After being hospitalized since the 27th of March, I am now home. I’m weak, but home.
I have trained nurses coming to the house thrice a week to maintain my wound recovery and I have PT coming two more times a week to help me increase my strength and endurance.
Continue reading I’m back- finally!
So, I’m sitting here, almost breathing normally. (Trust me, my normal breathing is when you feel you are struggling for breath.) Having escaped 14 months without a visit from Streptococcus pneumomiae, my “friend” came for an extended stay. Given the fact that I was born with a compromised respiratory system, such diseases are the norm.
Continue reading Gasp. Sputter.
More than 3 decades ago, bowel surgery was the scourge of medicine. Folks undergoing such procedures were pretty much assured they would develop complications due to infection. Those infection rates were well upwards of 90%! The death rate was pretty high, too. Of course, not operating on these folks guaranteed the patients almost certain death.
