Monday, April 13, 2009

Naughty Nasty Liver!!!!!


I have had many people email and text me or in leave voice message concerned because in my last posting. I stated that I had got really sick and that some of my blood work was looking really bad and had to cut my hours at work due to this. Let me tell you that what happend.
I had gotten sick with a cold or allergy or something like that I felt better as long it wasn't windy. Then I one monday afternoon I recceived a phone call from a dear sick friend that was in the hospital unable to deal with the unkown crap they were giving her. So wilson and I went and visit cause having a nut crew like us come visit you always will make your day. I came home made some dinner had the missionaries and a friend over but even before dinner was in the oven I had chills and a fever that was spiking 101.5. I went to bed and slept all the next day. I ended up in a mean cycle of feeling good then nasty for about a week. The next monday, with yet another high fever, and me sitting in the restroom coughing up snot with blood. Then came the blood vomit nasty taste fyi:}
Wilson and I grabbed are hospital attire and left to the emergency room. I just relized how sad it looks and sounds that wilson and I have hospital attire for our bi monthly emergency room runs.
When we got there I was immedatly taken back and put in a room still coughing bloody snot and dry heaving. They gave me a iv taking out some much blood I thought I was going past, out good thing I was on a BED!!!! They then gave me fluids and pain killers and anti-nausea medication. I was then taken to CT scan where they saw I had serious sinus infection and fluid in my belly. The ER doc talked with the liver team and decided to let me go seeing that my sinus infection was so bad that if they went in and sugicaly drained the fluid I would be at high risk for infection which everyone knows can mean death for Erica. So I came home with a script of antibiotics and percocet for the pain.
The fluid in my belly has since gone down, and I`m feeling much better but the liver docs say that the next time I have fluid in my belly they will have to surgicaly drain it out. So lets hope that it doesnt come back!!!
Many of you have asked why i haven`t gotten a liver transplant yet or where I am on the list. I am still, after ALL of this, not sick enough to be high enough on the list to get a transplant. Just in case any of you have forgotten, with my type of liver problems I will have to be really sick for a long time to score high enough to be at the top of the list. which means that I will probably be on my deathbed at that time.
FYI I will go through cycles of being really healthy then really sick so don`t freak out when i tell you I had to go to the Hospital because right now thats just the status quo!!
I am not 100% quirky erica but pretty close!!!!
I love you all!!! Thank you for all the concern you have shown. It means a lot to Wilson and I!! Attached is a picture to show you that I`m still allive and kicking!!!!

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