Not Having Much Fun Right Now

The last month has been rough.

The cruise was nice, if not coldish.  But that's what you get when you go to Norway in June. lol   We did pack cold weather gear so it was ok.  Wearing a winter coat at the airport in NJ in June was odd but was glad to have it once we got to Copenhagen.

Just a few photos for now of our adventure to Norway.

We played the game show "Newlywed/Not-So Newlywed" and won.  Proving that being married almost 44 years is good for something.

I won/we won a ton of prizes and gave a lot of them away.(2 sets of clothing take up a lot of room in your suitcase).

We met a couple to hang out with on the ship.

I made it to Svalbard.

We got to know the airport in Iceland intimately(we were there 9+ hours).

Got on the plane to come home and were sitting directly in front of Typhoid Mary(or rather Covid Mary).  She was unmasked, sneezing, coughing and blowing her nose incessantly.

We had forgotten to pack masks for the plane so 2 days after getting home Hubs came down with what he though  was a Summer cold. He was better/over it in 3 days.  After he recovered suddenly I couldn't stand up.  That's when we knew it was not a Summer cold.

We had to call 911 for an ambulance to the ER since I couldn't get in the car.

At the ER they left me in the hallway for 24+ hours, not checking me in, then shipped me out to their smaller hospital where I was expected to spend 3 full days/nights before being admitted to a Rehab hospital.  Before leaving the ER they checked me for Covid and BINGO! that's what I had. I had evaded Covid totally until then. The gave me IV anti-viral drugs and then the OT and PT folks came in and said I was doing too well and the Rehab hospital wouldn't take me so they sent me home.  I relapsed 3 days later and spent 3 weeks in a wheelchair before anyone would send home health to help.

I've had home health for 1 week and I am doing better.  

Just a brief synopsis of life here lately.

Sluggy

The Long Weekend at Chez Sluggy

Not much has been going on, yet a lot has been going on here this weekend.

My foot started hurting me on Tuesday and by Friday it was quite unbearable so up to the ER Hubs took me that evening after he got off of work.

The pain was akin to what I experienced 2 Septembers ago when a blood clot was found in my ankle via an ultrasound test.
That clot required Heparin shots and Coumadin pills and blood tests every 3-4 days to get it to dissolve and then a maintenance routine of tests and pills for the next 6 months for me to be able to walk again on that foot.

Well this was the same foot(left)and very similar symptoms/pain in said foot earlier in the week.

ER techs did an ultrasound and no clots were found anywhere in the foot or leg.
Then X-rays were taken to rule out any bone/tendon/ligament breaks/tears/spurs/etc. in the foot.

So an infection was diagnosed, antibiotics and painkillers prescribed and 6 hours after entering the ER I was sent home to rest and take said medications, elevate the leg if possible, and follow-up with my PCP next week.

The Culprit.

This foot has had chronic swelling for the last 20 years....since I gave birth to College Boy.
I have a condition in my legs that can lead to infection but since the foot is always swollen, I can't deduce that anything is wrong with said foot unless there is severe pain when standing on the foot.
Basically since I've had this condition in my legs I've never had an infection in the foot due to the condition.

So I have basically been bed bound since yesterday.  I can get up to use the bathroom and I made it downstairs and back once yesterday, but that took a lot out of me.

Poor Hubs had been at my beck and call all weekend fetching me drink and eats and entertainment(my computer). 
My routine at the moment is wake up and take meds then go back to sleep.....eat and potty and go back to sleep......check the computer before tiring and go back to sleep.

I am so glad it is NOT a blood clot and just an infection.  Funny thing, that I am glad to have an infection. lolz

I have decided that painkillers are lovely things. 8-)))

I am off to take another round of meds, use the bathroom and, yes you guessed it, go back to sleep.

My daughter is arriving this evening for her first visit home in over 2 years.  Perhaps I can stay awake more than 30 minutes at a clip once she gets here. ;-)

I hope you are having a nice relaxing holiday at your house.....

Sluggy