Yesterday, after I published my breaking news post, I discovered I had cold symptoms and a slight fever.
Worried that I might have caught the coronavirus (which no one asked for) during the week-long group therapy conference in NYC, I informed my manager and my doctors. Because of my risk factors (over 60 years old, chronic heart issues), the doctors decided they would test me for the virus if my temperature went above 100.4. Also, because I’ve gotten endocarditis (a dangerous inflammation of the heart which I also never asked for) three times in my life, I usually ask to get tested for that whenever I run a fever.
No one asked for this, but I stayed home from work, watched TV, monitored my temperature, and took photos of more breaking news which nobody asked for.
I also caught up on the Stephen Colbert shows I had missed last week. I took a photo of this …
… thinking “my next blog post will probably be titled ‘No one asked for this.'”
No one asked for the coronavirus outbreak. Also, no one asked for me to run a fever of 100.6 in the evening, which I did.
When I reported my fever to my medical team, they asked me to go to the Emergency Room, another thing I’ve never asked for. I asked if I could finish the delicious salmon dish Michael had cooked for me first.
They asked me to wear a mask to the Emergency Room. Since I didn’t have a mask, they asked me to wear a scarf around my face. I asked Michael to accompany me to the Emergency Room.
They tested me for many things, including the flu and endocarditis. I certainly didn’t ask to be admitted to the hospital overnight, but the Emergency Room doctor didn’t like my oxygen levels.
No one asked for this, but here are more photos from yesterday.
No one asked for this, but they think I might have pneumonia. Whether or not you ask for this, I’ll give you more updates in my next post.
No one asked for my gratitude, but I give it willingly, every day.
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and i ask is for you to get better soon and to keep wearing those cool socks.
Your asks are being granted, beth! They’re sending me home today.
Get well soon my lovely
I am getting well, my lovely heart sister.
Hope you feel better. Sending you healing thoughts, even if nobody asked.
Your healing thoughts helped!
I do hope you are OK. Pneumonia is not good.
I asked the doctors today and they don’t think I have pneumonia!
🙂
I re-iterate Derrick… Pneumonia is not good …
It’s good that I don’t have it and it’s good that you commented, Ivor!
Let there be more good….. 😏💙🌏
Oh dear,I hope you are OK! I also hope you were able to return home rather than hang out in the hospital. Sally Sent from my iPhone
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I had to hang out in the hospital overnight but I’m going home today! Thanks for your dear thoughts.
May you already be on the road to recovery, Ann. Be well, my friend.
I am on that road, fellow traveler.
Get well ASAP!
Since you asked, I am!
I’m happy that you’re back on your feet again.
I’m happy that you’re back on your feet again.
Thank you!!!
I hope you get better soon – rest and take care.
I am getting better and going home today. Thank you for this caring comment.
So sorry to hear Ann. Hoping you are feeling better soon and whatever treatments knock it out quick. ❤
I am feeling better, Lisa! Thank you so much.
I can’t like this Ann. I hope you are healing and feeling better very soon. That’s what I’m asking for.
I like this comment very much and you are getting what you’re asking for! I’m going home today, Colleen.
I am SO glad to hear that! A hospital is NO place to be if you are sick!!!
Get well soon, and those socks may not have been asked for but they are amazing.
Thank you, my amazing friend. You may be amazed to know that I and my socks are going home later today.
I see bright things in the future, and in the socks. A lady after my own heart (although your’s is slightly different from mine!) Get well soon Ann.
I see bright things in the future too, my big hearted friend.
So sorry to hear this. I’m sure everyone is asking for your quick recovery.
Thanks, Debbie! I asked the doctors if I could go home today and they said yes!
Feel better soon, dear woman. Sending positive energy your way. Such a trial and tribulation that no one asked for. I see you have a Cracker Jack health team so focus on your jazzy socks and rest. You are just needing a little maintenance.
You are so right! I couldn’t ask for a kinder and more thoughtful reader than you.
Stay calm, Ann, I’m sending warm thoughts – I am always with you
Thank you for your warm thoughts!
Eating Michael’s salmon dinner, wearing cool socks and catching up on Stephen Colbert seem to have had a protective effect. Good strategy! I hope you recover fully very quickly and that Michael stays healthy, too.
Thank you, Maureen!
Hope you are feeling better.
No one asked for…………………..
I ask for little and get little, except for love that I get a lot of
Everybody asks for love, Jo-Anne. ❤
Hoping you recover quickly, Ann!
Thank you!
No one asked for this, but Oscar seems very deep in thought.
Oscar appreciates your attention, Maria.
Hope you are feeling better Ann, stay calm ❤️️❤️️❤️️
Thank you so much! ❤ ❤ ❤
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