Showing posts with label Everything's Gonna be Alright. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Everything's Gonna be Alright. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Grandma O'Quilts Earns Another Notch in her Belt..

Now,  I know Bob Marley is not about zebras.. When I started in with the African fabric
I just could not leave the zebras out...Jamaican psychedelic perhaps
So needed calming...Bob Marley and potholders...you go Grandma!

Lynsey bossing Grandma around this morning...That leg is swollen..You need a doctor.
You should know that yourself, Grandma without me telling you.
As she got out of the car at camp, she wagged her finger...remember Grandma...what you have to do this morning...
Nine years old seems to be a powerful age..

Actually, my leg was hurting so  I dropped by Urgent Care on the way home.  The doc there took one look at me and asked me if I needed an ambulance because he was sending me to the hospital.
  Really.????, Muttering to self as I drove to the Emergency room

I sat in the Emergency room forever...(grateful for a good book)
Blood work (perfect)
Blood pressure (perfect)
Urine test (perfect)
Heart and lungs (perfect)
Sonogram (perfect)
He kept saying how delighted he was with my health.
(arthritis aside..)

Diagnosis...  a bad case of Cellulitis ..
A huge infection that has my right leg in pain., swollen, hot and red.

This is serious for me with both my knee and hip replacement on that side.
He debated admitting me at the hospital for the night, but,
decided, instead, to keep me there on a bed in the hospital hallway.
An hour or so on IV antibiotics.
Home with a huge 10 day supply of more and NO wine??
Just whine...of course.

No big walks...ha ha ...No problem there..
I will know in 3 or 4 days whether or not I am in the clear.., or have to go back to the hospital.
Spending six hours on a cot in the crowded ER hallway is an eye opener.
Walking outside on the way to my car, I felt elated to be alive.

One great big breath of gratitude..