From: seapuppy
Date: 11/30/2010
Time: 8:39:18 PM
Been very sick ovr this summer..was in the hospital 4 a month..plus (35-40 Days) mid-summer & back there again for 2 weeks in late sept-octbr...its a REAL TOUGH DEAL..Been close to DEATH a couple times and pulled thru...was on life support for 2 weeks in june/july and if I had had a "living will" they would've pulled the plug...I was in terrible shape..had every machine known to man hooked up to me..dont remember anything over the first couple weeks.....was in a coma for a good 2 weeks or so..my brother was there & emotionly saved my life...
I made a remarkable recovery & was able to go back to work after 8 weeks..needless to say I lost my normal vacation to Lookout....Been thru a very tough deal,,,.I'm about to loose my home as I'm so far behind on $6,000 in payments..really a tough deal...may need to find someone to live with very soon..the world is crashing down on me...don't know the next step...very hard. phycicaly/mentally ...in a real tough grind....Somehow I'm sure things will workout..it always does..
Here is what i posted online to my friends on Bougue banks site...left out the :"Cancer" part
This summer had a major medical crisis..Spent almost 5 weeks in the hospital with pancreatitis and walkin' pneumonia..Went to the emergency room June 11th with abdominal pain.Once signed in.I collapsed and went into respiratory arrest.That was as far as I remember as I was in a coma for 2 1/2 weeks and barely made it through.(75% chance I would not) I was a very lucky man..When I did wake up I was tied up with my hands to my waist and to the bed for 5 more days.I had ripped all my tubes out before so they weren't taking any chances...I had every imaginable machine hooked to me....didn't sleep a wink until I could get the Dr. to prescribe my sleepin' pills...3 hours in 5 days.. My brother came up from Florida and stayed with me..one of the things that saved my life I'm sure...My mental capacity was very low & it took about 3 weeks to think clearly again.The nurse asked me who the president was and all I could think of was..I know it's not Clinton..Couldn't remember my house payment or that I had a cell phone.Didn't remember goin' to the emergency room until a couple weeks later..was a real grind...
Finally went to a private room in the 3rd week..was so weak,couldn't walk and had lost 40lbs.(105 outta 145 lbs.).The next morning I got outta' the bed on a rolling chair (with my IV 's & oxygen tank in tow) to gather my stuff across the room,not knowin' the bed had an alarm and the nurse caught me...10 minutes later 5 of them showed up .."You're moving ! "..Put me in a room right across from the nurses station so they could keep an eye on me ! I learned that when you're in the hospital,do what they say to do ! Spent 2 hours just shavinn' the stubble off my face and untangling my hair as it was in a ponytail all that time.They did my vitals every 3 hours,blood sugar 3 times a day,antibiotics constantly runnin'..Don't ever say hospital food is lousy..it aint bad after you haven't eaten anything in 3 weeks! My parents were in Las Vegas when they were finally located after a week.They arrived about the second day in the private room..Took them 7 days to get to Va Beach.
Slowly I recovered enough to be transferred to a local nursing' home for further antibiotics and weight and strength rehab.Spent about 10 days in there.Got my first shower in a month,I was a real mess...The food was terrible and loaded with fat...I wouldn't eat half of it,so my parents brought me fruit and munchies...no wonder old people die so fast there! Spent 2 hours a day doing physical therapy on my arms and legs and continued gettin' antibiotics.Started gettin' around in a wheelchair and at night,when nobody was around walking around in the room,even though I wasn't supposed to..anyway that sped up my release date.Arrived there at 115 lbs..left at 129..Went home July 15th and spent another week recovering at home.Worked half days the first week back at work..and just now almost back to normal strength.
The Warrior was alone for about a week and the neighbor finally realised she was home alone and fed her and got her water as I had left the back door open.My brother had a local friend come by.and check on her until he made it up from Fort Myers FL...She wouldn't come outta' the garage except to eat..she was waitin' for me as she does every day in the afternoon...She went crazy when I finally was able to come home
Doin' well right now..just dont know what the future holds....& PLEASE Don't offer a bunch of sympathy....Not looking for it at all....couldnt decide whether to post this or not...maybe I should've have...just dont know any more...sure wish I was out there right now...maybe a trip this spring.....
Worst of all.I MISS My FRIENDS...
I can post some old stories of Ocracoke inlet,hatteras inlet and a few on Lookout if ya'll want...got at least 70 or so...
thx
Pup & THE Mystic Warrior