The flu
Kerissa • January 13, 2013
Thank you everyone for your love and support! I can tell you are praying cuz my fever broke last night. 🙂 The ambulance ended up taking me to OHSU yesterday cuz my heart rate was so high from my condition POTS, I was dizzy, and my fever was 103 even with Aleve. They gave me lots of fever medication and an anti-viral called Tamiflu. Oh yes, I tested positive for Influenza B. Not fun at all. The doctors and nurses said I’m one of their sicker patients.. I had 2 EKGs, 4 chest x-rays, and lots of blood work. They wanted to check my lactic acid levels, heart enzymes (since they said I was having sinus tachycardia), and inflammation in my body. My oxygen sats keep dropping even tho they are giving me oxygen through a tube. My sats dropped to 77 one time (it should stay at 100) and the alarm went off…that was a little scary. I’m currently in the observation unit in the ER. Everytime I stay here, The Bourne Identity is always on TV…now whenever I watch it, it brings back bad memories. 😉 Waiting for the doctors right now… If they want me to still stay at the hospital, then I’ll be admitted to a “real” room. I’ll keep ya updated!
I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, "Fear not, I am the one who helps you." Isaiah 41:13
How unspeakably wonderful to know that all our concerns are held in hands that bled for us. -John Newton
"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world." -John 16:33-
