My blood values have been behaving and since finishing anti-biotics (last night), i haven't had a temperature. So it could just be that tonight will be my last at the BRI. The thought makes me well up. I have been in hospital for a staggering 20 days!
I have already lost 8kg in weight and this will most probably increase in the first few weeks on the outside. I am really interested to see Max' reaction when we finally meet up again. My weight loss is clearest to see in my face. My cheeks are thinner. Claudia says i'm back to how i looked when we got married! I LOOK 10 YEARS YOUNGER!!
That's open to opinion...
Although i still feel quite sore, i'm detecting the first flourishings of recovery in my body. I feel ever_so_slightly stronger with every day that passes. My appetite is increasing very slowly. I can walk further each day without getting exhausted.
I may have overdone it today though. Following an amazing visit this morning from my big sister Cathy, when we 'broke bread' and prayed together - Claudia took me on my first outing outside the hospital!!
I have no idea what the punters thought of my hospital PJ's, anti-thrombosis stockings and wheelchair. But sitting under a parasol at a bar opposite the hospital's main entrance, sipping a cold drink with my gorgeous wife was a very 're-humanising' experience.
Pete the Patient will soon no longer be!
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Lieber Pete!
ReplyDeleteEs ist so schön zu lesen, daß es Dir endlich etwas besser geht. Wir hoffen, daß Du die Lungenentzündung auch bald los bist, und vielleicht gehts mit der Heilung schneller voran, wenn Du endlich zuhause bist.
Liebe Grüße an Claudi und Deine süßen Jungs!
Björn, Anke, Hanna und Luca
Sweet kids indeed!
ReplyDeleteExcited - and pleased to hear answered prayer re infections. let's hang in there.
Robert
Such good news. I pray from now on everything will improve quickly.
ReplyDeleteThis was Manuela commenting above.
ReplyDeleteSince when have you been patient?
ReplyDeleteLove Stu & Fair (except she would have written something more sympathetic)