Viral Pneumonia:
Viral pneumonia is when an infection causes swelling and fluid in the lungs. The fluid in the lungs may make it hard for you to breathe. Viral pneumonia, also called viral pneumonitis, happens most often during the winter. People with viral pneumonia can have symptoms that range from mild to very severe (bad).
Is it just me or does anyone else feel like there is an elephant sitting on your chest? I can not believe what has taken place.
This lovely long weekend was beautiful outside. The kids were both away so it left some amazing quality time for Amanda and I. We were both looking forward to a weekend outside, gardening, tons of bike riding, visiting friends and just being!
Thats not what happened!
I was feeling super sick, a weird cold. I never take anything but i was falling slowly in love with cough medicine as it knocked me out. Usually a good sleep 7 hrs is lots. Nope I slept a massive 26 hours. I knew something was up...or down! I only got up to pee, shower, force myself to eat as I was feeling so weak. And back to bed. I am not a sleeper so it was very weird.
I woke up and ate supper and I just could NOT get air in. I was worried but I just took small breaths in. I started thinking . Maybe I have asthma. I really could not breathe very good. It was weird. I took another shower and tried to relax. I watched a show with Manda and waited. She ran me a bath as I had a fever and it broke out into a weird sweat while I just sat. As she prepared the bath, I knew something was wrong, really wrong. I could not stop my horrid cough. I could not breathe, my legs and arms were numb for well over 5 hours. I could feel them but not really. I text Tim, asked him what he thought. He said sounds like pneumonia, to go to the doctor. Not the hospital because I woul have to wait a few hours to be seen.
I could not breathe, it was really getting bad. I asked Manda to take me to the hospital, I was getting a wee bit FREAKED OUT! Seriously I could NOT get AIR IN. I was so scared.
We got to the hospital and I was standing at the line and the next thing I know I was on a chair, then moved to another chair, then moved to another chair. The took me straight to a room. My O2 was at 82% to 88%. Not good. The doctor was right in and I was given so many different things I can not tell you what I had. I had an ECG, I had stickers all over, they were monitoring my heart. I had a chest xray in my room, then down the hall. I was on breathing things and had a shot in my stomach, I had an IV. I was hopped right up.
When I was able to breathe a little. I was finally told it looks like Pneumonia....BUT the chest xray shows spots on your lungs, so we are going to be sure, we want to rule out blood clots an cancer!!! SHIT!
I was admitted and would have my CT Scan in the morning. As the doctor said, " If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, and looks like a duck, it is probably a duck, but let's rule it all out". He said that if it was just viral pneumonia I would be able to go home in the morning.
I was hooked up all night long to oxygen and monitored, I worked hard to keep my O2 passed 95%. Poor Amanda was trying so hard to sleep. I had to beg and plead with her to go home for a few hours and sleep. Then finally in the morning I went for my CT scan.
I was fine all the way through. I was a bit nervous, a lot when he first mention the C word. But I was fine. Until after my scan when they said MY ROOM WAS READY!!! I started to cry. Amanda was not with me and I was trying to hold it in. It was a long 10 mins to my room. I was wheeled in this huge bed, trying not to fall apart. The only reason I would stay was IF there was a blood clot or cancer. I arrived at my room and saw Amanda and Roxane and the tears flowed. I could not speak. I was coughing up my lungs. I was so sick. I was overwhelmed. I was devastated. I asked the nurse " Why? Why am I admitted, why am I staying? She said I was admitted before the results to just wait. She will go find out. I needed my medicine. I was long over due. I could not breathe, I was done.
In the end I was FINE! I only have viral pnuemonia and I was admitted a lot earlier. A bed just came available. Bad timing. There is not a lot I can do but rest,.... a lot. And I have codeine, which I do not like, to suppress my cough. I have some lung machine to strengthen my lungs, but I just need to focus on getting heathy.
Amanda was my rock. She was always there and takes such good care of me. our first night, I woke up struggling to breath every 3 hours. She was there with my meds and quietly supporting me. I love her so much.
So now I will focus on breathing and healing!~
