Back to the hospital, now out, it's all good

During my Friday visit to the ITA, I started to develop the shakes and chills. I didn't go away the 4 hours I was there and the doctor sent me back to E-1 as an inpatient. In addition I was neutropenic and had to be in isolation meaning only nurses could enter my room (Sheila to) and I was not allowed to leave the room. Friday night I got real sick and from the first time since high school I actually threw up. I only mention this due to 3 years of chemo historically I never had this problem to my Oncologists surprise. Guess I broke that barrier. I got released yesterday afernoon and am back in our cossy apartment.

They say approx 75% of transplant patients end up back as an inpatient for various complications. Glad mine was only a few days. Sheila is taking excellent care of me. She is the best.

I'm trying to keep things on the lighter side as best I can. I try and make the nurses laugh so as to possible invoke a laugh out of myself. When I asked for an extra pillow and upon the nurse bringing me one I stated, "do you ever sleep with a pillow between your legs?" She laughed and said "no, does it help", for which I replied, "absolutely, ya know when your on your side and your knees knock together, just horrible, the pillow is the solution, you ought to try it". She replied, "Well I sleep on my back but if I go to my side, I will try it". She walked out of the room laughing". I did it, she laughed and I tried to play off that to make her laugh more. The simple things in life you do when your committed to a room to bring some joy.

As an ex CEO for Progressive Insurance would end his letters I will use the same line, Peace, Love, Joy.........