During the second week I finally got answers. The doctors had detected a virus called CMV in my bloods, it took a while to find because when I was first admitted to hospital I didn't have the virus.
So now we had the virus identified treatment could begin. I was put on an anti-biotic which was taken 2 times a day (via a drip). As soon as this treatment started it didn't take long for the temperatures and the crazy shakes to go away. Finally I felt I was on the mend again but I still didn't know how long I would have to be in hospital.
Life in hospital is very boring to say the least. The food routine is breakfast at 8:30am, lunch at 12:00pm and dinner at 5pm. Then a 15 hour break until you get breakfast again....... something is seriously wrong with the food schedule. In between meals you have a television and if you are lucky enough to be disconnected from a drip you can go for a walk.
I found during week 2 and 3 I couldn't sleep at nighttime. One of my nurses suggested that I try sleeping pills so that night I asked for a tablet. In my mind you take the tablet then BAM you are asleep. I was about to be bitterly disappointed. So I took the pill and there was no Kaboom, there was meant to be a kaboom. I ended up laying in bed waiting to fall asleep but sleep never came. I'm glad I didn't pay for the pills cause I would have felt totally ripped off.
Finally at around 4am I would get to sleep only to be woken up at about 8am just before breakfast. After breakfast I would usually fall asleep again and wake up just before lunch and my parents arrived. We could usually then head out for the afternoon and get back in time for dinner (if we didn't have it whilst we were out).
I ended up staying in total 2.5 weeks in hospital before I was sent home with another heap of oral anti-biotics. Hopefully this time I will be home for longer than a few weeks with no more hiccups.
So now we had the virus identified treatment could begin. I was put on an anti-biotic which was taken 2 times a day (via a drip). As soon as this treatment started it didn't take long for the temperatures and the crazy shakes to go away. Finally I felt I was on the mend again but I still didn't know how long I would have to be in hospital.
Life in hospital is very boring to say the least. The food routine is breakfast at 8:30am, lunch at 12:00pm and dinner at 5pm. Then a 15 hour break until you get breakfast again....... something is seriously wrong with the food schedule. In between meals you have a television and if you are lucky enough to be disconnected from a drip you can go for a walk.
I found during week 2 and 3 I couldn't sleep at nighttime. One of my nurses suggested that I try sleeping pills so that night I asked for a tablet. In my mind you take the tablet then BAM you are asleep. I was about to be bitterly disappointed. So I took the pill and there was no Kaboom, there was meant to be a kaboom. I ended up laying in bed waiting to fall asleep but sleep never came. I'm glad I didn't pay for the pills cause I would have felt totally ripped off.
Finally at around 4am I would get to sleep only to be woken up at about 8am just before breakfast. After breakfast I would usually fall asleep again and wake up just before lunch and my parents arrived. We could usually then head out for the afternoon and get back in time for dinner (if we didn't have it whilst we were out).
I ended up staying in total 2.5 weeks in hospital before I was sent home with another heap of oral anti-biotics. Hopefully this time I will be home for longer than a few weeks with no more hiccups.
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