Archive for November, 2008
Waiting for thinner counts to rise
November 30th 2008 at 10:49 am
My nurse tells me my oral blood thinner count is still not quite high enough, and that I’m going to probably be here until Monday if not Tuesday. I miss my own bed.
Now that the drama bit is over, this is just waiting. I’m watching movies in iTunes, mainly, though the free wifi is […]
thinner
November 29th 2008 at 2:28 pm
I’m still here. Been on blood thinners and am now allowed to be up and about, which is a relief. I’ll be taking orall blood thinners for the next six months to a year and getting check ups often.
I haven’t twittered or blogged hardly due IV ports right in the very crook […]
Repeat
November 27th 2008 at 11:25 am
I’m back at Lima Memorial due to a pulmonary embolism. Fun month. Details later via this entry.
This room has a view and lots of natural light. Pic attached.
Mood: frustrated/scared/tired/prickling with tubes out of my arms again.
Celica-versary
November 26th 2008 at 4:10 pm
This was an entry I was working on before last week’s health scare. I just added the pictures and let it rip…
Last year, Nov. 8th, I purchased a car I’d always had on my top list and now that I’ve owned it for a year, I thought I’d give it a review.
The 2000 Toyota Celica […]
State of the health
November 25th 2008 at 4:40 pm
So I either had pericarditis, which is an infection of the sac around the heart (which could have come about from a viral infection, pneumonia, or whatever), or I triggered an episode of a possible congenital heart problem that is known to run in my family, my cardiologist said on Monday.
The congenital heart problem is […]
Halo day
November 25th 2008 at 3:56 pm
As of today you can find my latest novel, Halo: The Cole Protocol in stores and order it online. As a fan of the videogame and player, I hope it hits the spot this holiday season.
Tonight I’ll make a brief appearance at my local library to talk about the book and sign some stuff.
Home again
November 22nd 2008 at 2:31 pm
After eight hours of lying totally still in a hospital bed from 4pm on yesterday after the cath to midnight, I was allowed to move my legs. Talk about needing self control. Couldn’t move neck up, or move anything but my arms. Half an hour after midnight the nurse took me on a walk […]
Friday update
November 21st 2008 at 9:38 pm
This is Emily- posting for Toby via iPhone. Toby went in for the heart cath around four and was out by five. They found slight thickening of the tip of the heart, but nothing severe. It could still be pericarditis but both things are very treatable toby will be on some medicine that would […]
Thursday update
November 20th 2008 at 12:09 pm
Was moved late last night out of the intense cardiac care area into a smaller normal room. The tv is smaller too and the cartoom chanell is fuzzy (pout). Also, the imternet is slooooowwww on tjis part of tje buildinh, so im using the iphone for onternet, as its faster. As a doctor friend who […]
