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dream*peddler · 2023-04-20T15:09:16.270000Z

On Easter Sunday I suddenly couldn't breathe, picked up the phone, dialed 911, and was taken to the hospital with "acute hypoxemic respiratory failure with complications." The next 5 days were a blur of IV's and wires and being woken up around the clock. It was a nightmare. I was discharged on Thursday, and with the help of family, friends, neighbors and nursing care, I'll say this is the first day I've felt enough energy and clarity to write a post. They sent the ambulance back twice, but the trauma of being in the hospital made me refuse. I wasn't a bad patient, but I felt if I went back I would go into a psychotic spiral. I had been on high dose Prednisone for a month already, then more in the hospital and a step down dose for home. I'm on 14 different medications and am still clearing the cotton balls out of my head. I have Graves Disease and it has affected my eyesight, so I can't look at electronics for too long. I'm on home oxygen and rehab for about 6 - 8 months. In the meantime, I have a portable oxygen unit for short trips under 3 hours. I'll basically be close to home for quite a while. I want to thank our Mother Sarah for keeping you all posted, and all of you for your messages of care and support. Each one felt like a healing hug and that's as powerful and any medication. As my faculties return, I hope to become a "regular" again. You may even regret it since I'll be stuck at home ðŸ˜œ. That's all for now. Thanks to all of you again for touching the part of me that needed your healing thoughts, prayers and wishes. P.S. Congratulations on becoming a member of the "Saphirene Club," OCN! What a beauty!

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