April 2017 Hospital Stay

     Good morning friends! I am officially out of the hospital and trying to fend for myself in the real world without someone checking in on me every hour. It's both exciting and extremely scary. They sent me home on a heart monitor for 30 days. Which actually isn't that bad. I have pictures of my hospital stay! I don't really have much to write today. But I'll keep you posted. For now, please enjoy these pictures of me being awesome and ruling the cardiac floor of the hospital! Also look for a new vlog video on YouTube soon! I will add a link in the video section of the blog as soon as it's posted.

With Love,
Elizabeth Keane <3

It all started with a trip to the ER... I was seen for low potassium. They gave me IV potassium, and oral potassium which then made me extremely nauseous. So until 2am, when they took me up to the cardiac floor, I got sick, watched Netflix, and tried to sleep.

DAY 1: I finally got up to my room around 2am. They gave me another bag of fluids which ran until 9am. I was allowed to move around but it took some effort. I did my hair and make up and then my roommate came and we did laps around the floor. She followed me with a wheelchair just in case. I actually became friends with other patients and patient's family which was really awesome. Everyone was very much encouraging.

Day 2: My roommate came back out to spend the day with me again. This was the first day we saw the nephrologist. It was a hard day as far as anxiety goes. My nurse let me go outside as long as I stayed in a wheelchair and we took a tech with us. My room had a counter with a window and they would catch me sitting on the counter watching the nice weather out the window. I thought about escaping, but I wasn't allowed.

Today was an emotional whip lash. They told me I was going home, then told me I wasn't, then finally they told me I was going home! The night was rough I was short of breath with a high heart rate few times. So I was on oxygen on and off. The nurses saw I was frustrated and snuck me ice cream to cheer me up! The top right was the world's greatest nurse! She was amazing and I can't thank her enough for everything she did!!