I have achieved the third criteria for discharge: Lungs are clear. They have always been clear.
First criteria is no fever for 24 hours. Not yet. Working towards it. 2.40am tonight and counting.
Second criteria is decreased CRP reading. That’s the C Reactive Protein marker, a measure of inflammation in the body. See, I’m not an idiot? That hasn’t happened yet. It’s higher this morning than yesterday, inflammation is still going on. But that can happen in such cases, it’s a trend, a pattern. Goes up and hopefully, comes down by tomorrow.
The specialist says once my CRP comes down, he will replace my IV-meds with oral meds of the “same class”. I would need a repeat chest X-ray in a few weeks. Fair enough. Makes good sense to me.
We chatted and the specialist says he’s actually shocked at the list of medication the GP had given me. Those are all strong medications, it’s not the first line. I know hospitals’ protocol is to start with the first line of treatment, then progress on. If the first line works, then it’s good, right? Why start with the Ferrari? Because the Ferrari is expensive? Those were expensive medications that I had got from the GP, and did they work? Yes, to prevent me from sleeping for 48 hours – that sure worked! I was drugged!
And the GP had the cheek to say my inability to sleep wasn’t due to their drugs. It was due to “other factors”. What factors? No response. The medication is supposed to make you drowsy, not cannot sleep, he said. Hello? Have you heard of the exception to the rule? Nothing is 100%, not even in mathematics anymore. But you don’t know that, do you?
Messed me up totally until I could not sleep. Now, if you cannot sleep, that’s unnatural. Everyone has to be able to sleep. Yes, then gave me a sleeping pill which I refused to take. Why do I need pills to make me sleep? I am able to sleep under normal circumstances. In fact, I sleep so well too. I just sleep early and get up early, Ayurvedic style. Sleep two hours after sunset and rise two hours before sunrise. That’s my style. I have so many cats to feed.
At the end of the day, we all have to go back to our natural and primal instincts. We cannot let drugs and chemicals control us.
This is why Juno needs sunshine!