Just wondering how you are getting on...
Things are getting there slowly, thanks for asking.
Managed to speak to a nurse yesterday. Apparently at some point she has caught the flu, this has led onto what she described as a very severe fully blown pneumonia. She still has the flu, still no idea what strain it is. The lung failure they are hoping has been caught early enough to not be permanent but only time will tell.
Have been told that when she does return home it will likely take 5-6 months to get over it, if not longer as it is very severe.
On top of that, she fell in the room. Smacked her head on the floor, still painful to touch about 10 hours later. They are planning a CT scan to check this out and a second MRI to check the status of other findings back in January, which i mentioned in another thread.
All in all, feeling pretty low and useless. Trying to keep positive for her and the kids and doing what needs to be done. Struggling to get through each day mentally but coping and managing.
thats very tough - with the prospect of that long recovery time as well . take up those offers.
One thing's for certain: your call to 999 was fully justified 🙂
Healing thoughts from me, and take care of yourself too!
but coping and managing
And that my friend means you are doing a great job.
Sounds like you are doing really well - keeping all the wheels turning on your own at the same time as dealing with this. Feel good about that.
Thankyou to you all. A bit dusty round these parts suddenly.
Don't feel like i am succeeding at anything but i am making sure the kids are fine, and Mrs G obviously.
Pretty much all that is keeping my sanity is here, and window shopping for bikes and shiny parts.
Al has it. You seem to be fighting on but don’t tire yourself out, visit friends for meals a chat or even a bed for the night.
Please shout up on here if need anything/any help
Gnu don't judge yourself by any false standards. You have got one heck of a lot going on and you are succeeding simply by keeping going. Are you somehow expecting to have the capacity to do extra over and above this - disappointed you're not painting the cistene Chapel on your lounge ceiling or building a Chelsea gold medal garden out the back? Give yourself a break, accept that you're doing everything you can on the things that matter most and stick 2 fingers up at all the rest. And keep on keeping on.
Don’t feel like i am succeeding at anything but i am making sure the kids are fine, and Mrs G obviously.
Those are literally the most important things you can do! (Besides looking after yourself, of course).
It sounds like you're succeeding at the big stuff. Don't worry about the rest.
Sounds like you are doing really well
+1
That's a lot of plates to keep spinning while juggling at the same time. Don't wear yourself out on petty stuff, sounds like the big stuff is all under control.
Hope Mrs G is feeling better.
Morning family_g
I was thinking of you again. Hoping mrs_g continues to improve, and you are not wearing yourself out. How's it going?
Again any update buddy?
Sorry for the lack of replying yesterday, quite a busy tough day.
Mrs G is out of hospital. She came out yesterday afternoon, the hospital have done all they can through iv treatment. A course of meds needs to be taken on top of her regular meds to try and combat the pneumonia. CT scan showed no signs of trauma from her fall, which is good.
The downside is the lung failure is permanent. Half of her right lung is scarred and has collapsed because of the pneumonia and cannot recover from it. The doctor told us she was staring death in the face and would likely have happened had she waited another day before being admitted. Really scary thought.
A follow up x-ray in 4 weeks time has been scheduled to check it is not getting worse and that the meds are doing what they are supposed to. Breathing is extremely painful, and moving around even more so.
As she has worsened over the past year and a bit, i have had to give up work to become a full time carer. This happened at the end of March this year. The drop in money is significant but the work is one thing less to worry about. Not what either of us wanted to happen and was pretty much a forced decision.
Thankyou all again for your support, it means more than you can imagine.
Glad to hear you have her home with her family. You all take care.
Glad she is home buddy.
Glad mrs_g is home - time with you and kids is always going to be better than hospital rooms and visits...
I've been there with mrs_oab - I've twice now called her parents having been told by doctors she may not survive the night, and a couple more close calls over the last 15 years since her diagnosis. I'm not sure why I share this, other than to say I've been there and know what it feels like.
As houns and I offered - let us know on here of we can help, no matter how small a way.
Hugs to you all.
Glad she is home too, much easier and nicer than dragging everyone to the hospital. A long road ahead but as always we will get there.
Seeing as your all offering help, i suppose £1800* is out of the question for a new bike ready for when little one starts nursery in September?
* have seen a bike, but only messing around. This is most definitely a want, and i am slowly saving. Mrs G got what she needed thanks to your generosity last year.
Tough day yesterday. A long one too. Unable to sleep properly, struggling to breathe and all the pain/numbness from her existing condition. But still nice to have her home in familiar surroundings witg the family.
Hopefully things will start to get better soon, for her sake as well as ours. Not nice seeing a loved one in this amount of pain, especially when you can't do anything to help take it away.
Any updates?
Yeah, how you getting on?
Not too bad, thanks for asking. Things have been a hell of a lot worse and they have been better. She is still in a lot of pain, still difficulty breathing but we know it is going to be a long recovery. Still doing the best i can.
With half term this week, a bit tougher with the kids home but getting things done. Started to notice signs of worsening so trying to preempt it getting too bad with her inhaler and meds. Have had a maximum of 2 hours sleep per night for the past 2 weeks, hoping things change soon before i go from looking like a zombie to actually being one.
On the upside, i have started another thread looking for bike advice. Looks like i will be getting something shiny in the not too distant future 🙂
Tough times gnusmas - any chance of friend or family giving you a night 'off' to prevent zombiedom?
Evening gnusmas - how's it going?
Hi Matt, sorry just seen your reply, thanks for asking.
Pretty much the same. Will be a slow journey but things are starting to improve. Not as much pain breathing now as she was and she is able to stay awake for most of the day now. Saying that, she is currently sleeping 🙂
I have been able to extend my sleep to 4-5 hours now, and i feel even more tired than before! Been a long week with kids activities and stuff so now to get on with some housework, which again has been a bit neglected over the past few weeks.
Great to hear Gnumas.
Any improvement is a step in the right direction. that's great news and long may it continue.
The housework will wait, keep fighting the good fight and remember there are offers of help from everyone here if you wan't/need it.
all the best to you all