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csziggy

(34,137 posts)
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 11:23 AM Jan 2024

Well, I'm out of ICU but they won't let me go home

OK, mid December I got an echcardiogram that showed clot on the sort valve that was replaced in 2017. Three days later, it was confirmed switch a CT scan

Weny thru the holidays. Visited with most of the family,l good. Monday husband and I were sick. We treated the symptoms and stayed.

Thursday when I laid down on bed I couldn't breathe
, told husband I needed to ho to hospital. stopped at rural firestation on the way. I asked for ambulance-don't remember anything after that.
Work up sometime Ftiday with tube coming out of everywhere. Congestive heart failure and pneumonia

Bottom line is they are pumpimg fluids out of me to help with PNEUMONia and filling with bloodthinners to break up clot. Don't know when I will get out of hospital.

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Well, I'm out of ICU but they won't let me go home (Original Post) csziggy Jan 2024 OP
I hope everything gets better and they let you go home soon. Stay strong as possible Walleye Jan 2024 #1
I may end up doing rehab so I will be strong enough to handle this. It was scary for a while not knowing what options ha csziggy Jan 2024 #15
It is damned scary, take care Walleye Jan 2024 #39
Let them take care of you so you can be home soon! viva la Jan 2024 #2
Here's to a speedy recovery and release. sinkingfeeling Jan 2024 #3
Sounds like you have good doctors bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 #4
All the best to you. PittBlue Jan 2024 #5
Hope you get out of there soon! Keep your spirits up! Quakerfriend Jan 2024 #6
Take care,csziggy gademocrat7 Jan 2024 #7
Hang in there lefthandedskyhook Jan 2024 #8
Dramatic entry into 2024! nocoincidences Jan 2024 #9
Hoping for the best! Solly Mack Jan 2024 #10
I hope you get to go home soon. sheshe2 Jan 2024 #11
You are where you need to be right now. Botany Jan 2024 #12
I'm so sorry you're going through all this! Wishing you a speedy recovery.. CousinIT Jan 2024 #13
Take care of yourself Old Crank Jan 2024 #14
Stay strong, ziggy! cilla4progress Jan 2024 #16
It sounds like you are in very good hands. Desert grandma Jan 2024 #17
Glad you're getting good standard care, csziggy. No one goes immediately home from an ICU. ancianita Jan 2024 #18
Wishing you a quick recovery and peace for yourself, family and friends! yonder Jan 2024 #19
Sending good vibes to you Elessar Zappa Jan 2024 #20
Thank goodness you got there in time! pandr32 Jan 2024 #21
I hope you recover quickly and can go home soon. brer cat Jan 2024 #22
Step one was getting out of ICU and you did that! Well done. Might be a bit of a long road but you've proven MLAA Jan 2024 #23
Holding you in love and light. Vibes for swift and complete healing. Your DU niyad Jan 2024 #24
Sending hugs and healing vibes. You're the safest place you can be right now, but highplainsdem Jan 2024 #25
Sending you lots of love and Goddessartist Jan 2024 #26
Hang in there Wicked Blue Jan 2024 #27
Get well soon! North Shore Chicago Jan 2024 #28
Get well soon orangecrush Jan 2024 #29
Glad you're still with us! Permanut Jan 2024 #30
Wishing you a speedy return to MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #31
I know it is hard True Blue American Jan 2024 #32
Hugs, good vibes, best wishes peacebuzzard Jan 2024 #33
Wishing you all the best for a speedy recovery! Diamond_Dog Jan 2024 #34
my heart is with you. Stay strong and come home. WhiteTara Jan 2024 #35
let them take care of you! markie Jan 2024 #36
Sending you BlueSky3 Jan 2024 #37
oh, man barbtries Jan 2024 #38
Hope you feel much better very soon! Marthe48 Jan 2024 #40
My dad was on blood thinners for clots for years. He didn't applegrove Jan 2024 #41
Get well soon, csziggy. LuckyCharms Jan 2024 #42
Hang in there! You can overcome this. SouthernDem4ever Jan 2024 #43
czciggy I'm so sorry for the health crisis you're going though. Fla Dem Jan 2024 #44
Yikes! Hoping for a very good outcome & recovery for you! electric_blue68 Jan 2024 #45
Get well soon. So glad you had foresight to immediately seek medical help. iluvtennis Jan 2024 #46
Thankfully you got in and they are dealing with it all. Here's to getting home and steady progress. Evolve Dammit Jan 2024 #47
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about your ills. Are you normally healthy? Decent genes? Not horribly overweight? TeamProg Jan 2024 #48
Please take care, and don't rush IbogaProject Jan 2024 #49
Amazed that you were so good at emergency detection. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2024 #50
Hope 2024 improves mightily for you Bayard Jan 2024 #51
Sending you positive healing thoughts and wishes to get well soon. skylucy Jan 2024 #52
Sending good karma.. raising2moredems Jan 2024 #53
OMG Kali Jan 2024 #54
Settle in for a rest. limbicnuminousity Jan 2024 #55
Take care and get well LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2024 #56
Hope you're fully recovered soon, cs! 70sEraVet Jan 2024 #57
Prayed for you. Joinfortmill Jan 2024 #58
Hope you go home soon malaise Jan 2024 #59
Sending healing and positive vibes to you, csziggy! Niagara Jan 2024 #60

csziggy

(34,137 posts)
15. I may end up doing rehab so I will be strong enough to handle this. It was scary for a while not knowing what options ha
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 12:15 PM
Jan 2024

viva la

(3,316 posts)
2. Let them take care of you so you can be home soon!
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 11:27 AM
Jan 2024

And thank goodness for smartphones so you can keep in touch.

bucolic_frolic

(43,287 posts)
4. Sounds like you have good doctors
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 11:29 AM
Jan 2024

and a good bit of luck when the journey began. Cardiologists are so adept nowadays because they network. You could be there awhile. They won't discharge until they're satisfied.

