Day+13, 14, and 15

Day +13 was a really good day.  I felt good, felt energetic, happy.  Mom had brought my over a deck of playing cards, UNO and some color books and crayons.  We had fun passing the day away.   Then a nice shiny new truck came slamming into me at around 10:30 in the form of, what I originally thought was, a UTI.  Spent the entire night  and on into the morning in complete pain and agony.  When I say I didn't sleep, I mean not even a minute did I sleep.

By the time my mom got back early on Day+14, I had completely lost my mind...I couldn't stop sobbing, even about the bagel the kitchen staff forgot to bring me for breakfast.  As we moved on into the day, we were starting figure how to control the pain ( and it looks like it still may or may not be a UTI,  but some kind bladder irritation.  We are waiting for the cultured urine test to come back before they know how to make it go away.  The rest of the day was manageable, just lots of trips to the ladies.  By the end of 13, the bladder spasms intensified by like 10.  The pain once again brought me to my knees.  But my nurse was very lovely, and put together an anti anxiety med along with my pain meds, to at least allow to sleep for a couple hours at a time, then I would just have to cope until it was time for more.  I know it sounds pretty bad, but I got more sleep that night then the night before.

On into Day + 15, still in more pain then I care to think about, the spasms ease up every now and then though so I was able to function a little more normal.  Still waitin on the urine cultures...could still be at least a whole other day.  In the meantime still just a matter of pain management and to know when to get up and go before you actually go.  I'm still trying to figure this part out...Ewwww gross, at least I'm prepared for it.  Tonight I'm hoping the spasms either easy up, or this new pill to ease the spasms works.  The last pill they gave for that didn't seem to do much.

Thank you again to all the people who send me cards and email to check on me.  It's nice to know I'm so thought of.  Makes a girl feel special!!!

Love to you all!