Knee & hospital

From CarePage...

On Friday evening I got to remove the giant immobilizer! It was SOO nice to get that thing off, however I took a few steps into my kitchen and got intense pain bc the knee "cracked open" and bleed like crazy for a bit. Was told that could happen and well it did!Those ten days in the immobilizer were way harder than I thought they would be. I only had to be in it for 10 days bc that is how long the skin on the knee needs to "set". I lost a little more of th graft so I'd say about 30% of the graft has taken, the other part of the knee is just open...I get to practice being patient some more bc the other portion of the knee just gets to take time and heal on its own. My thigh, the donor site I was told looks great and is healing just fine. It still hurts but is becoming more bearable each day. I will see orthopedics within the next week to address issues with both knees, was suppose to go Monday but had to cancel bc I was in hospital. I see Dr Sigalove on 11th to get staples taken out of knee and get the yellow mesh covering taken off my donor site. 

Some other adventures... I got thrush yet again thank you antibiotics and steroids. And began treatment on friday for that. Sheesh. Saturday, was my 31 birthday and I had a bit of a car accident, and am praising God I am ok and that no one else was involved. Pretty much i was driving down Geneva Rd, my car smelled really funny and felt funny and all of a sudden it sounded like a cannon being shot, pieces of my car flew in all directions and my tire flew off my car along with the fender! It scared the shit out me. I was able to steer the car over to the side of the road. It was so weird and crazy! The police and I were shocked that the fender, wheel, and other parts didn't hit any other cars and that I didn't hit any other cars! Crazy.  I have not been feeling the greatest all week and I knew it was from the antibiotic I was on for my knee. Well, things took a turn for the worse Saturday evening. From about 11:30pm - 4:00 am I was going to the bathroom about every 20min, and then around 4:00 is when I started to puke and then dry heave. After talking with my sister in law and brother they confirmed what i knew I had to do and that was to to ER. So, around 7:30 my cousin came and picked me up and we headed to CDH. It was SOOO nice in the ER. There was no wait, I got a doctor I've seen before and I got a fantastic nurse! Having Ari and her lil Levi in ER also helped! Well, they got the IV bag going in me and FAST since I was quite dehydrated. Well, I was actually admitted on Sunday morning and was discharged this afternoon (Tuesday). All the doctors were pretty certain I had gotten the bacteria infection called "c diff."  Turns out and praise The Lord I do not have it! Which shocked the doctor as well. However, what was making me so sick was the antibiotic I was on for the knee. So, that was stopped on Sunday. On Sunday and throughout my time in the hospital I complained that my skin was SUPER dry and itched a lot...woke up Monday with a awful rash on my arms, this rash got worse throughout Monday and Tuesday morning I started Bendarly for it since I'm already on steroids. However, the rash has continued to spread and is on my thighs and patches on stomach too-it's sooooo itchy, and although the hospital gave me this special lotion, it feels nice but hasn't helped the rash. So, ill be calling my primary care in morning since it continues to get worse, it's now on my chin/neck. We think that this too is from the antibiotic and just a delayed reaction, but I'm not to sure I agree with that. Late Monday evening I noticed that my hospital gown had some blood on it and that my "chest" hurt, sure enough it looked like a stretch mark or two had split open and it was all red, raw and nasty, so nurse helped me clean it all off--- when doctor saw it this morning she said it was a fungal infection that had began to bleed. Awesome. So... I'm at home with cream on my chest for an infection and just keep coating my arms, thighs and stomach with lotion for this itchy itchy rash!  NO FUN.

So... PRaise The Lord I was safe on Saturday and that I do NOT have cdiff like all the doctors thought I did.  Prayers are needed that my knee does NOT get infected since part of it is open still and I am NOT taking any antibiotics anymore. That we figure out what is going on with this rash on my skin and it clears up. Also, that the infection on my chest clears up.

I also have my infusion on Friday and am worried like always bout the IV, especially since I had seven total pokes this weekend for the IVs. ER got it on first try but then it blew and they needed to start a new on. I have one the biggest IV bruises I've ever had on my arm - so pray IV on Friday goes well.

If you ask how I am you will get the response "ok" because well I am. I just feel numb lately and do not want to feel anything bc there is just too much. . Could be worse, could be better, so I'm OK.

Thanks for the prayers I appreciate them. Love to all!

M