Submitted by Laura on Wed,
11/02/2011 - 3:54pm
Wednesday - rehab
day! I am feeling a little better about going to rehab this week now that
my horrendous cough seems to be subsiding. I started a course of oral
antibiotics last week in hopes they would help me, so I wouldn't have to go on
IV's. My mom has also been pounding my chest once a day and it has helped
me cough up all the mucus that has been causing my cough. Yay!
Last night while we were
doing my pounding, at 6:30 pm, the phone rang and the caller ID said
"Loyola Medicine"....my heart stopped and I began to sweat. No
medical offices are open past 5 pm usually.....so IS THIS THE CALL??? I
answered with a very weak "Hello?" and it was my procurement
nurse. He was just checking in with me and letting me know his last day
was Friday, so my care would be transferred to another nurse.
Whew....that was my first 'scare' in getting 'the call'. He let me know
that I am probably #1 or 2 on the list and that really I could get a call any
day (depending who is listed higher than me at Univ of Chicago). Time to
pack my hospital bag! =)
Now for something more
lighthearted. Most cystic patients I have met or talked to have a tendency
to clear their throats a lot - I don't even hear myself anymore. Joe
finds this awfully handy when we're separated in the store, he just listens for
my throat clearing. So, I wonder, after transplant, will I still clear my
throat? Will I do it not because phlegm is there, but because it has
become a subconscious habit? I really think that I will stop doing it,
but who knows. Joe jokes that it is our mating call so I should not
stop. I think it's time for a new mating call!!!!!
Happy hump day!
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