Guess who's back? G'Day G'Day!

Hi Guys,

Well I have had an absolutely bonza of a week, to start off, I am only able to write to you guys becuase I have been struct down with medical problems, and are staying at my folks house for about a week or little bit more, incase of an emergency with myself, as where I am usually staying at, is much further away, and a matter of life and death.

Since signing off roughly 9 months ago, we`ve shifted into my girlfriends parents address into her caravan she has their, saving a bucket load on rental as she owns the caravan, basically we pay only power and water as rates, the rest is for our normal living expenses, until housing commission finally calls us with a place available, we were in private rental, which is why I had to say goodbye to you great guys & gals, we were struggling just to keep our heads above water, but since the lease ran out on that place, we have coped a hell of a lot better, being able to do more with and for our boys, which is the most important, not only that but it somehow eased something in our relationship, I guess the extra weight lifted off our shoulders means less stress, whichever the reason, I am happy.

Jonas Isaiha Giles is as cheeky and buitiful as ever, he is borderline in starting to walk, he hardly ever cries, which still amazes me, but this is where my BONZA of a week comes into play, on tuesday last week, Jonas became quiet, cranky and started getting a runny nose, we tryed getting him into seeing the doctor but the earliest available appointment was 2 days away, still booking it we gave him some childrens panadole and kept a close eye on him, by 6pm tusday night he started getting a tempature, and by 7pm he started vommiting up, I rang the hospital becuase at 8pm his tempature reached 38.9, the nurse for medical advice asked questions, then said the tempature isn't really a problem unless it reaches 40.5 degrees, she suggested giving him a luke warm bath to try and lower his tempature, keep his fluids up with formula, juice or water, whichever he decides he wants, and if we have any, try some childrens Nurofen, apparently thats fast acting for the temp, if not, a dose of Childrens panadole, then try putting him to sleep. Well we did the bath with dropped his temp slightly, gave him a weak bottle of milk, and then when we went to give him the panadole, as soon as he swallowed it, he brang everything back up, however his temp stayed just under 38, so we disregarded the panadole, gave him some juice and cuddled him to sleep, then around midnight he woke coughing hard, you could hear the flem on his chest, and his temp had risen to 39.1, we started to really worry, we gave him a bath, temp didnt drop at all, he was hungry so mum fed him a bottle while I gently wiped him down with a damp flannel, but instead of going down it rose to 39.7, that was it, rang a minibus and headed directly to the hospital, checked him in and when I did that, the lady at the counter suggested I get seen by a doctor also, becuase to her I wasn't looking so crash hot, I told her that since monday I`ve been down and out with excruciating pains and a burning sensation in my stomach area and just under my chest cage area, just as we sat down preparing to have a few hours wait before being seen to, we were called in, they took great care of Jonas, doing tests and giving this and that, within an hour it was confirmed he had been struct down with a viral infection, he couldn't keep any medication down however to drop his tempature, so they gave him an anal panadole pill which worked virtually instantly and brought his tempature right down.

That was jonas seen too, apparently nothing can be done, except for the tempature, the rest has to take its course and wear off. Today he still has it, but by friday he should be fully recovered, he isn't suffering from the severe tempature hikes, however the rough cough and strong flem is still on his chesst, but slowly clearing up.

Now to me, once they seen to Jonas, they Asked me a bunch of questions, to be honest I don't really remember too much, except them doing a few blood tests, then told I need to be admitted NOW, I was told I had Pancreotitis, at the later stage of it, I was taken to a ward then from early hours of the morning until lunchtime I was jabbed so many times it wasn't funny, had tests done here and their, the last test I had done was a Ultrasound of my middle bit, which hurt like crazy because they had to push on the sections that hurt most, after all of this I was taken to the Day surgery ward and was put on a drip for Potassium, then my doctor came and saw me and informed me of all the bads news.

I have 2 large gull stones which in turn they think set off the pancreatitis, I was asked a billion times throughout the day by everyone if I was an Drinker, I told them I hardly drank and haven't had 1 drop of booze for atleast 12 months, I just aint a drinking type of guy, when I do have a drink, I have only 2 to 3 bottles of pre-mixed drinks (ala Vodka Cruisers, Rum & Cola Cans, etc), but to top that all off, my Kidney is badly damaged, and my potasium levels are just above 100, where they should be well above 300, but that in conjunction with my Pancreotitis, has made me a lethal ticking timb bomb. I was told I would be in here for atleast a few days, on a potasium drip to try and raise my levels. I sat their soaking this all in for a few hours, then I was forced to get a cathater down my wee wee, and just after that another doctor came and saw me, and without a hithc, informed me that I needed to be transfered to ICU now as the drop was not working in raising my potassium levels, putting strain on my heart or something, and informed me that at my current stage I may not make it through the night, I broke down, I couldn't stop shaking, I couldn't wrap myself around the fact that I went to the hostpital because I was worried about my son, and instead I get admitted, and now I get told I may not make it through the night!

