Latest update (7-13-14): Of course you all know, Ive been hospitalized, since Wednesday morning ... what actually landed me here, was a perfect storm of bad coincidences ... Tuesday night, we had a thunderstorm knock out power to my house ... no phones, wifi, AC and my adjustable bed was raised (boohoo I know) .... Later, in the morning I had some issues ... power still out, it was 3am, had to use the restroom ... got up and immediately started feeling weak and dizzy but, I made it through and back to bed ... collapsing like I had just run a marathon ... everything just kinda stopped and I fell into bed ... I was used to this, walking up staircases but not the epic trek of 6 feet to and from my bathroom ... eventually, everything caught up and I was ok to stay awake ... sleep wasnt happening now anyway ... FF a few hours of bejewelled and of line candy crush and prayer .... the power comes back on at 530am ... by 6 my room cooled of to my setting of 74 ... I was thirsty, so I made an epic quest for water ... 5 feet away on my dresser ... had the same issues but now even worse ... I was weaker than earlier but got water and again, collapsed I to bed, breathing heavier than earlier and feeling weaker than earlier ... I had 1 bar of intermittant wifi from a neighbor ... I reached out to my cousin for help ... she reminded me I had a phone and to just call down stairs (this sounds like Im a dumbass, forgetting I had a cellphone ... trust me, my brain wasnt working well, at this point) ... I call downstairs for help ... the comcast router never rebooted the phones or wifi, when the power came back on ... only the cable ... I couldnt call downstairs, where my parents were completly unaware of what I was going through, just across a hallway and up stairs ... I thought many times, just get up and reset the modem ... there was a problem ... I couldnt lift my body off the bed anymore ... Scared, no phones, no wifi, isolated and unable to anything about it, was about as scared as Ive been through all this ... Jennifer called my cell and we talked about getting me to the hospital ... she really stepped up, coming from maple shade and literally (her husband Useff) dressed me and tried to take me to the hospital themselves ... seeing I couldnt sit without collapsing onto him ... we decided 911 was a better option ... By 8ish am, runnemede EMTs were at the house (maybe 5 minutes after calling) ... they hook me to oxygen and the levels were in the low 80s (normal is 100) ... I was literally ragdolled into a chair, down the stairs, to an ambulance and here I am ... fighting serious pneumonia again ... 2 times in 3 weeks and total and counting 10 of the last 17 days ... fun days ... fun days ... lol It was a ridiculous amt of bad circumstances ... lol Over said before that you are the best support system anyone could have asked for ... thank you all so much ... most of you, I havent met or even know ... it is unlike anything I imagined, when I started this page ... humbling is the word I keep coming up with ... and we keep sharing the page and continue to hopefully help others through their struggle with cancer or any struggle that the power of faith, positive thought and positive attitude can do ... I know that these things and everything that YOU have done, have helped me in ways NO DOCTOR can ... I do have to thank, my cousin Jennifer and her family ... not just for steppin up on Wednesday morning ... they have set up the gofundme thingie and this actual page ... she takes care of all my cancer financial stuff ... she really has become my Secretary of Cancer ... she was the one that even gave my cancer tumor the name BOB ... all this, has helped me focus on healing and being able to somewhat live a life ... I know shed never want the acolides ... however, she deserves it ... Www.siradio.fm will be holding LouieThon Heres an immediate update ... physical therapy came in and interrupted my updating .... I was able to get up and walk to the restroom, aided by a nurse and with oxygen .... and was able to make it back to my bed, aided and with oxygen ... for the 1st time, rehab facitily was used in conversations ... they are concerned about the stairs, where I live ... if I can barely walk 10 feet ... how am I going to navigate down 13 stairs, across the house, up 13 stairs (just to shower) ... regardless, I was up and about ... and thats progress ... I do qualify for home oxygen though :) Ill be draining my lung with the amazing Leslie, today and after that, idk when Im being discharged ... or where ... lol ... talk to all of you soon
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 13:51:52 +0000
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