For the past few weeks, my life was looking as though I was getting better. My moods were good and 90% of my days were pretty happy. I found new friends, found a couple people that I ended up dating. I was happy for once…then last week it all went downhill. I began to get really depressed and started having pains in my stomach. I am a stomach sleeper so I was also having trouble sleeping bc it hurt so bad. Then the swelling and redness started…now none of this was subtle. From the time the pain started till the redness and swelling got their worst, was 3 days..3 days of hell…I was out of town visiting a friend, well someone I thought id end up marrying, I was 4 hrs from my hospital plus I’m too stubborn to come home early…on Monday of this week I drove myself 4 hrs back home, by myself after fighting with my “friend” and drove myself to the hospital. I got there round 2pm, They did a battery of tests, and by 9pm I was admitted into the hospital where it was determined that the shunt I have for my Spina Bifida was infected. The entire right side of my body was a pool of infection. From the bottom of the breast to my belly button. It was hard s a ball, swollen and red. That same night, while awake mind you, the Dr’s did a procedure where they cut part of the shunt out of my neck but I had very little numbing medicine in me…felt and saw it…it was awful. So now I’ve got an exposed tube attached to a bag to drain and an infected stomach and shunt tube…I am in Intensive Care and will be for a least a week…I might get to home then but will have an IV bag, or I will be here a total of 2 weeks or more…I have no one with me…my family has come to see me 1 time…ie had very few visiters and no one to talk to with texting…I am so depressed and sad…I also found out tonight that the infection could have spread to my brain which could cause Menengitis…if I get that, I could die…now I’m not upset about that, if I die well then yay…but it would be slow and id be alone…which is the thing I am most scared of…to be alone…and I am…so very very alone :'(
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Hi my name is brooke. If you need to talk i’m here for you.
Thank u, I appreciate and would like that…I jus hate myself…in every way possible…I don’t kno which way is up anymore
Hi sis if you need someone to talk to, email or text with send me a shout anytime.
I’m so sorry this happened to you. I will pray for you. My friend Nicole’s Yorky puppy Bella is 5 months old. I’d like to make a video of her and email it to you to put a smile on your face. Stay strong sweety. Holla @ me whenever you’re comfortable.
You have no idea how much I would like that lol…my email is princess_emmy19@yahoo.com…thank u 🙂
I wish you a good recovery. I hope everything turns out OK. You have friends here who care, so you aren’t alone. I will be here too.
Thank u so much…that means a lot…this is the only place where I feel like I have friends…ugh I jus I wouldn’t wake up tomorrow…I’m still in ICU but my surgery has moved to Tuesday which is good, bc ill get it done quicker, but ill be hurting even worse and still have no one.
Hello, I have been in almost the same boat although I am 13. If you need someone to talk to just stay on this site. I’ve been on this site less than a day and it’s given me a temporary “refresher,” so to speak.
Thank u…ill do my best to be on here more…so that if u need to talk too ill be here for u.
How are you feeling today???
I feel like shit…the infection is almost gone, but I still hurt so bad…idk if I can do this 🙁