It is 2022!! Time to catch up with my life! Part Four

Here are again, my life continues… after a few weeks in ACU, all the medical staff were really glad that I my vitals were improving nicely. I was on 80% oxygen for a few weeks and the doctor on duty, was glad of my readings and they were going to lower my oxygen intake again down to 60% and see how to I get on. I messaged my husband and told him that they were going to change my oxygen intake to 60% and if my vitals keep improving I might get to move to the recovery ward! I was soooo happy of that news and the staff rooted for me and told me that I was really doing well, compare to others in same situation I was. Some didn’t improved and I was going to let this thing get the best of me, I had so much more to do with my life and one of them is to see my son, and my new daughter in law. Also a grand child too!!

As the weeks went by, the next visit from the medical staff, I was given another great news that I am really on my way to recovery and lowered my oxygen in take to 40% and if I keep up with the recovery I was going to be moved to the another ward to recover fully. So it meant that I was going to moved from the ACU to another ward for a full recovery, I called my husband and gave him the news too! I image on your left is the 60% yellow and the 40% was red which I didn’t take a picture and that was when they moved me to the recovery ward. I was finally going to leave ACU. It was not the best of place really, I saw way too many people going in and out and some survived and moved on to recovery, and some didn’t make from ICU, the chances were 50% of you ever coming out from there to recovery. I prayed a lot and also keeping your mind positive and thinking of things that I needed to do in my life. I guess you could say I made up my bucket list to do in my life.

After a few days, the medical staff made their rounds again, and ask me questions as to how I feel and check my breathing and my vitals were indicating that I was really recovering well and they were happy with all my vitals and said that I will be transferred to the Recovery Ward on another floor of the hospital. I was so happy to hear that news and thank them. But they said it was you and we are happy that I was recovering well. I called my husband and told him too!

I was moved the following days to the recovery room with my stuff and my 40% oxygen and they will change my oxygen again to the nose one (2% oxygen) where I can breathe on my own. Once I was in the recovery room, I shared with 5 other people who were recovering from covid too! Someone was just sent home and I took their place. I was happy and that I could move about, so when I got there, everyone in the ward was so busy, I had to go pee!! Since I was on the nose oxygen, I thought I could go to the toilet by myself as it didn’t seem far, but it was really! I was weak so walk slow, got to the toilet…did the business and walked back to my bed…I saw my neighbour to my left, and I was just about to get in the bed and I fainted and was on the floor!!! The patient saw me pass out, as I hit the floor, I came too and wonder where I was.. and thinking what happen and what am I doing on the floor! I heard a scream calling my name… my nurse was not happy and ask what happen and I said i wanted to go pee and everyone was so busy… of course I was yelled at and they had to put me back on 40% oxygen and it hurt taking a breath…I think when I fell down, I hit my side and was then taken to have it x-rayed to be sure that nothing was broken…

After this incident, I did as I was told and they eventually put me back to the nose oxygen (2%) and I still got checked on every day/night on my vitals, and blood pressure as well being pricked on your finger for diabetes and given the shots of blood thinner to stop the blood clots that can cause when you have covid. My tummy was the shot place, as they needed to do it on the fatty part, some used their legs, I said my tummy has more fat and it won’t hurt as much…LOL. Since the hospital is also a learning place for the nurses to be, I was used as practice to some and my student had the best bedside manner and he was always apologetic to me, I told him no worries and I think you would be the best nurse!!

After many days, and medical staff coming to check and seeing my improvements, they said I could go home… I was a bit apprehensive at first and ask if I could have another week! They saw the anxiety on my face and said that can be done and we will come and see how we feel then. After the week, I was ask again and I was ready to go home and I knew my husband was waiting for the day I came home. Besides he did go back to work after isolating for 10 days. I have been off work since Dec 31st 2020 and it was already 2021. I was released from hospital on January 21, 2021. I came home that day and my recovery just started after having covid, I was told that it will sometime to recover just depended on me as we are not the same, some took longer and other not that long and some say that they never recover covid also known as long covid!! Well that is another story to tell.