85 of 100 ... Catch up for Tuesday (Jul8)

Still in the hospital.  It's been confirmed - I have pulmonary emboli (PE), blood clots in both lungs.  The right one is pretty bad (one artery completely blocked), and the left is not as bad.  I had no symptoms like last time and no reason for it to happen. Therefore, I will likely be on blood thinner for the rest of my life.  My new reality.


Moments of Gratitude for Today, Tuesday


On this day, I'm grateful for ...


1/ getting moved to the ward this morning and getting the bed by the window!  My room-mates are odd and not very respectful people. 
2/ a visit from my friend NB.  For all the difficulty in our relationship over the last while, I am grateful that she came and spent time with me. Really grateful.  And I'm even more grateful that she and Bev were never with me at the same time!!!!
3/ getting to talk to my brother before he heard the message I left for him that morning.  I called him from the hospital emergency before getting moved to the ward and completely broke down on the phone.  Fear and confusion, I think; another panic attack? And somehow that message didn't reach his phone until after I had spoke to him in a much more rational voice.  How strange!
4/ getting to talk to my friend RA.  It was really nice to hear her voice - I know she cares about me and the phone call was the next best thing to sitting beside me. 
5/ getting help to get my car home.  It's been sitting at work and that's not where it should be.  NB and a friend helped get it home for me so now I don't have to figure out how to get it back.  I found out after that it was my brother's idea!  NB had contacted my brother ... that's how he first found out I was hospitalized.  Again, another moment of gratitude!!!
6/ the lovely, fun sparkly red slippers NB got for me!  I feel like Dorothy! Except if I clicked my heels together, I'm not sure where I'd want to go "home" to.