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Short but filling.

Item the 1st: I'm down to about 14,000 on the white cell count now (I was at 22,000 when I got here, and I need to get to around 9500, but since I was at 16,000 yesterday morning, that's very doable apparently)

Item the 2nd: I get to have more than liquids now (for the first time since Tuesday the 4th ) I just ordered salmon, rice pilaf, green beans, and a vanilla milkshake [g]. Which is probably too much, but oh, well. The best part of this? It actually sounds appetizing, which is *not* something I could have said until a couple of days ago.

Item the 3rd: I have a tentative date to blow this joint!!! Not till Tuesday or Wednesday, but still. I don't feel like I'm in limbo anymore.

Hallelujah!

Current Mood: cheerful

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From:

dewline

Hooray!!!

From:

stoutfellow

Thanks for keeping us posted. We do worry. (And good luck on the white blood cell count!)

From:

ndrosen

Things seem to be looking up. Let's hope they keep moving in the right direction.

Edited Date: 2017-07-10 12:51 am (UTC)

From:

xinef

Yay on all counts, esp on food!

From:

mmegaera

Thank you. It's really nice to know that.

From:

mmegaera

Exactly!

From:

mmegaera

It actually tasted good. I couldn't eat much of it (stomach is going to take some time to get used to this again, plus there's bloating involved taking up space), but it sure tasted good.

From:

archangelbeth

Hooray for the infection subsiding!

Hooray for food -- and for a hospital with a decent kitchen!!

Hooray for a date to escape!!!

YAY!

From:

mmegaera

I can't help but think that waiting for the surgery at home will be at least more comfortable than at the hospital (not to mention orders of magnitude cheaper).

From:

filkferengi

Woo-hoo!

From:

castiron

Hurrah! I hope that this is the last of the weird medical things and that the hysterectomy goes smoothly.

From:

mmegaera

ME, TOO. But I'm still knocking wood all over the place.

From:

castiron

Just knocked on my wood desk.

From:

archangelbeth

Amen on cheaper, and hopefully more comfy if you're well enough to get to your own food! ...you have someone who can come make sure you eat? Yes? *turns into fretful mom*

From:

mmegaera

I'm really pretty much on my own, but eating is the least of my issues. My friend Loralee is a trouper and she really has gone above and beyond, but there's only so much she can do (esp. fetching and carrying -- she's got a bad back). I'm kind of worried about the logistics (the apartment's a mess because I was gradually getting sicker for several days before I went to the ER), and I had planned on doing laundry the day I ended up in the ER, too. I don't have a washer and dryer in my apartment because I was waiting to buy new ones when I move into my new house this fall, so that's more of an issue than it sounds.

I'll get there, but I am worried. A local dairy does perishables delivery, so I won't run out of the staff of life (aka nonfat milk), at any rate.

From:

archangelbeth

I wish I was local! Ordering caftans from Amazon till you feel better is probably not financially sustainable, plus you'll have a zillion caftans after. Does the hospital know any reliable temporary "will fetch and carry till you can do it yourself" people?

From:

mmegaera

Yes, they do, actually. The hospital social worker, who showed up in my room the day after I arrived here, said, nothing's too small, if you have a problem you need help with, you call me, so I called her this morning, and she showed up with a list of people who help in situations like this, then helped me get set up with one of them. Someone is coming to deal with my apartment and my laundry on Thursday. It's hard to ask for help sometimes, but right now I just have to suck that part up and *ask*.

From:

archangelbeth

Hooray! And excellent, someone to give you a hand when you need it! Excellent news.

*hugs* Better to ask for help and keep your strength up than to not, and have things delayed, aye?