Back from the ER after a trip in a squad

[lizziegrace]

My oxygen saturation was the lowest it's ever been. I got oxygen, breathing treatments and prednisone. Lelapin (LadyoftheRabbits) followed the squad to Columbus and never left my side.

I'm tired. It's such a struggle to breathe. :(

[ZombieNixon]

1. Glad you're back.

:hug:

[lizziegrace]

22. Thank you for being there for Lelapin

and for me. :hug: Hope you got some sleep. She's still passed out on the couch. ;-)

[lizziegrace]

38. Still passed out on the couch...

:P

[KitchenWitch]

2. Oh man

:hug:

Please get better.

[mcctatas]

3. Oh sweetie...

I am so sorry you are having trouble breathing, big hugs for you :hug:

[PaddyBlueEyes]

4. Hang in there sweetie

what were yr levels at?

[LadyoftheRabbits]

7. (this is LG. Lelapin hadn't logged off) Oxygen saturation was 90%

peak flow was 200. It was up to 330 when I left. Normal for me is 450-500.

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. Dammit, girl!

Don't make me come out there. x(









:hug: :loveya:

[Dangerously Amused]

29. Oooooh! Make him come out there!! Make him come out there!!!

:bounce:

It's way closer than CA, then I could drive down and we would have a blast!

[lizziegrace]

30. Okay!

Oedi, you have your orders. ;-)

[VenusRising]

6. Holy cow!!

Please take care of yourself. :hug::loveya:

[oshyposhy]

8. oh my poor dear

sending good healing thoughts your way...and plenty of munchies for the prednisone monsters!

[XemaSab]

9. I've been there

and it sucks. :(

[SalmonChantedEvening]

10. Please get well Tish

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

Rest up k :loveya:

[cabbage08]

11. Glad you're back

[Danger Mouse]

12. Hang in there.

:hug:

[lizziegrace]

13. Thanks everyone

:hug:

I'm not in the clear. They wanted to admit me (first time ever for asthma) and I refused. All I could see was a total getting bigger and bigger and I couldn't pay it. We've got to have universal health care.

Time for another breathing treatment...

[skooooo]

15. You be careful..

It's not worth risking your life just over money!

[skooooo]

14. Asthma?

Yup, been there. Spent about 4 days in the hospital last fall. It's the worst feeling in the world.

[lizziegrace]

16. Asthma as the result of an upper respiratory virus

I've been going through this since I was 2 or 3 years old. I'm usually pretty good at managing it, but the condition got away from me last night. The peak flow numbers were humbling and frightening. Not sure what I could hit this morning.

Unless you've had asthma like us, it's difficult to explain how bad it can be. I compare it to being held under water. I feel I'm drowning. :(

[Maine-ah]

17. oh, Lizziegrace, I had no idea. My father had asthma

that is how we lost him. Please take care.

One of the things that would help him on tough days was drinking 2 cups of black coffee. I can't remember the whole thing about it, but something about the caffeine helps to open airways. Not a replacement for an inhaler or meds, but it helps if you can't get to your meds or inhaler right away.

:hug:

[lizziegrace]

18. Hot coffee *does* help me

With lungs full of crud, the steam in helps too.

I was thinking as I was riding in the squad last night that I don't want to die this way. As I get older, it's getting worse. :(

[Maine-ah]

23. I'm glad you know when to call an ambulance

it's important you get the medical help you need right away.

My father, refused to call an ambulance even though they are literally one block away from the house. He was attempting to drive himself, but my mom wouldn't let him. She drove. He passed out on the way, and basically died in the car on my mom. They worked on him for 20 minutes, ended up on life support. Even if he did come back to us, being without oxygen for so long, he would have been in a vegetative state. He wouldn't have wanted to live like that, and we finally made the decision after three days to pull the life support. It was in the middle of winter, the cold was always so hard on him.

His birthday is today. He would have been 64. It's funny, thinking about this today. I can hear him singing "When I'm Sixty-Four", lol. He was a good man.

Take care Lizzie.





:hug:

[lizziegrace]

24. I will take care - promise!

I'm so sorry you lost your father. :hug:

To our dads :toast:

[Maine-ah]

26. to our Dads

:toast:

[skooooo]

41. That's nothing to play with!

LIke I said in one of my other posts. It's better to go into debt than to (god forbid) die from asthma.

You go back to the hospital and stay if your numbers go down again. Do you have a nebulizer??

[lizziegrace]

44. I have a nebulizer

and have had three breathing treatments this morning. Lelapin's going to the pharmacy to pick up my prednisone Rx before the injection I got at the hospital wears off.

[skooooo]

52. You go back to the hospital ...

and get yourself admitted if it doesn't get better. Forget about the money. You can find a way to deal with that later.

[In_The_Wind]

19. Damn girl!

I think you could do with a little bit less of this type of excitement in your life. :hug::loveya:

[Bertha Venation]

20. my friend

:hug: I'm sorry. :hug:

[Callalily]

21. Oh good lord! Prayer that

you get better and fast! Sending strength and healing vibes your way.

:hug:

[AirmensMom]

25. Oh, lizziegrace ...

:hug: I'm glad you're OK. :hug: And I'm glad you have Lelapin (Ladyoftherabbits). :loveya:

[WinkyDink]

27. {{{lizziegrace}}} Here's to your feeling much better today!

[yellowdogintexas]

28. oh please get better !

[Dangerously Amused]

31. Did you find your nebulizer?

It's packed in the box marked "Medical Christmas." :blush: It has that wreath with the antique ornaments in it, and those cool fragile blown glass ornaments that were on the mantle in the top of the box. The medical stuff is on the bottom.

