In between blogging about Pedro’s trip to the trauma room and subsequent surgery to repair his shattered clavicle and writing about how to rock your hospital gown, I failed to share the story of how God protected me in the Emergency Department. On Monday, June 15 I had laparoscopic surgery…. Read more“When You Hit a Roadblock, Praise the Lord!”
Tag: Kidney failure
How to Rock Your Hospital Gown With Class
What started out as a quick visit to my doctor to see why I had a post-op fever turned into a five-day sojourn in the hospital with a diagnosis of acute kidney failure. On the morning of the fifth day, I waited impatiently for the vampire cart (the lab cart… Read more“How to Rock Your Hospital Gown With Class”
What to Do When Fear Creeps in the Doorway
Fear started with a fever. Three days after my outpatient surgery, I felt pretty icky (not that one ever feels great after a surgery), so I took a mid-day nap. When I woke up, I took my temperature and discovered that it had risen to 100.9—just a smidge over what… Read more“What to Do When Fear Creeps in the Doorway”
