I got a call from my infectious disease doctors this morning with a few updates. Since I’ve been home from the hospital, my pain level has been increasing. I am in and out of fevers and have frequent cold sweats. It’s certainly not the cush life I was expecting when Read more…
It’s good to be out of the hospital and back home. I’m sleeping much better and enjoying seeing my family again. This week we are settling into our new routine of daily antibiotic injections, home nurse visits, etc. There should be more news today on blood cultures and other biopsies Read more…
Thankfully, I am being discharged from the hospital and going home today. They are installing a port in me so that I can inject IV antibiotics twice a day without having to be in the hospital. Beyond that, all of the testing they’ve done continues to look good. It’s still Read more…
I had some very special visitors in the hospital yesterday: Today will be a pretty boring day while I take IV antibiotics and wait for blood culture results. I’ve had a lot of people ask about visiting me. Today would be a good day for that. I’m on the 10th Read more…
It pains me to be stuck in bed during these last beautiful days of hot weather in Portland. I’d love to be out on the river in my boat or sitting on a patio throwing back a pint and enjoying these last days of summer before the rain starts. I’m Read more…