MAN, it's been a long time!! And this is where it started.

They've changed the blogger site and everything. I shoulda figured they would it's been thaaaat long. So since I posted last the only thing that we have been working on in this house is health. (If you don't want to know about it then don't bother reading this post because it will bore you terribly) This has definitely been the "He wouldn't give me anything I can't handle" year. But.....I'm finally getting better. (I knocked on wood) I am getting stronger everyday and have even tried a couple foods in the last week that I haven't had for at least 6 months. Here's the run down of what happened prior and "when I got sick." I will post on the more recent stuff in coming posts because I'm already getting anxious about writing this.

Hospital Story. I had a couple nights of bad night sweats (like the mattress was wet bad) but was putting it out of my mind because I was feeling ok during the day. By the third day at home I was having a hard time staying hydrated and very tired but not feeling sick still. I decided I better go in before the weekend because of course I googled severe night sweats and scared myself. :) I went and saw my doc and he decided to run blood tests. They came back crazy. My white blood cells, my red blood cells and my platelets were all low as well as my potassium, magnesium, iron and calcium. They also saw other abnormalities and a crazy bacteria. He did the blood tests again to double check and a third time as well because they were so outta whack he couldn't believe it. They did some things the second time around that made me think they were preparing for what was to come like putting in an IV port and stuff. After the last test my Dr. came in and told me they were sending me to Wenatchee, that he hadn't ever seen numbers like that except for chemo patients. So after Sean and his Dad gave me a blessing we were off. We were checked into the Oncology department and the number of tests on me were unbelievable. They were checking my blood every 2 HOURS. My WBC got so low (less than .25 with normal somewhere between 4.5 and 10) that they wouldn't even let me eat fruits and veggies or anything that could have e-coli or another bug because I wouldn't have been able to fight it off. No visitors, signs on the door, all things to freak you out. They kept checking for cancer cells but weren't finding any so by the next day they weren't thinking it was leukemia anymore. The same with the bacterial infection after the initial blood draw they came back normal so it must have been a contaminated draw. But they did find my liver and kidneys weren't functioning properly. After the 3rd  hospital day my blood counts plateaued and by the 4th they starting going back up. Which was good because the 3rd day my vein blew out from the 3 different IV antibiotics they had me on. I ended up losing a main vein in my right arm from my shoulder down. The 6th day they told me it was ok if I left or I could stay because my numbers were still well below normal. I decided to go but they wanted to see my everyday over the next 3 days to check my numbers as well as weekly until I was up to the level they wanted. They told me no leaving the house or having any visitors either. The day I was released they decided it was a virus that attacked my bone marrow and my liver and weakened my kidneys. I was still nervous, sick and tired but excited to go home.

At the clinic in ML

Headed to Wenatchee

Finally taking a walk after 3 days.

Later...maybe a walk wasn't so great. :)

Feeling better.

Got my IV out!

Going HOME!

And that is where my story started......