This Morning at 9:22 With Presque Isle In The Distance |
Well, I was awakened by a nurse at 6:00 to take a med that I no longer take, alas. I was more or less up but tried to get back to sleep. By 7:00, I tried to order coffee but was not allowed so I ordered camomile tea with lemon instead. It looks like another beautiful day here in Erie and I look out my window across the bay to Presque Isle, with its great beaches. I like to bike its 13.5-mile bike paths which surround the peninsula.
Yesterday was a long day as expected. I found out early that I would be staying until at least Wednesday when they hope my heart is back to normal. Evie came around 11:00 so I had someone to talk with although the nurses are in and out quite often. I think I am the healthiest-looking dude in the ward, still dressed in sweatpants and a long-sleeved tee shirt. So I am a perfect specimen for nurses to learn how to take vitals. Many nurses are in training and they have come in, often with a mentor, four or five times during the afternoon. I don't mind because it breaks the monotony of it all.
My lunch arrived at 1:00 just as they were taking me down for another test to see if I had any blood clots in my lungs. It lasted about an hour, two parts, one where I breathed into a device for five minutes, another where they took pictures from four different angles of my lungs, twice, once with an infusion, once without. It turned out normal.
I came back, ate my lunch, and talked Evie into heading home by 3:30. I then actually napped until I was awakened for another taking of vitals. I try to walk the halls every hour or two but draw strange looks because I don't look sick, don't wear a gown, and don't look like I belong. Much of the day, I am either on my computer, phone, or Kindle or watching TV, usually ESPN.
I had dinner around 6:45, beef stroganoff over noodles, chicken noodle soup, and bread pudding for dessert. It was better than breakfast. I then spent the next three hours watching Monday Night Football until 11:00, then turned off everything and slept fitfully until being awakened as I mentioned at 6:00.
I just talked with the cardiologist and the plan is for me to be cardioconverted tomorrow morning, take a nuclear stress test, and then if everything is back to normal, I can go home. Obviously, this blog is boring, no kayaking, no yoga, like my day but at least writing this gives me something to do each morning.
it is not boring, something different, get well
ReplyDeleteThanks, it's all in the mind, right
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