Saturday, July 6, 2024
Last Night's Sleep
6 hr 47 min
6 hr 47 min
Today's Forecast
Today: A mix of sun and cloud. 40 percent chance of showers this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming west 30 km/h this morning. High 26°C. Humidex 33°C. UV index 9 or very high.
Tonight: Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers early this evening with risk of a thunderstorm. Clearing late this evening. Fog patches developing overnight. Wind southwest 30 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 18°C.
Air Quality: 3 - Low Risk
Air Quality: 3 - Low Risk
Today's Journal
Dennis has been in the hospital since Thursday morning. He wasn't too upset about that. He had a private room in the oncology suite on the third floor with a nice view and his own bathroom.
Then this morning around 7:30 a.m. we talked on the phone. He had had a very rough night and he was coughing up a lot of blood. They scanned him again and apparently he has a perforation in his lung. Dennis said he "sprung a leak".
They brought him breakfast and he said he was going to eat what he could and then try to sleep for the rest of the morning. He was going to call me at noon and let me know whether I should come in or not.
However an hour later I got a phone call and they moved him from his nice private oncology room with a view and put him in a ward with four other patients. He has covid. 😭. All five patients in the ward have both cancer and covid.
We managed to avoid it for 4 years and now that his lungs are absolute trash he gets covid. This is so freaking scary. Seems like one nightmare after another.
So this morning I thought I better test myself again and I took two rapid tests both of them came up positive. So now I can't even go in the hospital to visit him. Yesterday I was there but I wore a mask and a robe and rubber gloves plus I stayed about 10 ft away from him the whole time.
Apparently you don't have to self isolate when you have covid these days unless you're throwing up, have diarrhea or a fever. I have very mild cold symptoms. I was actually sicker last weekend when I tested negative, so who knows. The exception is that now I've had extreme back pain for the last two days. I can barely move.
I'm just so nervous about what's going on with Dennis and I don't know how he's supposed to recover from all this trauma to his poor lungs. So far he's been my little Energizer Bunny and he just keeps going, so I have to remain hopeful.
My friend suggested that I might need to take Paxlovid which helps covid go away faster, just because of my age and medical condition. But the pharmacist said there is a shortage and it's quite hard to get. And my family doctor's office is closed on the weekends so I don't even know if that's a possibility. It's hard to determine when I actually contacted covid, and the drug has to be taken within so many days of your symptoms.
Argh. When it rains it pours and this downpour has gone on and on for a couple of years.
Today's Daily Affirmations
* I follow my heart.
* I choose to see the light.
* I embrace the value of the lessons I've learned.
* I am experiencing a series of synchronicities.
* I am happy with the way things are.
* I am worthy of happiness.
* I am at peace about where I am now.
* I find beauty in life no matter what.
* I love the life I have.
Today's Exercise
8:19 am - "Outdoor Walk" @cemetery w/Tickles
24 minutes / 2070 steps / 1.59 km
24 minutes / 2070 steps / 1.59 km
Today's Total Steps:
6336
