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Blog 20 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- Update at 03/01/09 5:46PM March 1st, I can't believe it's been 2 months since I found I had the pneumonia and stuff, it still blows me away... Well, I've lost nearly 8 lbs. so far, and protein levels ...
Blog 19 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- Well... at 02/23/09 6:27PM Sounds like tomorrow I will get to go home following one more x-ray scheduled for tomorrow, so it will probably be tomorrow evening when I get out, so I hope that being home ...
Blog 18 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- Tidbits again at 02/20/09 4:36PM Well, the infection part of this whole recovery process seems to be out of the way for the most part now, just the next major goal is to get my kidneys back into remission ...
Blog 18 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- More new tidbits at 02/18/09 3:06PM Well, 1000 mg IV isn't too bad, apparently in adult neuphrology, this kind of treatment is common in the hospital, just not in this TYPE of hospital i'm in. I heard ...
Blog 17 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- New stuff at 02/17/09 6:34PM I got the last chest tube and catheter taken out today, and I am able to get around, though there is still some swelling, but I'm recovering some, and hoping that this is ...
H. Blog 16 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- So at 02/17/09 8:26AM no biopsy, things picked up, thank the Lord! Always good signs, and looks like they are speaking with the surgeon doc to see when the remaining tube will be removed and start me ...
H. Blog 15 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- New entry *voice echoes in distance, randomly thinking of an announcer on a DDR game that says the same thing.....awkward....now I know I'm losing it haha at 02/16/09 11:53PM Ok, so it's late, w/e bear ...
H. Blog 14 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- So far....(I hate when log ins time out) at 02/14/09 2:25PM I had the surgery and no complications came up from that at all, which is great, and now I've had 2 chest tubes and a catheter to help me get ...
H. Blog 13 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- Hear he, hear ye at 02/11/09 4:52PM Tomorrow afternoon is the official date for surgery, and it takes about 2-3 hrs. There will also be at least one or two chest tubes there at the end of it. After the ...
H. Blog 12 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- So once again I sit (lay?) on my "throne" as the prince of Hermann Memorial at 02/11/09 2:08PM Hey, I got re-admitted in the hospital.....okay anyway, after my CT scan, the doc said that the overall improvement ...
H. Blog 11 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- Eh.... at 02/09/09 8:18PM So I have been home since friday afternoon, and I'm getting antibiotic treatments everyday, just the kidney related problems are coming back again (fluid mainly) and I'm losing ...
H. Blog 10 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- End in sight? at 02/05/09 3:47PM Ok, the waiting game continues though now the plan is sometime sooner or later I am going to be getting a long term IV put in, and after one "round" of antibiotics, they ...
H. blog 9 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- Hey everyone! at 02/04/09 1:10PM I got the chest tube out today, so things are sounding promising, now we're just waiting to see if everything else is going to go smoothly and how it's going to do down ...
H. Blog 8 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- I'm tired.... at 02/03/09 1:56PM Um, so I will be here for at least a few more days, and possibly the rest of the week, so far just waiting to see the docs to find out more. Nothing else of any real interest ...
H. Blog 7 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- Well now.... -_- at 02/01/09 4:49PM The surgeon doc came by today and said that things are steadily improving, though it seems from what he said, I will be here longer than I thought, which means I'm ...
Hospital Blog 6 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- Some new info at 02/01/09 12:25AM Allright, it's Saturday night (now I wanna watch SNL...haha), and I have a few tidbits to share today. One of the Neuphrologist docs that's been working with me came ...
Hospital Blog 5 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- What's Up? at 01/30/09 11:32AM So it's Friday morning, 8th day I've been here...yeah...8. Count on it being at least 11(monday)..... In summary, I've got much more energy now than I ever have in quite ...
Hospital Blog 4 of 32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- More bad news at 01/23/09 8:26PM Well, not long after I get home from the hospital, the following tuesday I started having an intense cough and felt like fluids were stuck in the place where my back had ...
Blog 3/32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- I'm home at 01/19/09 4:42PM I got to go home sunday afternoon about 1:30 and got home around 3 b/c we took a side trip to see an elderly lady from our church that's now in the heart clinic in Houston ...
Hospital blog 2/32
- By pepsi_lover · Posted October 26, 2009
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- So.... at 01/15/09 2:12PM Currenty I am at Texas children's hospital on fannin, west tower, and receiving treatment for my condition, though unfortunately it has not been w/o complications. I am able ...
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