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Doohickie, I had a weird strain of pneumonia, high fever, clots, the oxygen tent, intensive care, priest called in for last rites...all kinds of fun stuff. I think I was in the hospital for almost 2 weeks but I can't remember any of it, other than the nurses commenting on what a great patient I was.
Hugs and kisses and good vibrations flo-ing your way, irfh...
Healing vibes coming your way from hippie central in Asheville! If that fails, can I send a microbrew or 12? Get better soon dahlink!! Here's hoping that you immediately at least get better enough to ogle nurses and enjoy the meds.
I would happily go check on IRFH, but when I called Swedish Hospital and asked if they had It's Raining Florence Henderson checked in as a patient, they laughed, told me to quit fucking around, and hung up. :(
Best wishes for speedy recovery, wherever you are.
when I called Swedish Hospital and asked if they had It's Raining Florence Henderson checked in as a patient, they laughed, told me to quit fucking around, and hung up. :(
This made me lol...and then frown.
*sends warm fuzzies and hugs*
IRFH said (in his blog comments)...
Hey, thanks for all the support! I seem to be getting better slowly but surely. The clots are still pretty painful, but all of the scarey tests are coming up negative, so I should be out of here early next week. Then it's six months or so of blood thinners, and Bob's your uncle. The kidney function seems to be fine, right now I'm mostly just recovering. Thanks for all the love - it helps. Can somebody please cross-post this on the Mecha thread? I can't seem to log in from my phone. Thanks so much!
wendell replied...
From all of me to all of you, IRFH, heartfelt wishes for a full and faster recovery. If I'd known about this yesterday on National Day of Prayer, I'd have thrown in some praying. Personally, you make my alternating eye infections (right one cleared up 2 days before the left one swelled shut) feel so trivial by comparison. When your arms return to the consistency of COOKED sausages, we expect to see you terrorizing MeFi with your great sense of humor more than ever. Remember, we need you.
Eeek. Take it slow, IRFH. That makes 4 people I've heard of recently who had that crud. Fortunately, posting & playing online isn't terribly physically taxing, hurry back. No Wii for you for awhile!
That sucks. But I'm glad to hear that the tests are coming back OK.
Please take it easy and take care of yourself. Me, I'm the type who would chafe at the very notion of being sick, of needing to rest and would bound back into my normal routine and fuck myself up.
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