Well, it’s been a long while since I wrote something for my
blog, mea culpa entirely. Things have been spiraling out of control for
awhile but I’m now trying to take the reins back into my hands. Hard to believe this has been going on since
the end of March!! And I’m still
bedridden, still sick, still suffering complications.
I thought things were straightening out last weekend when I kept an appointment with my infectious disease doctor who totally blindsided me
by announcing that she was putting me back into the hospital because I was in
renal failure. Funny, I didn’t feel
sick. But I sure was, spent a very interesting
hallucinatory night dreaming of fountains.
I was released two days later, advised to drink lots and lots of
fluids. So I brought a twelve-pack of
bottled water with me back to the nursing home, along with a twelve-pack of
Atkins chocolate shakes (eat protein!) and I’ve been drinking and drinking
until I get the all-clear on my kidneys.
One mistake I made was thinking I was getting better more
quickly than I really was and found myself on the floor of the bathroom late
Friday night unable to rise – “help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” is a joke
until it’s you on the cold tile floor, having neglected to follow instructions
to press the red call button and wait for help.
They give you a sedative and bring in a complex rattling canvas
contraption that they can push and lift and press and tilt under you, and you
find you have more arms and legs on you than you thought – it’s like you’ve
grown a knee out your nose and where did that elbow come from? - until suddenly
you are lifted gently into the air like a circus act. Amusing and
embarrassing. But I promise now to wait now for assistance.
I have finished the notated ms of Knit Your Own Murder, and
it should go in the mail today. Look for
it in August.
Meanwhile, check with the Hopkins Public Library web site to
see what time I will be there tomorrow, April 26, to give a talk on being a
sick mystery author. Ellen thinks I
should cancel, but I’m going to try to make it.
I’ll be groggy but with a good enough hat I should be able to carry it
off.
2 comments:
I see some humor creeping back in. Good for you. Get well soon.
I'm delighted that you felt well enough to blog, despite everything going on. I hope your library event goes well.
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