I went to ICU, into the HDU (High Dependency Unit) part of ICU, They gave me gas and the next thing I know I am waking up, They put a drip in my arm into the artery, not into the middle of my arm, but just below my hand on the inside, and they also inserted a line or sorts into my neck that went all the way down into my chest, which they hooked many diffirent drips up to, I had to stay like that for 2 days, luckily whatever it was that they did, managed to raise my potasium levels to near close to normal level, then I was informed of even more bad news, I apparently have too much acid in my blood or system, to be honest I can't remember which one that said, I was dazed and confused, I had hardly slept, and had too much running through my mind!

After 2 days of that, things were better, they removed the neck and arm things, and inserted a normal drip socket thingy into my right arm, but didn't attach a drip, they took a dose of blood from it for tests, then sent me along to a normal ward and that was basically it.

Saturday I got home, I felt strangely weird, since being out I have felt okish, except for my legs, before I went in, for the past few years I`ve suffered from aching legs, virtually every day, they would never swell, just ache chronicly, but on saturday they swelled up massively, I usually have what they call chicken legs, real skinny sticks, but now they are huge, and don't even have ankles, they are swollen to atleast double the size! I have to see a doctor or someone else about it shortly, I could be just laying down, or sitting at the table doing nothing or anything, and they balloon up within minutes, and its both legs, all the way up, my knee caps disappear, its that bad.

Well thats just a quick rundown on my exciting past week, and before, I hope you guys are doing fine, I don't know when I`ll be on to be able to chat/reply to you guys, its currently 4am, I am only up becuase my legs have swollen up while I was asleep earlier, I am going to get off and try a warm bath then head back to bed for atleast 2 hours before everyone wakes up to start the day, however if I don't come back on later, I will make sure to come on tonight to geek this place up!

It feels great to be back here again, Missed you guys! Take Care and speak to you all again soon!

Sincearly,

David A Giles
Mob 0437067092

P.S: Excuse my lackluster spelling, It's hard to write, with legs going crazy and keeping my patience with myself, I know its no excuse, I promise to do better next time!

 

G'day
You have really had your hands full then? Your troubles really put life into perspective though
I think your tenacity is an understatement! Well done for sticking in there.
Hope to chat sometime soon.
Cheers

 

Take it easy and take care of yourself. Hope you're better soon, and don't mind the spelling, most of us geeks can make our way through it It is one of the benefits of being a geek


~C

 

Good to see you back mate

 

Sorry to read how unwell you and your family have been.

Here's wishing you and all a speedy recovery.

Cheers

LS

 

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the kind replies, sorry I haven't replied sooner, its a huge gamble trying to get on the computer where I am, I need to save up and get my own again I think.

I have been feeling better, I keep getting sharp jab/shock pains on my left hand side chest area since I last posted, they are becoming more frequent, I think I will book a doctors appointment ASAP and get it seen to, other than that, I have been fine-ish, I`ve had my diet completely changed due to my gull stones & pancreotitis, aswell as my kidney damage, doctors say at my age my kidney should recover, however testing needs to be done over time to confirm this either way, because if it doesn't then it means I will be on tablets for the rest of my life, which has me very worried, I have no one to blame but myself.

Part of me gets worried sometimes, I feel weak and get pains, and my legs swell dramatically, but even though my girlfriend begs me to go to A & E to get checked out, I am too scared becuase of last time, I hate hospitals, but Royal Darwin Hospital is the worst of the worst, you feel imprisoned with absolutely nothing what so ever to do, except look at the 4 walls, usually no one to talk to, technically I should still be in hospital, but apparently I was getting better, boredome and longing my family overcame me, so I signed myself out.

If I wasn't so broke I`d fork out for a Nintendo DS or something alike and go back in, atleast then I would have something to settle my anxiety down, while I was in there, I never got a wink of sleep except for the 30 minutes est they gassed me and knocked me out for while they put a tube into my neck that went all the wa down to my chest, and attached 4 diffirent drips to, then inserted a plug to take blood for testing with into my arn just below my hand, but into an artery.

Anyway, enough about all that.

Jonas is doing great, he is in the screaming out loud phase, his getting really cocky on his feet, not long now until he starts walking, he bolts around the place on his hands and knee's, but also likes grabbing hold of edges of things like the lounge, kitchen table, chairs, etc and after finding his balance, he walks around, I badly need to save up and get a video camera, their is so many memories being missed that I crave to have a camera to capture as much of it as possible, he has this cheeky but gorgouse smile that melts me, and he knows it too, becuase when he wants something and mum says no, he will travel over to me, and do it.

He says Dada and mum crystal clear! I also taught him to say "I love you" which isn't crystal clear, but easily understandable. I adore him! if ever I am proud of anything in my life, Jonas is it!

Well I am going to try and get a driver for an MP3 player my brother gave me, its a Lenoxx MP3-3000 1GB MP3 player, I connected it to the USB port by XP doesn't recognise is, and silly lenoxx site doesn't have any software, upgrades or drivers on their site like the manual says, and my brother can't find the CD he got with it, so I`m gonna try searching for the XP driver one more time, then I`m off to beddy byes.

Take care,

David Giles