Quakerfriend

(5,453 posts)
6. Hope you get out of there soon! Keep your spirits up!
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 11:36 AM
Jan 2024

And, use your incentive spirometer- It will really help you to get over the pneumonia.

nocoincidences

(2,230 posts)
9. Dramatic entry into 2024!
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 11:54 AM
Jan 2024

I certainly hope things get progressively more peaceful and healthy for you this year and after!

Botany

(70,582 posts)
12. You are where you need to be right now.
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 12:02 PM
Jan 2024

Let the medical people do what is needed and get sometime to watch the stars, moon, and or
the sun from your bed or nice comfy chair. I am just getting through months of treatments
now.

Just remember that WHEN you get out you bring a plate of good things and some, beer, wine,
and or sparkling water to them. Or put together a nice planter for the station too.

DU has your back.

CousinIT

(9,257 posts)
13. I'm so sorry you're going through all this! Wishing you a speedy recovery..
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 12:08 PM
Jan 2024

...and remediation of all the issues, so you can get home! Take care of you and let them care for you.

Desert grandma

(804 posts)
17. It sounds like you are in very good hands.
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 12:18 PM
Jan 2024

Hope you will be fully recovered and well enough to go home soon. Take care of yourself!

ancianita

(36,133 posts)
18. Glad you're getting good standard care, csziggy. No one goes immediately home from an ICU.
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 12:33 PM
Jan 2024

Thanks for your post. Wishing you progress and beating this pneumonia.

pandr32

(11,613 posts)
21. Thank goodness you got there in time!
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 12:40 PM
Jan 2024

You've got to take it easy and follow doctors' orders when you get home. While you are still in the hospital you may want to ask for your pillow from home. I remember them being flat as pancakes in the hospital.
It is wonderful you are still with us. Keep us updated please!

MLAA

(17,328 posts)
23. Step one was getting out of ICU and you did that! Well done. Might be a bit of a long road but you've proven
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 12:56 PM
Jan 2024

You are strong enough to do it! Smart thinking on going to the fire station. Another good sign you are also mentally tough and smart! 💕💕💕

niyad

(113,556 posts)
24. Holding you in love and light. Vibes for swift and complete healing. Your DU
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 01:04 PM
Jan 2024

family is here for you. Lean as hard as you need.

highplainsdem

(49,036 posts)
25. Sending hugs and healing vibes. You're the safest place you can be right now, but
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 01:07 PM
Jan 2024

I'm praying for a quick recovery and your being able to go home soon.

True Blue American

(17,988 posts)
32. I know it is hard
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 01:46 PM
Jan 2024

But listen to the Doctors. I had congestive heart failure in JUNE.~, thanks to low sodium. Took Doctors 3 days to stabilize me., but an EKG they did I was fine. On medication to heal My heart. But at last my EKG was fine. I went to rehab for 7 days

Doctor said, “ See you in a year!’

peacebuzzard

(5,182 posts)
33. Hugs, good vibes, best wishes
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 01:51 PM
Jan 2024

May you get strong on your feet soon, dear friend compatriot.
Our battle is still strong, we need you well!!

barbtries

(28,811 posts)
38. oh, man
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 02:19 PM
Jan 2024

so sorry to hear this it sounds like a nightmare going on for days at a time. Hope you'll soon be well and back home feeling great!!

applegrove

(118,778 posts)
41. My dad was on blood thinners for clots for years. He didn't
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 03:21 PM
Jan 2024

have an issue after that. He went home on Coumadin. Got a check up every year for a few years after that. He died at 92. Good luck.

Fla Dem

(23,745 posts)
44. czciggy I'm so sorry for the health crisis you're going though.
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 05:27 PM
Jan 2024

All my good thoughts go out to you for a speedy recovery.


TeamProg

(6,243 posts)
48. Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about your ills. Are you normally healthy? Decent genes? Not horribly overweight?
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 09:07 PM
Jan 2024

Life sure is fragile.

Get well!

IbogaProject

(2,841 posts)
49. Please take care, and don't rush
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 11:21 PM
Jan 2024

Do any physical therapy they ask of you and let the process take its time.

raising2moredems

(641 posts)
53. Sending good karma..
Wed Jan 10, 2024, 12:25 AM
Jan 2024

And if you are a female, even more impressed with the medical care you received. Consider your self lucky.

Kali

(55,019 posts)
54. OMG
Wed Jan 10, 2024, 12:48 AM
Jan 2024

I was beginning to wonder where you were...I haven't been around a lot lately and was thinking I just hadn't seen any posts.

hope you get fixed up and out of there ASAP!

limbicnuminousity

(1,404 posts)
55. Settle in for a rest.
Wed Jan 10, 2024, 01:50 AM
Jan 2024

They'll need to monitor you until they're confident that you're stable. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

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