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Here’s my medical horror story. This happened a few years ago. I had to leave work one morning because of pain in my right side. Tried to get a doctor appointment, but they were too busy. (Looking back, I should have gone to the hospital. Not sure why I didn’t). A few hours later, I went to the doctors office to see if they could get me in. The lady at the desk was pretty snotty and told me it was impossible. Just then one of the nurses came out, so she asked her what she thought. The nurse took one look at me and said “get her in!”. Once in, my doctor decided it was possible kidney stones, gave me a shot for pain, and had me get my parents to come get me. The next day I went to the hospital for tests. Still in pain and now short of breath too. Next day, a friend stops by from work to check on me. She looked at me and said “girl, you look like shit. If you don’t go to the doctor, we’re going to take you”. Ok, I’ll go. At this point I’m so out of it I’m not really thinking too good. I call my mom and she took me to the hospital. Lots of waiting, finally get seen. Diagnosis? Congestive heart failure. Well that earned me a hellicopter ride to another hospital, where they said that my heart was fine. I had pneumonia! On to critical care with a 50% chance to make it. Next night I went into accute respitory distress. Now I get all kinds of tubes stuck down my throat and I drop to 30%. Ended up spending a week there. What made it so bad was that it was viral which is not usually deadly, but can’t be treated. They just kept me alive while it ran it’s coarse.
I ended up missing 6 weeks of work (I refer to it as my vacation from hell). I had to live with my parents for a few weeks when I got out. I was on oxygen and had to use a walker because I lost so much muscle from lack of oxygen. I ended up losing most of that year over all this.
Sorry too be so long winded about this. The main reason I wrote about it is because I want people to realize that pneumonia can hit you out of nowhere. I always thought of it as something that you got along with something else like the flu. Also, I had no other symtoms but shortness of breath and pain in my side. No wheezing or coughing. We thought the shortness of breath was because of the pain I was in. I had no idea it could hit that hard and that fast.
Anyway, good luck with your surgery, Koishii. I hope they get it all fixed for you this time!
Well, looks like you guys got the sellers attention. The auction has ended because the item was “lost or broken”. 😯 Yeah, right. 🙄 Wonder if they’ll try it again?
Wolf, is the female griffin really as yellow as she looks in this photo? I thought she was supposed to be a lot more grey.
Please add farmgirlminnesota to the list. She was very open to how I wanted my Griffin packaged. She did a great job.
Any chance of more things on magnets? I love the one you did of the Astral Griffin family. Love to see more. 🙂
skigod377 wrote:Congrats Copper! Are you gonna get a brown mama to match?
I don’t think so. I want the mom in the new wolf color. She’s going to be one happy griffin with 3 males hanging around! 😆
He has a small chip on his wing, and two small rubs. At some point I’ll get him fixed, but he dispays just fine.
I just got him today, safe and sound! The seller did a great job packing him as requested, and even sent him before I sent payment. 😯 (I was waiting for a final total). If only all ebay transactions went this good!