Hope you are feeling better today. So glad LOTR is there with you!

:hug:

[lizziegrace]

32. We did!!

Thank you for calling back last night. Don't be embarassed. ;) I crashed so quickly and so badly that having it in the house the last few days wouldn't have made a difference. Now that I'm home, I can use it for breathing treatments to recover. :hug:

[Dystopian]

33. So sorry....

Thankfully, you're okay now. I didn't know you had asthma:(
Take care, and I'm glad your daughter was there for you...
I know how scary those ER trips can be:hug:


peace~

[Tuesday Afternoon]

34. ~

:hug:

[Kajsa]

35. Oh Lizzie, I hope you feel better

very soon.

:hug:

[supernova]

36. *Hugs* to you

I'm sorry you're not feeling well. And being tired from moving on top of it. :-(

:hug: :hug: :hug:

Glad you foudn your nebulizer though. I hate moving and not finding stuff for six months. :P

[RFKHumphreyObama]

37. My thoughts, prayers, best wishes and positive vibes Lizziegrace

That sounds absolutely terrible. You poor thing:hug: :hug: Hope you feel better soon and all the best for a speedy and comprehensive recovery:hug: :hug:

[auntAgonist]

39. feel better and take care of yourself.

I'm glad Lelapin is there.

:hug: :loveya: :hug:

kesha

[mwdem]

40. Take care of yourself.

:hug:

[no name no slogan]

42. Oh no! Take care of yourself.

:hugs:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

43. I'm glad you're okay.

:hug: :hug:

[ThomCat]

45. I hope you're okay.

:hug:

I've been thinking about you all morning, worrying about you and wishing there was something I could do. :(

I am very glad that you aren't alone.

LadyoftheRabbits, I'm glad you're there! :loveya: Please take good care of your mom for all of us.

[1gobluedem]

46. Oh wow

I think you have just exhausted yourself totally. Please take a few days and just rest. The unpacking and everything else can wait; you need to get back on your feet physically before anything else.

Take care of yourself. :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

47. My dear lizzie!

Oh god, how scary...

I'm so glad Lelapin was there...

Healing vibes to you now, and for as long as you need them...

I, for one, am NOT ready to lose you...

:hug:

[DeepBlueC]

48. Oh dear ...what a way to cap off a move!

Please rest and have some chicken soup (the neutrophils really do have a beneficial effect) and let the medications do their thing. If things at any time deteriorate head right back to ER. But you know that.

I have asthma myself and I have learned how quickly one can deteriorate from not being comfortable breathing to not being able to breathe or speak (no peak flow measurement possible)at all (20 minutes) ...luckily I am about a block from several ERs. I have had both the intravenous steroids (probably what they wanted to do for you) and the oral course (descending dose: 7 pills the first day and one less each succeeding day) both of which brought me around. After a number of similar inexplicable emergencies I finally added the steroid inhaler Advair which I use every day along with the steroid nasal spray. Advair takes a little longer to kick in but it has fewer long term complications than prednisone.I haven't been to the ER since. But an oral course of prednisone will do the trick...it also has the effect of making you feel rather ebullient which I imagine you could use about now.

[prolesunited]

55. I use the Advair

and the nasal spray and have had good success with that.

Only one time did I have to do the prednisone and I don't react well to at all. It makes me so hyper and anxious. I ended up going back to the doctor after repeated panic attacks. All he could muster, "Oh, didn't I mention that."

To the OP: I can't imagine what that feels like. I've never had an attack the bad. How scary. Hope you feel better soon.

[InternalDialogue]

49. Thank goodness you got the ambulance when you did.

I hope what you've got on hand is enough to get you through, but don't let yourself get in the weeds without calling for help again.

Thank goodness you've got so many good people nearby who run when you call. You may think you're the queen of bad things, but look at the friends and family who care so much.

Hang in there.

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

50. Take care of yourself, ok?

[Aristus]

51. PLEASE take care of yourself, and get some rest, okay, lizzie?

:hug::loveya:

Thank God for LadyOfTheRabbits!

[Flaxbee]

53. nice to see you this morning, lizziegrace...

was hoping we'd get an update from you or LotR ... What an awful feeling it is (I had childhood asthma and still remember that constricted, panicky feeling).

You haven't been able to rest in the weeks before your move, and your body is telling you to rest. Listen to it, and please take care of yourself. :hug: and :hug for LadyoftheRabbits.

[jobycom]

54. Great Googly-Moogly, you make me feel like a mechanical bed in cheap hotel

with all the vibes I keep having to send your way!!

Take care of yourself, would you? You're scaring us out here. :hug: Make that a fierce :hug:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

56. Oops! My daughter was still logged in...

:hug:

I'm pretty shaken too. I can't wait til I can walk more than 10 feet without my heart racing and gulping for air. :(

[skooooo]

57. ...

:cry:

[jobycom]

65. Another name change I missed.

I can talk to a stranger for hours these days and suddenly discover I know them.

[WCGreen]

58. Hang in there baby...

I know of what you speak...

[LadyoftheRabbits]

59. My mom says she's...

been thinking of you and what you go through during all of this, and says thank you. :hug: :hi:

[WCGreen]

60. I'm having trouble as well...

It must be something in the air here in OHIO...

[lizziegrace]

64. The P.A. at the ER said that last night

something's in the air and there's this virus going around. Bleh.

Chris, I don't know how you do it. You're so much stronger than me. I'm whining through something that will resolve eventually...

:hug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

61. *gentle hug* I hope tht you feel better right away!

[Pool Hall Ace]

62. *hugs and back pats* Please take care of yourself!

:hug: :hug: And LOTR, too.

[lost-in-nj]

63. hugs hon

:hug:

lost