But I'm happy to report I am getting a little better each day...
I am still weak & my left leg/foot doesn't work correctly as of yet..
Speech has returned but still get jumbled a little... Headaches are not any better yet at all...
I have been to the doctors & have more appointments coming up.. But....
Gary & I thought we'd at least send out an update with what we do know..
By they way.. it's not much......
On Thursday the 18th I went to see Dr Crome MD, he has replaced Dr Bontu...
He basically wanted to start from scratch & draw his on conclusions.. & We thought that
was just fine.. So he asked me a ton of questions & we asked a ton too....
Then he sent me to their lab to get some blood work done.. (my poor arms hurt so bad)
What he's looking at was everything & anything he could look at threw my blood..
My blood sugar was 182, so he gave me a shot of insulin (again) And he's looking into
seeing if the long term use of prednisone is the cause, or have I now picked up diabetes... ?
He wants to get his hands on my medical records & go threw them.. (we were there today & he still hasn't got them)
So we wait to see what's going on...
On Friday the 19th I seen Dr Wong (my pulm doc) and he stressed how when he got back from vacation &
found out what all we'd been threw he was worried.. He went over all of the Trinity hospital
reports that he had... And also my test results.. Some of you might remember that 2 weeks before being admitted to the ER Dr Wong had run a bunch of test to check my lungs out.. Bronch, Biopsy, Blood work & PFT...
So after going over everything with him.. this is how he feels & what we know...
My blood sugar is driving everyone nuts... I did not have a heart attack, as they originally thought I did.
I did not have a blood clot in my lung or my heart & their are no signs that I did pass one either..
I went into full respetory failure on Monday around 11:45-noon... I died & was dead for 7 minuets.
From the CPR I have 3 cracked ribs & 2 broken.. Only time will heal them, doc says about 6-8 weeks....
My left arm... who knows.. it is a tiny bit better but I can still hardly use it & I'm left handed... so writing is out of the question.. my right arm has only a few bruises & is feeling about normal again... Dr Wong & Dr Crome both agree that maybe it's the stress, a lab tech could have stuck me to hard, deep or fast... They said it's not uncommon when many people are working on you at once & they think everything will heal fine in time..
It just looks so darn awful... :( oh well... this too shall pass my man keeps telling me..
Dr Wong, while going over my test results, says that my lungs are looking very good... The biopsy shows very little to no pulmonary fibrosis... I do have interstitial lung disease BUT he has no explanations as to what's going on with the PF.. so for now were claiming that God has healed my PF.. but those doctors want to say that it's in remission... so believe whatever you want.. I know God is in control & is very capable.. Dr Wong is now taking me off the prednisone a little faster.. I'm at 45 mg now & with in the month I'll be down to 30.. I go back to him
Sep 20th.. so we will see what happens...
I went back to Dr Crome today & all my blood work looks ok.. not great but nothing major.. My stupid blood sugar is 192 today :( Dr Crome ordered a full head CT & some ultrasounds of my pancreas, liver, gallbladder (I don't have one, but he doesn't have my records yet & I didn't read what all was being scanned.. LOL guess he will find out huh..) common bile duct & kidneys... & I have these test on Wednesday the 25th @ East. I go back to Dr Crome on Sep 2nd & all he can say is to continue to rest till they get to the bottom of whatever is going on with me now...
Obviously we'd ask you keep praying.. I have no idea why I am still here... 2 years ago we had 5 doctors in 3 states tell us I'd be lucky to be here by Christmas of 2004, then 2 weeks ago I do die, but only to come back 7 minuets later... It just blows my mind away.... As Gary & I talk about it all we come up with is God has a plan & I must be here to do something huge for God & honestly I can't wait to find out what He has instore for Gary, my kids & myself.....
I know this is kind of long & doesn't really say a whole lot.. But just know I am getting stronger every day & I do appreciate your prayers & thoughts more then you will ever know!!!!
May God bless you all & Have a great week....
I'll keep you informed as we find out new information...
Hugs & Love,
Windy & Gary