On the 22nd marks 7 years since I went and had a minor day procedure that turned in Toxic shock syndrome…
I remember the couple days before hand we were away with our baby visiting family the drive home on the Sunday I was nervous as all, my husband couldn’t understand why but for me it was the first actually time I had been into hospital besides having a baby. It was too be the first time I had a general anaesthetic. Maybe I knew things were going to go wrong. The morning of I had to leave my baby for the day which was hard enough as it was I went in all the pre-op went well although my obgyn made me take a pregnancy test before hand WTH…a swab of my 2 times failed episiotomy and granulation tissue might of been more beneficial.
I went in for surgery all good, came out thought all was good. Nurses noticed I had excess bleeding so they call my dr, she decides to pack it they all if I want to stay overnight or go home. Ofcourse I said go home. Between the would packing and me deciding to go home the next day wouldn’t be good. The nurses were amazing and told me I was not allowed to do a thing no moving, no jobs no anything, I had been through enough and needed to heal and rest.
The next night I was back in emergency high temps, low blood pressure, high heart rate, my kidneys had no output, my liver levels through the roof. Within hours they had organised a nurse for my care and I was being admitted to ICU. I was sleeping alot luckily do I don’t remember it all but I do remember them loading up my bed to move me to ICU, needing all the oxygen, portable heart stuff etc incase anything happened on the move. Luckily for me I don’t think I went backwards I only improved. I spent my son’s first Christmas in hospital .. I was still in ICU Christmas morning and I still remember that being a emotionally hard morning for me, hiding my tears from anyone who walked in. But somehow they moved me to a ward that day. I was told this wouldn’t happen due to low staff levels etc but it made my day.
I was extremely lucky and I left hospital a week later without any ongoing major issues BUT my body has never been the same. The following years have been filled with random things, pleurisy, miscarriages, trouble falling pregnant after no issues with my son, preeclampsia, thyroid issues, low iron, and now POTS. I do wonder if it’s all related… Or if I never got sepsis / toxic shock syndrome would I be where I am today.
December can be a little painful with this anniversary and the anniversary of my first miscarriages but I was feeling great, exercising, running and then I just caught my kids cold… Now I’ve crashed back down 😭😭 I use to get a cold or two only a year, this year since I started fludrocortisone has been brutal!!! Hopefully I’m all good by Christmas Day and hopefully no fevers or crazy tachycardia this time 🤞🤞
2021 you’ve been strange and confusing and not the ending I was hoping for … 2022 please be more predictable and easier 🤞🤞