Seven77 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 It's good to be posting here... Some of you know that I have a kind of muscular dystrophy, which affects major muscles. Some may remember when i started to have to use a ventilator. Anyway, I was hospitalized with aspiration pneumonia in January... for about 40 days. They drained a lot of liquid from my lungs. During that time I was really delirious and hallucinating because of the medicine they gave me! I was really tripping out! Even when I came home… All these strange dreams and memories. For some time, I thought people were out to get me and that they were fake versions of themselves. While some of the things I experienced in the hospital are clear, some things are not so clear. But anyway, it's getting better. They think that I had aspiration pneumonia, that I swallowed food the wrong way-- so they were going to do a swallow test but I went into a delirium that set it back. (I got a feeding tube while I was in the hospital) After I was discharged, a swallow therapist was assigned to help may start eating by mouth again… I've been making progress from clear liquids to purées and now I have to wait until the big swallow test at the hospital… So, yeah. And I also broke my arm somehow while in delirium. That's been my Lent up to now :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Hi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 We aren’t required to punish ourselves to that extent during Lent. I’m glad you’re better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatitude Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 That delirium sounds frightening. I'm glad you're feeling better in yourself mentally, and I hope that your physical state will improve too and let you be a bit more comfortable. I'll pray for you at Mass tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Wowsers!!! Glad you're back. I missed you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven77 Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 Thanks for the prayers and well wishes everybody! I really appreciate it. I just wrote a blog post outlining my recent experience, if anyone wants to check it out: Where I've been and what I've learned (A Lenten journey) On 3/27/2018 at 8:50 PM, dUSt said: Wowsers!!! Glad you're back. I missed you! Haha. Thanks, man… I missed you too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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