Well, I guess in all honesty I should've seen this coming, but for some reason I didn't this time. My health has been declining again for the past couple of weeks. My peak flows have been dropping, my ENO has been increasing, my cortisol levels have increased, and my lung function has declined. It wasn't "Ketucky bad" though. I guess that's where my head was. I was remembering that it could be worse and just focusing on dealing with how bad it was getting now. Dr. Olson didn't see it that way of course (thankfully). She did all she could for me in the office and gave my body the afternoon to take the meds and fight. When things didn't work, there was no arguing with her about the importance of immediate hospitalization. The good news is that she knows her stuff. I continued to decline at a faster rate and by the time I was in the hospital, things were pretty, well, not good. They admitted me to the IMC unit, which is the step up from ICU and kept me for a few days. It was a much easier situation because she acted early and didn't mess around.
The longer I'm out here under her care, the more I'm realizing how terribly skewed my view has become. I've been so grossly desensitized to my own aches, pains, emotions, and symptoms in general over the years because so many doctors have blown off treating me. I believe it was what my body had to do to cope over time, but now that I have good, no amazing medical care in reach, it could actually be working against me. This is a lot harder than I ever thought it would be.
