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<blockquote data-quote="timer lady" data-source="post: 252813" data-attributes="member: 393"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Just for giggles I decided to spend the last 5 days in the hospital. Not!</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">I ended up in ER last Thursday night due to confusion, weakness & other such things. Turns out I was extremely dehydrated, low heart rate & low BiPolar (BP). I was put on various & sundry medications to fight the side effects of prednisone ~ needless to say as I'm titrating off the prednisone I don't need quite as much of those medications. Or any of them at all. AND having so many specialists in the mix meant no one was watching this. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">I'm home now, rehydrated - weak but rehydrated with a normal pulse & much higher BiPolar (BP) than I went in with (110/70 I went in at 85/40). </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">A very very dear friend arranged for Sally to be picked up & taken to the kennel. Mental health case manager found an emergency bed for kt in less than 12 hours (amazing, really amazing) ~ kt spent the first night in the hospital with me. kt is coming home in a couple of hours, Sally should be delivered home as well (thanks Sue for your help). </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Now is the time to make an emergency plan. I don't have family I can count on in this town for help in an emergency. My service providers all pulled together to get kt in a safe placement but if there is a long term need I'm out of luck. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">I came home & there was a home health nurse waiting for me this morning. I'm to have PT, Occupational Therapist (OT), HHA & whatever else my insurance will pay for until my strength builds back to base line. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">I spent the last 5 days resting, rehydrating, crying & sketching. I had a neuropysch evaluation done while I was there. Again, just for giggles. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Life is good. I'm home & a snow storm is about to hit. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timer lady, post: 252813, member: 393"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Just for giggles I decided to spend the last 5 days in the hospital. Not![/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]I ended up in ER last Thursday night due to confusion, weakness & other such things. Turns out I was extremely dehydrated, low heart rate & low BiPolar (BP). I was put on various & sundry medications to fight the side effects of prednisone ~ needless to say as I'm titrating off the prednisone I don't need quite as much of those medications. Or any of them at all. AND having so many specialists in the mix meant no one was watching this. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]I'm home now, rehydrated - weak but rehydrated with a normal pulse & much higher BiPolar (BP) than I went in with (110/70 I went in at 85/40). [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]A very very dear friend arranged for Sally to be picked up & taken to the kennel. Mental health case manager found an emergency bed for kt in less than 12 hours (amazing, really amazing) ~ kt spent the first night in the hospital with me. kt is coming home in a couple of hours, Sally should be delivered home as well (thanks Sue for your help). [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Now is the time to make an emergency plan. I don't have family I can count on in this town for help in an emergency. My service providers all pulled together to get kt in a safe placement but if there is a long term need I'm out of luck. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]I came home & there was a home health nurse waiting for me this morning. I'm to have PT, Occupational Therapist (OT), HHA & whatever else my insurance will pay for until my strength builds back to base line. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]I spent the last 5 days resting, rehydrating, crying & sketching. I had a neuropysch evaluation done while I was there. Again, just for giggles. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Life is good. I'm home & a snow storm is about to hit. [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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