  this point without dislodging that area is walking which I hope to do now that the weather is getting warmer.  I did walk around the corridor of the hospital floor several times a day as I was feeling better.
     It is such a good feeling becoming "well" after you have been "sick", even in these little "gifts" from God.  
     The one activity  that I will miss will be my swimming, but God's plans are His purpose.  My dressing still has to be changed and cleaned every couple days and covered with plastic when I want to shower.  So no swimming which would probably aggravate the tube too😞
      So, today is Saturday, March 30, 2019.  I am back home.  I do have to be careful with my own physical activity which could pull on the muscles if I am not careful.
         AGain, I am very grateful to  all the family, friends, and hospital personel who take care of me in every way with meals, transportation, comfort, support, prayers and love.