Lately it seems like every time we do a
sputum culture we find a new infection. I think my lungs put up a flyer at the
hottest bacteria hangout. “Vacancies available! Low prices! A comfortable place
to raise your spawn!” This month’s pest: MRSA. I’m kind of feeling like a leper
these days, since I know MRSA is supposed to be highly contagious, but I’m
trying to stay calm since healthy people aren’t supposed to be susceptible to
it. It’s unclear whether MRSA is the cause of my recent health struggles, but
we aren’t taking any chances, so I started IV Vancomycin on Friday to try to
eradicate it.
I’ve never taken Vancomycin before, so
they also sent out an “anaphylaxis kit,” which wasn’t alarming at all. Fortunately
the first dose went well and the anaphylaxis kit remains unused. Unfortunately,
after a couple days I developed a rash all over my torso. It took 40 years, but
it seems we finally found a medication that I’m allergic to! Due to this we
stopped the Vancomycin and are switching me over to an oral antibiotic. In the
meantime, the rash still hasn’t gone away and actually seems to be spreading,
despite the fact that my last dose was Sunday night and I’ve been taking Benadryl
multiple times a day. So that’s been fun. Of course, I also just realized that
my Benadryl expired in September of 2017. Maybe some non-expired Benadryl will
work better.
Aside from all this, my lungs decided to
bring the drama and bleed Friday night. I thought the leaky pipe issue was
under control, but apparently not. Thankfully it was “only” 15 mL, which for me
isn’t too bad. I did make an appropriately dramatic scene though by spraying
blood all over the white bathroom sink. If it wasn’t Shabbos I totally would
have taken a picture of the crime scene for posterity. On a related note:
squeamish people should never, ever randomly scroll through the pictures on my
phone. You never know what random horrifying medical disasters you might find
in there.
I’m also still very hoarse and scratchy
as well as super congested. I haven’t been sleeping well because I wake up
rattling and coughing multiple times overnight. But I’m a little less tired
with the higher dose of Prednisone, and I think my oxygen is doing a little
better this week.
I know none of this sounds great, and
honestly I’ve been having a pretty cranky week. But despite all this, I did
have one really good day, because 2 friends who couldn’t make it to the party
made a special trip in from out of state to visit me! Sarah and Anna joined
forces to drive in from Cleveland and Pittsburgh for an awesome roommate
reunion. And unlike the actual party, we got to spend hours chatting and
hanging out together, which was wonderful! I’m so lucky to have such terrific
friends!
Also, Sarah wrote a thing about me, so I’m
basically famous now. Get in line for autographs everyone!
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