09/25/2025
I try not to complain too much. I know there are those with far more to deal with than what I face. I have my days, though. I just feel like I’m constantly trying to catch up and I can’t. My colon was abscesses and burst. Sepsis set in and they did emergency surgery to remove half my colon and give me a stoma. In less than a week they moved me from ICU to a specialty hospital, then a week later into rehab for physical therapy. In the specialty hospital and the rehab, they were only concerned with getting me walking again, no medical care. While in rehab, my kidneys failed and they sent me for surgery for a permanent catheter. That failed do they took it out and never gave me another catheter. They gave me meds when I got home that helped my kidneys work again and my bladder empty on its own. They kept me in rehab for two months and I was too sick to do the physical therapy so they sent me home. I was still sick so even home healthcare physical therapy was too much. A month after being released from everything, I was back in the hospital for another emergency surgery for saddleback pulmonary embolisms. They released me after 3 days in ICU. I just don’t feel like my medical needs were taken care of before passing me off to the next level down or sending me home. So now I’m home-it’s been two years, and I’m still sick and I still have no relief from the arthritis pain and I still can’t walk. I’m sorry to be a whiney butt. I’m in a lot of pain, nauseated, and I can’t see any relief on the horizon.
