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Girl, you need to lay down, stay down and tell your sweet hubby to wait on you hand and foot until are well again! He can just pull up a chair and wait to hand you drinks, take your temp, help you to the bathroom, run a bubbly bath for you, brush your hair, paint your nails, feed you grapes, keep you cool with a feather fan.....oh wait, I was getting carried away, wasn't I?! :p
Please let us know what the doc has to say and do take care of yourself!
Hugs,
Leslie
Howdy-I went to the doc who sent me to the hospital.
The hospital kept me for the day while they ran blood tests and urine tests.
They think that a tick hitched on for a ride, poisoned me with it's spit. This isn't Lyme disease.....it's worse than that.
I was dehydrated, so they gave me fluids. They took an awful lot of my blood for testing. My red cells are way down and the blood does show the bacteria.
By today, I was having trouble keeping my balance and was talking somewhat incoherently. Scared my son to death.
We got back home and crashed. I gave Bailey another bath because she apparently got "residual spray" on her when I was throwing up the other evening.
They told me not to expect to feel much better for 2 or more days.
Good Night!
OMG Susan,:eek::eek::eek:
Drat those ticks anyway!!!:mad::mad: Always causing problems one way or another, as bad as the dang mosquitoes:mad::mad:
Do you feel better now with fluids in you? Your fever must have been high all week:eek::eek::eek:
Take care of yourself and I hope you feel better real soon. I hope hubby waits on you all weekend:D:D:D You can play the hospital card for some major pampering:p:p
Love,
Addy
Good Morning Susan,
I am so glad you went to the doctor and they put you in the hospital. We always try to fix an illness ourselves--"I will give it one more day..."
I think following Leslie's instructions would be a good idea--:D:D
Take care of yourself, get better fast--remember you are the Mom and we need you!!!!!
[QUOTE=addy;54674]OMG Susan,:eek::eek::eek:
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Do you feel better now with fluids in you? NO!!!
Your fever must have been high all week:eek::eek::eek: Yes-101-103.5
The hosp called late today and first asked how I was doing, My response was "not much better. He asked .... you can't notice any difference today.? I thought for a few mins, then I said YES....I had not vomited today.....so that was an improvement.
Then he told me that they had found bacteria in my blood, which they told us about before we left and the results from those tests won't come
back until Monday or Tuesday. In addition they have discovered a separate bacteria in my blood.Anyway-new little red dots have shown up on my legs. They told me if anything new came up or if I was worried about anything to come back in.
Thanks friends for following along with me on this.
When I think of you red heads, it makes me smile.
I'll keep you posted.
susan
Hey Susan,
My hair never was red unfortunately and it is a bit lighter in color these days....more like Gandalf, if you are familiar with hobbits and The Lord of the Rings. :p But I am thinking of you anyway and sending healing white light your way. Please take care and let us know how you are doing.
Hugs,
Leslie
Hi Susan,
I hope this post finds you a bit better.
What the heck kind of ticks do you have in Delaware anyway:eek::eek: They sure must be some mean,nasty things, causing all of this to do:eek::eek: We are going to have to come up with a plan to eradicate them all;);) Maybe the word got out about those dang ticks and that's why Carrol ran away from home.
Could be she thought they were in the non basement.:rolleyes:
I was wondering if you could have picked them up from Wally? You never know about whales:confused::mad: They could carry some serious parasites:eek::eek::mad: Marie took all your red sweaters to the cleaners.
Seriously, I sure hope you have a bit of improvement today and the red spots do not continue to appear.
Love ya,
Addy
Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....I had posted an update earlier and even saw that "it took." I had pasted in a picture and that was taken out before it even posted. (I guess that's a "no-no.") Well, back in I come and the whole message is gone.:mad:
Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..........
I'll give you the Cliff's Notes version.
I have a confirmed diagnosis of Ehrlichiosis. :eek::eek:
http://www.cdc.gov/ehrlichiosis/
I will go back and see my doc on Monday.
Current status is still sore throat, still tight chest and sometimes labored breathing, still red dots, on antibiotic, have meds for nausea. Still feel very tired and the mind is not always as clear as it usually is. (Sounds scarey, huh?)
Leslie-I thanked you for your keeping me in your thoughts.
Addy-I told you the line about sending all the red sweaters was very funny.....first time I've laughed like that all week.
Did I tell you Bob and I think this goes back to those first mysterious red circles that showed up on my legs on March 2nd?
So far as I know now, I will just stay on the antibiotics for the rest of two weeks.
So-there you have it.:(
Love,
Susan
Oh-I also had said how Bailey has taken to taking a treat given to her and playing hide and seek with it. She walks away with the treat and puts it somewhere.....like behind the curtains or on a low shelf. Later she will go back and take it from that spot and place it in it's second spot. I think the most I've seen is three spots and then it's consumed. Very, very funny to watch.
-s
Hi Leslie-
In my lost-in-space-post, I had inserted a picture of Gandalf.....asking if that's who you meant. I am not a Lord of the Rings follower but somehow I guessed that was who you meant.
I want to thank you for your interest and for your advice to take it easy. Unfortunately I have little choice but to take it easy.
You've been a regular supporter from the beginning, with Palmer. Oh how I've missed him and his nursing care with this tick infection. I really appreciate all your help.
Thanks!
Susan